I just had to share because I think this is so sick! The news has been reporting all day about 'suspicious devices' found all over Boston. They just had a press conference about the safety of the city, etc. Well, now the news is reporting that is was a publicity stunt for some show on Cartoon Network!!! They had the entire city shut down, the T stopped running, highways closed, the whole thing! People are just so stupid sometimes!!!
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Well damn, they probably spent a hell of a lot less money doing it that way than they would had they advertised via print or commercials. Think of the publicity this is getting since it shut down the entire city! Very deviant but strategic non the less Although they may reap some serious fines now.
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If I lived and worked in Boston I would be P i s s e d
cindyandkevin
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Posted by carlsbride
If I lived and worked in Boston I would be P i s s e d
Ditto. Highly annoying!!
portjeffbride
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do you smell a giant lawsuit? I do......
bostoninLI
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It's so unreal that people can be that stupid these days, thinking this is a good idea. They're already talking on the news of a criminal lawsuit for whoever approved the promotion.
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I live in Boston & today was a NIGHTMARE. I could not get to work. My bus literally NEVER came. I waited 45 minutes in the freezing cold.
Here's the latest: Attorney General Martha Coakley said authorities have recovered 14 of 38 packages around Boston that prompted widespread panic and caused traffic shutdowns. Two of the objects were initially reported to police as suspected pipe bombs, said Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, but turned out to be a Turner Broadcasting stunt to promote a cartoon. 'This is outrageous,'' Boston Mayor Thomas Menino said of the ploy. He said Turner Broadcasting knew the stunt was causing citywide panic at noon but waited hours to send a one-paragraph apology. 'It's all about corporate greed,'' Menino said, adding that responsibility extended beyond those who placed the installations. 'The people in the boardroom have some obligation,'' Menino said tonight. An Arlington man has been arrested for placing the 'hoax devices,'' Coakley said.
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Are you kidding me?!?!? I would arrest everyone in connection with that show!
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I actually work at one of the news stations in Boston....and let me tell you it was pretty annoying for us!!!! We were non-stop in live coverage for hours, covering something that literally was nothing!!!!!
