I’m a little behind on the coverage of this “baloon boy” news story because, well, I could care less. But at this point, it’s so absurd, it’s worth talking about.
In case you’re somehow not aware of the story — last week, a family in Colorado was horrified to find out that one of their young kids was trapped in a weather balloon that had mistakenly been set free. The UFO-looking weather balloon raced out of control across the skies, news teams followed relentlessly, and for some reason, our nation was gripped.
Seriously, the nation shut down. Everyone at work was talking about it: “Can you believe this?! That poor boy!” They were glued to the TV, watching the news feeds on their iphones and gadgets.
And now for the thrilling conclusion: when the balloon landed, it was…empty. Workers panicked thinking the 6 year-old-boy, Falcon, had fallen out. But then the father of the family revealed that he had found him! He was safe!! He had been hiding in a box in the attic the whole time.
A little fishy, I admit. So they went on the Today Show to clear up a few things, and more importantly, to show everyone Falcon vomiting on live TV…
As you can see, people are already starting to accuse them of fabricating this story as a publicity stunt. Now that could be because this family has already been on the reality TV show WifeSwap, or it could be because the Dad and his kids have a YouTube “Science Show” where they do weird and wacky things. Or perhaps it’s because their son hiding in an attic for three hours in the midst of a chaotic national news story just seems f***ing stupid. But I think more people are questioning it because the kid said this:
“You guys said we did this for the show,” Falcon said in the interview, when his father asked him why he had not come out from hiding when his parents were looking for him.
As you can guess, there’s now an investigation into the Balloon boy story. The sheriff of his town said that charges will be filed against the family and they they’re “pretty much totally fucked”. I recommend you take a look at the Sheriff delivering this news, his shirt let’s you know he’s all business. America, fuck yeah!
As for me, I could give two shits about this story and this family and this fabricated drama. Please arrest someone for making me have to listen to this mindless crap for the past week. It’s not news, nothing happened. A kid was playing in the attic. Not sure why they’re still reporting about it. Isn’t their a war going on? National financial crisis? Health care reform??
Or even better — can we make the Media go on WifeSwap and exchange them with some family in the Antarctica? A one way swap is all we need.
