Child Floats Away in Balloon

Jack Daniel Stanley said:
man that rap video is awful
who'd paint their kid in fake poop and place them in the toilet to be turd and put it on the internet?
Answer, someone who'd concoct a hoax like this.
The guy is bug nuts, addressing my issue that it probably wasn't a hoax - namely that you'd have to be nuts to think the reward warranted the risk for pulling something like this off. He's bug nuts alright.
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Told ya the guy was a wack job.

; )
 
Wolf Blitzer and his Situation Room is the worst format in news. Worse than anything even FOX has given us - and that's pretty desperate stuff over there. This sensationalization of "news" started during the first gulf war - with logos flying in over segments and powerful, driving music pushing the viewer to the edge of their seats and blood pressure up a couple of notches.

Sick ***t. I can't watch CNN. Really - it's become like the national version of local affiliate fringe-slot car accident and burglary reports that have dominated local news for the past decade or two.
 
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^ exactly, the parents were right there as it lifted off, why would the idea of their son being in there ever transpire, just a whole bunch of shennanigans.
 
The police said they aren't going to go back to re interview the family until tomorrow for the hoax theory, so now they have an extra day to get their story straight, no way in hell will the kid be interviewed without an adult or attorney there this time.
 
The CNN interview was priceless, watching the parents try and weasel out of being ssoo busted. I can't believe he said that the kid was talking about wife swap.
 
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I wish I would have tivo'd it, just caught a few replays again.

Ha ha ha ha CNN news anchor just jumped on Wolf Blitzer's ass telling him to get with it, this is a hoax and as phony as a $3 bill... It was pretty funny.
 
Chip/jkc

Might I add how big of a jacka*ss I am right about now? I never saw this coming, you both did. I apologize for one, hacking away at you both and two, offending you in the process. I was wrong and I'm sorry for being a douche about it. I gave the father way too much credit. I did so because I'm a father of a 6 year old and couldn't fathom exploiting my own children for personal gain, especially in such a distorted manner. No one could possibly do something like this, I thought. I was wrong.

This is a hoax.

I do however stand by the media argument. They were not sensationalizing the story. That is how any journalist would have covered the story, not knowing all the facts. They handled it as well as can be expected.
 
Alveraz,

No worries man, I know you have a 6 year old and it's easy to get emotionally attatched to something that really hits home.

It's all good man! I do appreciate you taking the time out to say something.

Your not a jackass, just a worried parent that can;t conceive of putting their kid in a situation like this.
 
Ditto. No need to apologize. We just saw different things that day. Healthy debate is good, great, vital even.

I concur that the cops and rescue responded the proper way.

I say the media overreacted because I just couldn't take them possibly showing a kid being pulled out of that balloon or possibly plummeting from it.

That's too much.

Speaking of which:
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/10/hopefully-the-last-falcon-heene-post

This Richard guy is a disgrace.
 
alveraz said:
I do however stand by the media argument. They were not sensationalizing the story. That is how any journalist would have covered the story, not knowing all the facts. They handled it as well as can be expected.
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They were. They always do. They always stuff their channels and viewers' minds with worthless fluff instead of covering real news. Thankfully, there are other news agencies and networks that do a better job. Sadly, these networks cannot be found on average Joe's TV.
 
Wow, this whole fiasco, just, wow... I can't even think straight at the moment. Truly bizarre beyond belief. The media coverage, well, I'm not surprised when the media exploits or blows things out of proportion. The fire and police departments though, have to treat this as a serious issue though. So scolding them for going along with the hoax is not really fair. They have to play by a "better safe than sorry" rule book. I'm sure some of the cops assumed this to be a hoax early on, but had to make sure before they said anything of the sort.

The one thing that is for sure is these parents are total knobs. If you doubt me, watch this disaster -- Balloon Boy Wife Swap.

I'm actually really pissed now. This type of shi* pisses me off. These kids are gonna have to live with this embarrassment for the rest of their lives, on top of the psychological problems that will come later in life due to being raised by their bat shi* insane parents.

There are 2 other very very very sad things that will happen now:

1) I'm sure the parents will have some charges filed against them soon, maybe jail time, who knows? Whether they go to the slammer or not, they'll get book deals and a movie-of-the-week offer, maybe another appearance on Wife Swap or some other tawdry reality show. They will end up being infamous, but they'll still make some decent to very nice money off this mess.

2) The media could report on real news for the next month, you know, allowing the chance for more important issues and stories to be "news". Instead we'll get this circus fiasco repeated ad nauseam.

Doc Bernard said:
Originally Posted by Andrew McCarrick
Wow this is already getting old. Quite annoying at this point. Don't see how this is news anymore. Who really gives a crap what happened.
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I do. I want to see how long this thread will continue.

Call it a "social experiment".

And.................bump
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Yeah, at this rate we'll top the "On The Lot" thread that got everyone's blood boiling back in 2007.

ChipG said:
Your not a jackass, just a worried parent that can;t conceive of putting their kid in a situation like this.
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I don't have kids of my own, but I didn't think hoax right away because I thought no one would put their wife and children through this. And who would be stupid enough to believe that they could pull off something like this?

I took it that Alveraz was looking at it more from the mindset of how a parent or a police officer would look at it, focusing on the fact that a little kid could be out there hurt or trapped in a freaking weather balloon. Plenty of time to grill the father and mother later on down the line. First priority is finding the boy. I didn't think hoax right away either, only suspecting it as this thing developed. Initially the term "stranger than fiction" entered my mind, but in the end it turned out as "you couldn't pay someone to write this shi*". That's the information age for ya.
 
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I read about this before it became posted and didn't find an issue with it. The police are invloved. It'll be handled.

I feel the same way now. The only reason it's an issue, I'm guessing from reading this thread, is the media attention. I don't watch TV, but if I did, the BBC still has a good rep.

Anyways, the police can sort it out. I'll just wait.
I don't get the frenzy, but then again I do. Fake or not, the guys an ass? Yeah, if faked I'd give him some jail time and fines to let him rethink his assed-ness.
Maybe something under 2 years and around a 200K fine.
 
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