Balloon Boy Hoax

Up, Up and Away: How TV News Blew It

Sara-Ellen Amster, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sara-Ellen Amster, Ph.D.

In light of the balloon boy fiasco last week, cable news outlets need to review their methods of verification. The public must know that what they see on television purporting to be news actually is.

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HuffPost Photoshop Contest: Balloon Boy!

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

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By now you've no doubt heard about "Balloon Boy" AKA Falcon Heene, the boy who captivated the media for an entire news cycle by virtue of not being in...

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Non-Stories: A Season Of False Starts For News Organizations

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — A balloon racing across the Colorado sky without a 6-year-old boy inside. A major lobbyist not changing its position on climate chang...

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Sheriff: Balloon Boy Hoax May Have Conspirators

AP | P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 05.25.2011

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FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Investigators pored over e-mails, phone records and financial documents from the home of Richard Heene on Monday as they w...

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Why I Have Some Empathy for Balloon Boy's Dad

Norman Lear | Posted 05.25.2011

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Norman Lear

Did any of the networks wonder, while scraping the bottom of the news barrel, if creating a climate that mistakes entertainment for news seduced the Heenes into believing they're entitled to their 15 minutes?

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Mayumi Heene Admits Hoax: Balloon Boy's Mother Confesses To Authorities

AP | DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER — The mother of the 6-year-old boy once feared missing inside a runaway helium balloon admitted the whole saga was a hoax, according to c...

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Balloon Boy Hoax: Sheriff Says Charges Will Be Filed For The Publicity Stunt

Posted 05.25.2011

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***SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO*** DAN ELLIOTT, Associated Press FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A Colorado father accused of staging a publicity stunt when he...

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Review of Boy In The Moon

Giles Slade | Posted 05.25.2011

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Giles Slade

The understanding of life we're given is always insufficient, but we can still expand it while acquiring and experiencing pleasure, warmth and reward.

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Sheriff Jim Saves Chistmas, Guns and Solves Heene Balloon Hoax

Craig Alan Silverman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Craig Alan Silverman

When Falcon let loose the truth on prime time to Wolf Blitzer, even Barney Fife could have figured it out. By his own admission, that was the first moment the light came on for local Sheriff Jim Alderden.

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