Some of you guys may not be as ardent media followers as I am, but an interesting bit of news today is that Newsday.com will move to a subscriber model next week, charging $5/week for their content. The quotes in the story kind of amused me...they're after the jump, along with my thoughts. ...more.

Ernie Anastos has been a veteran of the New York City news channels for like twenty years according to a number I made up off the top of my head. And he makes a lot of bloopers. But this one is just...odd. He implores his weatherman Nick Gregory to "Keep f*cking that chicken," with no sort of context at all. WTFness abound in this video. ...more.

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Looking for a lucrative market that you would have never thought of in a million years? Amish romance novels! Oh it was so obvious! A bizarre feature about this trend was in this morning's Wall Street Journal and it is SPECTACULAR. ...more.

Fox News is a joke of a news outlet, which is fine, because they have hot chicks like Ainsley Earnhardt. But she didn't expect to get hit on by some dude who she's interviewing.Here's a Pro Tip: When attempting to flirt with a chick, especially on national TV, don't reveal to her that you've "been reading up on her." Yes, girls love when you listen to their endless prattling, but at the same ...more.

Jews are known as a fairly respectful people. But prepare to have your perception shattered, as seen through the eyes of ABC Australia's Middle East correspondent Anne Barker and her assault at the hand of Orthodox Jews.I suddenly found myself in the thick of the protest - in the midst of hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews in their long coats and sable-fur hats.Suddenly the crowd turned on me, s ...more.

I think my favorite thing is old videos that were made entirely seriously but now take on a parody-ish type of tone. See, for example, this CBC (Canada) news report from the late 80s about the new "Internet."I think this video stands on its own as hilarious, but I don't think the video is so far off. The Internet was a creepy, almost menacing place then. Just sitting there staring at a blac ...more.

Belmullet is a town in Ireland. And, from what I can gather from this headline, it might be the greatest place in the history of the world....more.

Most people who've used the Internet know what furries are, particularly if you've ever Googled "Teddy Ruxpin sex." Um, accidentally. Of course. Anyway Anderson Cooper really lays it out when CNN is covering a furry convention for some reason.People often act like furries are the biggest sexual deviants on Earth, but I don't agree. When you have a healthy sex life, things sometimes get a l ...more.

Michael Jackson continues to be dead regardless of how many voodoo curses I chant while watching that "Lisa It's Your Birthday" episode of The Simpsons. But even though his memorial is in Los Angeles this week, the ghost of Michael Jackson seemingly lives on, as seen in this video.That's pretty creepy that there would be a shadow in a place where dozens of camera crews are walking through as ...more.

I guess technically this isn't irony, but there's something very fitting about a reporter doing a story on fireworks safety and accidentally shooting her cameraman in the face.I'm kind of surprised there isn't more innovation in the field of fireworks though. I mean it's pretty much been the same fundamental "Shoot colorful shit in the air, probably injure some redneck's eye" for the same shi ...more.

The wheels really come off this Fox Business Network newscast extremely quickly. It's such a beautiful clusterf that you have to watch.It's easy to go, "LOL OF COURSE FOX WOULD DO THIS," but that's not really the case. This is the problem with having a network that you have to program for 24 hours a day. There are so many wheels in motion and so many things to coordinate at once that it's b ...more.

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I'm all for professionalism but it's hard to take your serious news story seriously when you get sprayed in the face by a sprinkler. But nonetheless, kudos for this Missouri reporter for staying strong in the face of the Wet Menace.And just to present the opposite end of the spectrum, watch this reporter when a fly gets in his mouth.Now which would you guess goes on to the longer and more ...more.