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 Video Round-Up: Pocahontas Parody, Harry Potter Pole Dance, GLEE’s Super Bowl Ad, Silence is Golden, and Nooo! February 9, 2011Viral videos are like cattle. They are wild beasts that sometimes need to be rounded up to keep control. After the break see some of the most recent cattle grazing the Internets. Read More
New Tron Legacy Poster Features a Hot Chick and Emerald City August 26, 2010It may be hypocritical to mention this new Tron Legacy poster from Hungary considering we neglected to cover the French poster that looks even cooler. However, I actually met Beau Garrett at Comic-Con, the actress featured in the new poster, and i can’t get over the odd-looking green Tron city… Read More
‘INSIDIOUS’ Updates: Children, Stalking, and Red Faces March 21, 2011March 21, 2011One of the things that I personally miss doing for this site is the constant updating. I truly enjoy viral so much that I become giddy with each update, so with that said, I will personally keep you posted on all things INSIDIOUS. And so, the following write up is… Read More