Yes well.......

I just cant believe the media was sucked into this as much as they were!

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Can't you? That pair clearly knew exactly which buttons to push. Anyone who understands how modern news distribution works, and who has the creativity and resources to play to it, is going to suck the media in and get lots of coverage.

Rolling 24-hour news channels don't do analysis very well. Their ideal is a constant stream of sensational live video footage. When they don't have that, a news channel is a very dull place to be, and they know it - so they jump on anything that alleviates the boredom. A big helium balloon with the possibility of a young child trapped under it is exactly the sort of thing they love to point their cameras at.

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Ah i feel like doing something amazing today, im gonna nip the card shop and get one thousand balloons fill them up with helium and tie them to a basket, then ill let the balloons fly off and ill ring sky news up saying one of my dogs might be in the basket that's floated off! then ill ring the police... sounds like a plan?.

I have to much spare time on my hands :dozey:

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this is gonna be difficult haha :rolleyes:

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Hahahaha, serves 'em right :D

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8427548.stm

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Richard Cranium.

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You're right. I must say I've got a lot of sympathy for the kids in cases like this. Inevitably they're bound to suffer because of their parents stupidity. :(