Restoring Truthiness Rally Moves Forward with “Operation Strike of Truthiness” Nick Butler, September 7, 2010September 7, 2010 A few days ago we told you about a growing movement to get Stephen Colbert, host of the Emmy-award winning show “The Colbert Report,” to hold a “Restoring Truthiness” rally in Washington, D.C. Today, Supporters of that movement staged Operation Strike of Truthiness, an ingenious plan to get the terms restoring truthiness on both Google Trends and Twitter trending topics. If the image above doesn’t give it away, see if the operation was a success after the jump. Mission accomplished.As you can see Operation Strike of Truthiness was a success, and even if it wasn’t, our guts would’ve told us otherwise. Not only was it the #1 Google trend, but it was also #1 trending topic on Twitter, the #1 searched term on Yahoo, and the #1 searched term on Bing – and that’s the truthiness.The Colbert Nation now eagerly awaits tonights episode of “The Colbert Report” to see if Stephen answers their calls for truthiness. If he does, we’ll be the first to let you know.Remember, go to ColbertRally.com to get the latest on this movement and join the 100,000 Strong to Restore Truthiness Facebook group. News Social Networks Viral News colbertColbert Rallygoogle trendsOperation Strike of TruthinessRestoring TruthinessStephen ColbertTwitter
Viral News Finally, We Get A “Tron Lebowski” Parody Video December 22, 2010Sure, the film’s only been in theaters for less than a week, but the inevitable comparisons between Jeff Bridges’ character in TRON: Legacy (Kevin Flynn) and his role as The Dude (Jeff Lebowski) in The Big Lebowski are ripe for parody. This is the first video I’ve seen to take… Read More
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‘Cloverfield’ Sequel Will Happen…Eventually March 21, 2011The seed that began MovieViral was the J.J. Abrams-produced Cloverfield. While we never got a chance to cover the film’s viral campaign as part of this website, we have been following the much-rumored sequel since our birth. Now director Matt Reeves confirms that a sequel is indeed in the works. Read More