The sillier our media get, the more ill at ease we are that something really bad is about to happen.
On that basis, we should raise the threat level.
Yesterday, and today, the media went crazy over a total non-story. For awhile, everyone thought a 5-year-old kid, aptly named Falcon, was up in a crazy helium balloon. Turned out, he was taking a nap in the attic of his home. About as thrilling as "police arrest wrong man, then promptly let him go." No news.
Now, in the old days of once a day 7:00 pm news, this story would've been over before it had time to get reported. We never would've even heard about it--appropriately.
But now, having mistakenly gone crazy over the story yesterday, the media can't let it go.
Meanwhile, we get the distinct impression it was all a publicity stunt by the family, which, it turns out, has a healthy history of self-promotion.
Can we get back to the real news.
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