It was helium, not "hot air", but it was a distraction that should put the media on notice if not in a basket.
I was truly concerned when Thom Hartmann mentioned the boy who took flight in a balloon and soon found it on Huffington Post and MSNBC. Long story short? It seems there is a longer story here, but thankfully not involving a missing or injured boy. At the time, one suspicion that was as of this morning still hanging out there: Was there a basket or could they not know that the child would have not been able to lift off with a basket or without structural damage to the balloon? I won't belabor the motive for coverage, but the accuracy and reliability and speculation?
Meanwhile: I do not agree with Arianna Huffington except for her displeasure with the media. Meanwhile Truthdig's Joe Conason and Real Journalism.
(Not to mention.)
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