Are you still assuming that there is such a thing as a "news cycle"? This "event" had television personalities as protagonists and an impossible scenario as storyline, and was pushed out by the AP in lieu of actual news.
I first heard about the balloon on the way home from work on the radio. I listen to 15 minutes of Hannity, just to see what insanity he is talking about and he was narrating a live feed as the balloon was descending to the ground. A caller who is a balloonist said the balloon couldn't hold a 50 lb child and I knew then it was a hoax. The "why" didn't come until later. But I too was rooting for the kid.
Boomer1949: well, you have to root for the kid, no matter what happened, because he's only 6 ! He has nothing to do with any of this, including the manipulation.
i think the youngest boy is having a very hard time lying to the world on camera, and keeps vomiting because of nerves.
he only gets sick when they ask him why he didn't come out of the attic. and i am sure you heard him say "we did it all for the show" and the father stumbled to explain it away.
owp: yeah, I think so, too. I just felt a bit sorry for the kid. He's only 6 years old. The father has already shown lots of propensity of wanting to be in the lime-light of the media, including prior 'reality' shows. Just goes to show, how fucked up our entire society is...when this crap is the top 'news' story in a 48 hour cycle. Meanwhile, of course, you won't see any little boys or girls interviewed on US tv, after the bombs hit their villages in Pakistan today.
No, haven't seen it - but, yeah it's a sad situation for those kids. Unfortunately there are many kids out there who are emotionally abused by their parents, and the state can't take care of them all - and the foster parent system isn't exactly the answer either.
ScreamingTc: well, you'll see plenty of them during the 'holiday' season, rest assured. Our so-called national exercise in 'compassion for others' - almost as predictable the lack of coverage of the ongoing criminal acts on Wall Street, with the exception of the continued praise for the 'recovery' of a casino-style financial sector. In other words, simply invest more money, so that you TOO can have that private yacht someday, sailing into the sunset. And yes: people are swallowing it AGAIN.
The problem being is that the public's collective memory is so damned short, and their collective will power to do anything so damned diffused. Plus with the encouragement of the political sector both the left and right effectively neutralise the other when it comes to working together to deal with the bigger problems.
Sadly your up against decades of brainwashing that the US system is the best, and that capitalism is the only way for a country to function.
what? passing the buck and pointing fingers doesnt work anymore? you mean WE are ALL to blame? what? nooooo! lmao! keep em coming Ella! Youre awesome! :)
Complacity?
You mean complicity.
FlopSideOfLife2009 2 years ago
Are you still assuming that there is such a thing as a "news cycle"? This "event" had television personalities as protagonists and an impossible scenario as storyline, and was pushed out by the AP in lieu of actual news.
BobForehead 2 years ago
BobForehead: I stand corrected: 'infotainment cycle/propaganda cycle' would be a more accurate description. Or simply put: Garbage. :)
55ella2007k 2 years ago
I first heard about the balloon on the way home from work on the radio. I listen to 15 minutes of Hannity, just to see what insanity he is talking about and he was narrating a live feed as the balloon was descending to the ground. A caller who is a balloonist said the balloon couldn't hold a 50 lb child and I knew then it was a hoax. The "why" didn't come until later. But I too was rooting for the kid.
Boomer1949 2 years ago
Boomer1949: well, you have to root for the kid, no matter what happened, because he's only 6 ! He has nothing to do with any of this, including the manipulation.
55ella2007k 2 years ago
One intriguing aspect of the whole matter that I have not seen discussed is how much the Balloon looked like UFO videos.
Alumunium disc covered object which looked in the video like it was moving fast. I can see how people mistake weather balloons for UFO's.
valhala56 2 years ago
i think those parents planned this whole thing.
i think the youngest boy is having a very hard time lying to the world on camera, and keeps vomiting because of nerves.
he only gets sick when they ask him why he didn't come out of the attic. and i am sure you heard him say "we did it all for the show" and the father stumbled to explain it away.
i am sure they'll get that reality show, now.
onlywhenprovoked 2 years ago
owp: yeah, I think so, too. I just felt a bit sorry for the kid. He's only 6 years old. The father has already shown lots of propensity of wanting to be in the lime-light of the media, including prior 'reality' shows. Just goes to show, how fucked up our entire society is...when this crap is the top 'news' story in a 48 hour cycle. Meanwhile, of course, you won't see any little boys or girls interviewed on US tv, after the bombs hit their villages in Pakistan today.
55ella2007k 2 years ago
i feel bad for all three of those kids
have you seen their music video called "pussified"?
i hate to see those kids go to the state, but it's looking more and more like the parents are insanely incapable.
onlywhenprovoked 2 years ago
No, haven't seen it - but, yeah it's a sad situation for those kids. Unfortunately there are many kids out there who are emotionally abused by their parents, and the state can't take care of them all - and the foster parent system isn't exactly the answer either.
55ella2007k 2 years ago
48 hours? And yet how many homeless people do you see on the news, homeless from the crash?
ScreamingTc 2 years ago
ScreamingTc: well, you'll see plenty of them during the 'holiday' season, rest assured. Our so-called national exercise in 'compassion for others' - almost as predictable the lack of coverage of the ongoing criminal acts on Wall Street, with the exception of the continued praise for the 'recovery' of a casino-style financial sector. In other words, simply invest more money, so that you TOO can have that private yacht someday, sailing into the sunset. And yes: people are swallowing it AGAIN.
55ella2007k 2 years ago
The problem being is that the public's collective memory is so damned short, and their collective will power to do anything so damned diffused. Plus with the encouragement of the political sector both the left and right effectively neutralise the other when it comes to working together to deal with the bigger problems.
Sadly your up against decades of brainwashing that the US system is the best, and that capitalism is the only way for a country to function.
ScreamingTc 2 years ago
Well, maybe our ET friends will finally decide to show up in a couple months.
terr547 2 years ago
That story felt like it was taken from a movie or something.
MustacheVerra 2 years ago
I still don't know much about that story, Ella. Some escape is good at times.
Peace =)
czarwright 2 years ago
It would have been fun.
Neurolanis 2 years ago
what? passing the buck and pointing fingers doesnt work anymore? you mean WE are ALL to blame? what? nooooo! lmao! keep em coming Ella! Youre awesome! :)
rad4life1 2 years ago
What a treat - the first ytvlog I have watched and
to have someone validate my feelings for cheering
(in a sense) for the child, well, just great to see you. :)
HeidiSaid 2 years ago 2
Heidi...your comment, at this particular moment, means more than you can possibly imagine. Thank you.
55ella2007k 2 years ago
Oh no... thank you! ;)
HeidiSaid 2 years ago