I'm sure by now we've all heard (and blogged) about this little fiasco that took place in Boston on Wednesday. I link to these two particular articles because they both feature the word "hoax" in their headlines. Let's all take a look at the handy ol' dictionary.com:
hoax
–noun
1. something intended to deceive or defraud
The Boston and Massachusetts governments, as well as many in the mainstream media, are tossing this word around pretty freely in this situation. I'm going to go out on a limb here and state my belief that Turner Broadcasting, Adult Swim, and Interference Inc. had absolutely no intent to "deceive or defraud" anyone with this arguably ill-conceived advertising strategy. Far be it from the media or a municipality with a large amount of egg on its face to show some responsibility in its use of potentially slanderous accusations for the sake of hyperbole.
I'm absolutely loving the Boston government's reaction to this: "we kinda made big buncha fools out of ourselves, therefore, we shall strenuously scream our indignation at what is in truth our own over-reactive blunder, and make sure that those responsible for using these silly techniques to advertise their movie and television program are punished to the fullest extent of the law."
Many of the two or three of you who read this blog are aware of my distaste for the city of Boorish... I mean, Boston. I want to thank the city for once again adding fuel to the fire!
It's too bad there's only one season left of The Wire, as putting this sort of police work and government response in its proper light is the show's bread and butter. How I would love to see Rawls and Burrell deal with this :D
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Here here! It's crap like this that annoys the hell out of me. Instead of throwing all that money at Iraq, we should throw it at places that are in REALLY bad shape - like Boston.
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