Chase Hoffberger
Chase Hoffberger reported on YouTube, web culture, and crime for the Daily Dot until 2013, when he joined the Austin Chronicle. Until late 2018, he served as that paper’s news editor and reported on criminal justice and politics.
4-year-old is tired of “Bronco Bamma” and Mitt Romney
Tearful Abigael Evans is probably the cutest kid on YouTube today.
On Oct 31, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger
How Gov. Chris Christie saved Halloween (and New Jersey)
The New Jersey governor has been a commanding presence on Twitter since Hurricane Sandy, with a party-sized penchant for goodwill.
On Oct 30, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger
Blackouts sweep Manhattan following Sandy
Earth, wind, water, and fire: A power plant explosion surprised many New York residents.
YouTube Guide: “90s Pizza Hut Prank”
Apparently, this decades-old coupon from Pizza Hut still works.
On Oct 29, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger
Joss Whedon on Mitt Romney’s zombie apocalypse
The Avengers director believes that, if elected, Mitt Romney will cause the zombie apocalypse.
Everything that’s wrong with celebrity YouTube channels in 1 video
Featuring jewels like this: “Don’t you ever call me Cayman. Don’t you ever call me Jabar. Like I said before, you will get devoured.”
On Oct 25, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger
The Daily Dot’s official endorsements for the Friskies
Are these the greatest cat videos of all time?
On Oct 24, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger
Brit charged for throwing girlfriend’s cat in the laundry
Allan Staughton is facing a maximum sentence of six months in prison for animal cruelty after sending a cat on a 12-second spin cycle.
YouTube Guide: How to get kids into classical music
Collective Cadenza’s answer: Just put pop lyrics over the classical greats. Boom! Instant education!
On Oct 23, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger
YouTube maestro Ronald Jenkees finally returns with funky new jam
“This video is coming from a place of jam, and that place, I don’t have a map for it,” Jenkees says in his first new video in four years.
Reddit star Zach Anner hits strip club in premiere episode
In Riding Shotgun with Zach Anner, the cerebral palsy-stricken comedian travels the country in the pursuit of “the perfect day” with redditors.
Kid President vs. President Obama: A tale of the tape
This is the presidential debate the Internet has been waiting for.
“Romnesia” song resurrects obscure 70s country-rock band
“When he said in the debate, ‘That’s not my tax plan,’ something in his chemistry had changed,” Pousette-Dart sings.
YouTube Guide: Honey Boo Boo meets “Downton Abbey”
Meet Lady Honey Boo Boo Child and Mama, Dowager Countess of Boo Boo.
On Oct 22, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger
Romney’s “binders full of women” inspire a Flash game
The object is—what else?—to catch women in binders.
On Oct 19, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger
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