VirusHead - Mutating bits of contagious discourse, because language is a virus.

In an interesting move, the Al Jazeera English channel put a video on YouTube asking for feedback videos on the YouTube channel. What are people’s perceptions, views, and suggestions?

(An aside - wow, is that anchorwoman Ghida Fakhry ever pretty!)

As you might expect, the video responses were of varying quality. Many respondents disguised themselves. One hid a pretty nasty message in pig latin. Others used it to interview for a job, or to express various opinions of their own. Here were a few that stood out to me for one reason or another.

The Hands-Down Best Critique.

Under pressure (including murder) to dilute reporting, now importing “BBC” types for the English channel.
(Journalist author filmmaker John Pilger)

To Address Preconceptions, Change to a Neutral Name (i.e. “Associated Press”)

Paris Hilton (etc.) vs News - any questions?

And, my favorite…

Save Me Some Brain Ache, Please.