No, I agree that the boston media outlets should take a lot of the blame for spinning this out of control. Most of us in the city had no idea what was going on, we just went about our business.
The police and bomb squads did what they're supposed to do, check out suspicious packages by sectioning off the area for the public's safety, and neutralize the suspicious package by blasting it the eff up with a water cannon. I would find it unwise that even if the first 37 of 38 lite brites were OK that they would just go "eh, I'm sure it's safe" to the last one.
I do find it incredibly crass on the part of Turner/Time Warner that while it was deciding on its apology from the Cartoon Network, it's affiliate CNN was feeding into the twister of panic to the general public. It's funny to notice that none of the local news outlets are mentioning the name of the character, TV show, or network; since it's controlled by a competing media conglomeration.
But the press conference with the two guys after their arraignment this morning was just priceless. Good on 'em.
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on 2007-02-01 09:51 pm (UTC)The police and bomb squads did what they're supposed to do, check out suspicious packages by sectioning off the area for the public's safety, and neutralize the suspicious package by blasting it the eff up with a water cannon. I would find it unwise that even if the first 37 of 38 lite brites were OK that they would just go "eh, I'm sure it's safe" to the last one.
I do find it incredibly crass on the part of Turner/Time Warner that while it was deciding on its apology from the Cartoon Network, it's affiliate CNN was feeding into the twister of panic to the general public. It's funny to notice that none of the local news outlets are mentioning the name of the character, TV show, or network; since it's controlled by a competing media conglomeration.
But the press conference with the two guys after their arraignment this morning was just priceless. Good on 'em.