Office worker goes berserk.. or not

As the Web Producer for "News to Me," I like to think I’m up on "webby stuff" and "viral video." A couple weeks ago, I stumbled across what I thought was insane video of an office worker having a total meltdown. I mean, I’ve seen videos of workers gone postal before, but this one was PRIME. I passed it along to the “News to Me” staff, thinking it might work for the show. After all, I figured... it’s video, it’s viral. Should work, right?

James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie are shown in a scene from the Universal Pictures film "Wanted."

Imagine my surprise (read: embarrassment) a week later, when Coordinating Producer Mike Kane forwarded our team a press release hot off the wire that read:

Music Clip for 'Office Meltdown' Video – Revealed as a Commercial for Film WANTED With Jolie and McAvoy

Turns out, I’d been had! Thankfully, the staff did their research. Check out the video for yourself, and let me know what you think. Would you have known it was a fake, or would you have been fooled right along with me?

Read the full press release »