Comments on: Pricking the Heene Hoax

By: David W. Boles

David W. Boles — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:51:08 +0000

It’s unfortunate that so many of these “reality shows” are really scripted and built in the editing suite — there’s nothing real about them any more.

By: David W. Boles

David W. Boles — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:50:24 +0000

Yes, Katha. They were on Wife Swap on ABC. I think I remembering watching them and thinking Richard was rather cruel.

By: Kathakali Chatterjee

Kathakali Chatterjee — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:52:22 +0000

Here we go... http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1930944,00.html

By: Kathakali Chatterjee

Kathakali Chatterjee — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:26:13 +0000

Hi David,
I remember reading that the family took part somekind of reality show…I wonder if they are just being spot-light hungry?

By: David W. Boles

David W. Boles — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:42:32 +0000

I was watching the Yankees channel when they mentioned the balloon boy thing and I switched to watch the last 30 minutes of it on CNN both on TV and on the web. CNN The Web Version is much better than what we get on TV. I heard the balloon expert say it didn’t look like anything was in the balloon basket and the on air anchors sort of gasped and heaved a bit and changed the topic… the suggestion being that he’d already fallen out and was dead… not that he never got in the balloon in the first place.

By: Gordon Davidescu

Gordon Davidescu — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:23:51 +0000

I knew some people that got genuinely worried. I only heard about the whole thing after the fact when it became very obvious that there was no way the laws of physics would have permitted a child that heavy to ride in a balloon that weak.