Here's Fox News’ Rick Leventhal, who's been described to as as "basically a good guy, but kind of an asshole," delivering a report to New York's Fox affiliate, and then following it up by pointing out how terrible the anchor's follow up question was. [OCN] It's no Katie Couric "we're not live, but we're taping" slip up, but still another cautionary tale about verbalizing your grievances while the camera is still rolling.

This adorable video featuring some of your favorite cereal characters (Cap'n Crunch, Tony The Tiger, and, uh, Raisin Bran's sun) trying to make it through group therapy is a cutesy throwback to the good old days, when Toucan Sam could do blow in private and Frosted Mini-Wheat was just your everday bi-polar snack.

If Gwen Stefani can make bank on Harajuku girls, why can't Subaru exploit a group of sumo wrestlers for their benefit, and throw in some playful Paris Hilton soap-and-sponge choreography?

Posted to her YouTube channel – even Playboy has one – Katie Couric's promo video for the CBS Evening News is either supposed to attract younger audiences to the broadcast to boost her record-low Nielsen numbers, or give media chattering classes a new Couric-related talking point. You'll guess which one succeeds.

This ad spot, for Britvic's bottled water Drench, features scientific genius Brains, from the 1960s British show Thunderbirds. It's catchy, adorable, and absolutely something we wouldn't TiVo through.

When Bill O'Reilly talks about "the level of hate" that's pulsating through our society, he was referring to: 1) The Daily Kos juxtaposing pictures of Jenna Bush's wedding with Iraqi deaths; 2) Videotapes of girls beating each other that are uploaded to YouTube; 3) Animals in Africa trying to eat and escape each other, as animals have been wont to do for millions of years; 4) His contractual obligation to create "a few dramas," like blowing up on camera; 5) All of the above. [Radar]

That Fox News production assistant who was fired last week after introducing herself to John McCain at the Time 100 by saying, "I voted for you! You're going to win!"? Here's the video of Jennifer Locke's misstep, brought to you by, fittingly, MSNBC's Dan Abrams.

So what if that ridiculous video of those guys effortlessly jumping into a pair of jeans was merely a viral ad concocted by an ad agency that's been doing this time and time again? [Gawker] We're in the middle of an era where even two-year-olds are bombarded with thousands of marketing messages every day. Shouldn't we at least enjoy the ones being shoved down our throats? The ad in question is one for Levi's jeans, replicated from a Ray-Ban ad from last year. It's racking up millions of views on YouTube and elsewhere. And you know what? God damn good for them!

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How many times has James Bond, or Austin Powers, jumped into their car and slid into the driver's seat, narrowly missing (or hitting) the stick shift? It's an ambitious stunt, if you're the type who cares about your twig and berries. So how about taking things down a notch, and sliding into your jeans the same way? Watch the zipper. And this video. More than 800,000 people already have.

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Just as we do when we visit the most-emailed photos on Yahoo to see what's registering on America's cultural radar, let's check in to see what the most-viewed videos are on MSNBC.com, in order: "Myanmar cyclone kills thousands," "Tragic ending for filly Eight Belles," "Cyclone causes widespread devastations," and "10 messiest celebrity meltdowns." [MSNBC Video]

This introduction video is one of at least a few versions Scientology hopefuls screen before they're led to an E-Meter and asked to fill out their bank routing and account numbers. It was shot by an operative with a handicam, and show's the Church's logic at its best: "If you leave this room after seeing this film, and walk out, and never mention Scientology again, you are perfectly free to do so. It would be stupid, but you could do it. You can also dive off a bridge and blow your brains out, that is your choice. But if you don't walk out that way, if you continue with Scientology, we will be very happy with you, and you will be very happy with you."

At the very least, we'll commend the host's script for being nothing but concise: Joining Scientology is a decision you're free to make, but so is, of course, diving off a bridge and blowing your brains out.

They're all about options over there.

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The above is one of the videos currently on offer at SlateV, Slate.com's new video magazine that launched today (they're putting a lot of emphasis on magazine). Watch the above clip, and see if you agree with us: They basically took their popular "The Explainer" column, added a human face and some clip art, and uploaded it to Brightcove. That does not a web video magazine make, especially one that is supposed to be "an ordered universe of video, in which all the content has the irreverent wit, sharp intelligence, and counterintuitive insights that have been the hallmarks of Slate the magazine for the past 11 years."

The Dear Prudence clip after the jump, however, might change our mind.

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Ever thought about ditching those pink, scented print resumes and submitting an unintentionally hilarious video of your qualifications instead? In today's Slate, William Saletan debates the merits and potential pitfalls of these "new media" resumes to help unemployed readers come to an informed decision.

First, the pros. Slate points out a video application "turns your resume into an interview" and "shows off your distinctive personality, creativity and initiative." Among the cons, however, Slate argues that "soon everyone will have one, so it won't show any distinctive creativity or initiative," and "it'll show what a bore or jerk you are."

In other words, at best you're Elle Woods and, at worst, you're Aleksei Vaynor.

And, while we wholeheartedly believe that "impossible is nothing," somehow video resumes just don't quite seem worth the risk yet.

Who knew there was comedy in pedophilia? Turns out there is, and new Viacom web property Acceptable.tv has found it. Mixing Dateline's "To Catch a Predator" and American Gladiators, they've arrived at Pedophile Gladiators. In another life, Stone Phillips would be edging for a hosting gig.

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There we were yesterday afternoon. It was around 5:20pm. We were just trying to mosey our way to the Angelika to catch Ryan Gosling in his underwear (and an awkwardly sexless relationship with his character's student) when, right outside the Prada store in Soho, we spot a crowd gathering a shouting. Luckily we had Jossip HQ's high-budget (read: piece-of-crap) camera with us (which explains the choppy footage), so we're gonna take you for a wild ride of high fashion security cartel. It's a 7-minute ride, baby, so grab your snacks and watch Prada's goons hold down the perp — who allegedly ran out of the store with an $850 jacket, the pricetag of which we only learned because, it turns out, Prada's security are just as interested in showing off luxury goods as its customers. You'll also be treated to the walkie-talkie types telling us to turn the camera off, curse and berate the suspect ("Don't fuckin' move!"), wave around the fashion-mistake-of-a-jacket while they wait for the cops to arrive — and the suspect telling the fuzz that we've got it all on video. In the end, we're just doing our duty to ensure the accused's rights weren't violated by NYPD dropouts — and hoping you'll hang around the site during the entire seven minutes so it makes our advertisers think our readership is "sticky."