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One year ago, a little boy from Fort Greene, Colorado took the news media on a joy ride with a sensational story of flying balloon adventure that never actually happened. The event quickly turned out to be forced attempt at publicity stunts by his parents, but the story of Balloon Boy also served as an early warning sign of vulnerability that news media may be facing in today’s attention-seeking, hyper-connected world.
For more details, browse our media archives at KYMdb - Balloon Boy.
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happy anniversary, ballon-boy!! thanks for...lolz and lawsuits.
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This doesn’t seem like it was only
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Time flies… even if
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