"Kony 2012," a video posted by advocacy group Invisible Children to raise awareness about the pernicious evil of Lord's Risistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony,  has already been viewed over 8 million times on Vimeo and more than 9 million times on YouTube (and surely more by the time you read this) since its release this week.

It would be great to get rid of Kony.  He and his forces have left a path of abductions and mass murder in their wake for over 20 years.  But let's get two things straight: 1) Joseph Kony is not in Uganda and hasn't been for 6 years; 2) the LRA now numbers at most in the hundreds, and while it is still causing immense suffering, it is unclear how millions of well-meaning but misinformed people are going to help deal with the more complicated reality.

First, the facts. Following a successful campaign by the Ugandan military and failed peace talks in 2006, the LRA was pushed out of Uganda and has been operating in extremely remote areas of the DRC, South Sudan, and the Central African Republic -- where Kony himself is believed to be now. The Ugandan military has been pursuing the LRA since then but had little success (and several big screw-ups). In October last year, President Obama authorized the deployment of 100 U.S. Army advisors to help the Ugandan military track down Kony, with no results disclosed to date.

Additionally, the LRA (thankfully!) does not have 30,000 mindless child soldiers. This grim figure, cited by Invisible Children in the film (and by others) refers to the total number of kids abducted by the LRA over nearly 30 years. Eerily, it is also the same number estimated for the total killed in the more than 20 years of conflict in Northern Uganda.

As I wrote for FP in 2010, the small remaining LRA forces are still wreaking havoc and very hard to catch, but Northern Uganda has had tremendous recovery in the 6 years of peace since the LRA left.

So why is "Uganda" trending on Twitter?

Unfortunately, it looks like meddlesome details like where Kony actually is aren't important enough for Invisible Children to make sure its audience understands. The video, narrated by Invisible Children co-founder Jason Russell, says its purpose is to intensify pressure on the U.S. government to make sure Kony is brought to justice this year, and as the message broadcast throughout says, what is important is simple: Stop Kony.

We are in the middle of an inevitable shift, where the tools of journalism (including the very powerful form of the documentary) are within the hands of the masses. However, as media consumers we lack the sophistication to ensure we're feeding our brains with balance and vetted truth.

This well-meaning campaign for "Stop Kony" might be very well-intentioned, but that's still a paved road to hell. The real truth is that as long as you have touching images and video to pull the heartstrings, you can gloss over mountains of context.

Man shows up for job interview naked, high on meth

 A man showed up for a job interview near Sacramento naked and high on methamphetamine, and now cellphone footage of his fight with police has gone viral.

Jose Ayala didn't make the best first impression at a Del Paso Heights-area welding shop when he showed up last week frazzled and unclothed, says shop owner Chris Johnson, who added he won't soon forget the job applicant.

But did he get the job?

And speaking of comfortable seating, have you ever been on JetBlue’s “Miracle Flights” out of Ft. Lauderdale? On several popular mid-day flights they give 20+ people in wheelchairs early boarding which allow them to sit right up front in the best seats. When the flight reaches New York, however, almost every one of them, with the exception of two or three, jump right off the plane without the aid of a wheelchair. If JetBlue wanted to make some real money it might consider launching a subsidiary called Lazarus Airlines.

Too funny.

Since JetBlue flights now have medicinal powers, can we pay for them with our flexible spending cards?