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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    10/16/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy Admits They Did It for the Show
    I think he means that they built the balloon for his dad's web show... At least, I hope that's what he means. #balloonboyspeaks
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    Image of MrBlahBlah MrBlahBlah
    10/16/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy Admits They Did It for the Show
    who names their kid Falcon?

    whaaaaaat #balloonboyspeaks
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    Image of Scazza Scazza
    10/16/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy Admits They Did It for the Show
    [www.youtube.com] #balloonboyspeaks
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/16/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy Admits They Did It for the Show
    What a bunch of crap! Whatever the equivalent is of DYFS in Colorado, they need to pick those kids up.

    "Uh, we had believed 100% that he was on board."

    Really Dad? Really!?!! That balloon didn't even look like it was capable of supporting that kid's weight.

    And the sad part is this mess of a family is likely to be the next John & Kate Plus Eight because some asshole network exec is lapping this all up right now, rubbing his hands together and saying, "cha'ching!"
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    10/15/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy Admits They Did It for the Show
    Hey did he say they did it for the show? Probably about 0:42 in?

    (didn't watch it)
    (totally just guessing) #balloonboyspeaks
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    Image of omarabuhashish omarabuhashish
    10/15/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy Admits They Did It for the Show
    WTF! Did he say "we did it for the show" then his dad cut him off. #balloonboyspeaks
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    ripfire promoted this comment omarabuhashish was starred omarabuhashish was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/15/09

    @omarabuhashish:

    "You guys said ... that um... we did this for the show... " *fart* #balloonboyspeaks
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    Image of omarabuhashish omarabuhashish
    10/15/09

    @omarabuhashish: I mean his mom said "no". I'm surprised Wolf didn't catch that. #balloonboyspeaks
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    Image of omarabuhashish omarabuhashish
    10/15/09

    @ripfire: That fart noise was pretty fun I must say. lol #balloonboyspeaks
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    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    10/16/09

    @omarabuhashish: I think his father should have been in the balloon...lousy parents... #balloonboyspeaks
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    Image of andrebasso andrebasso
    10/15/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy Admits They Did It for the Show
    The boy clearly says the reason he did not come out of the garage was because "you said, we did it for the show."

    Gizmodo - you guys are not reading through the lines anymore. Just taking the canned story hook line and sinker.

    Listen to what the kid said and you would have given this post a different title. #balloonboyspeaks
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    ripfire promoted this comment andrebasso was starred andrebasso was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/15/09

    @andrebasso: What's more important is that they didn't even address the fart. #balloonboyspeaks
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    Image of FiddlingWhileJimRomeBurns FiddlingWhileJimRomeBurns
    10/15/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy Admits They Did It for the Show
    Does anyone have a surplus anti-tank rocket launcher handy? #balloonboyspeaks
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    ripfire promoted this comment FiddlingWhileJimRomeBurns was starred FiddlingWhileJimRomeBurns was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/15/09

    @FiddlingWhileJimRomeBurns: Check Texas. Fedex made the wrong delivery. #balloonboyspeaks
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    Image of metal face eagle premium is not from So Cal metal face eagle premium is not from So Cal
    10/15/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy Admits They Did It for the Show
    I guess he doesn't like to get high after all. #balloonboyspeaks
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    Image of appletoad appletoad
    10/15/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy Admits They Did It for the Show
    Did the boy say... 'we all did it for the show'?! #balloonboyspeaks
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    ripfire promoted this comment appletoad was starred appletoad was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/15/09

    @appletoad: There you go. Another publicity stunt. Give this family a big applause. #balloonboyspeaks
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    10/15/09

    In reply to Balloon Boy Admits They Did It for the Show
    Nice parenting... #balloonboyspeaks
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    Homerjay is utterly alone. was starred Homerjay is utterly alone. was unstarred
    Image of aec007 aec007
    09/29/09

    In reply to CNN's iPhone App Makes Other News Apps Look Lazy
    You may only get news by shaking it to the left though...
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    Xeno promoted this comment aec007 was starred aec007 was unstarred
    Image of Xeno Xeno
    09/29/09

    @aec007: You misread, this isn't a MSNBC app.
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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    09/29/09

    In reply to CNN's iPhone App Makes Other News Apps Look Lazy

    Been playing with the app for a bit. Well worth the 2 frickin dollars.

    And here's an example of what the "ads" look like. Not obtrusive in the least and don't bother me at all.
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    Image of dfp3050 dfp3050
    09/29/09

    In reply to CNN's iPhone App Makes Other News Apps Look Lazy
    its about time CNN had an app.

    but sadly, I have a strong moral opinion: either an app is free with ads, or I pay for an app without ads. I will not pay to be advertised to. end of story.

    CNN- wtf?
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    Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected promoted this comment dfp3050 was starred dfp3050 was unstarred
    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    09/29/09

    @dfp3050: How do you know it has ads? It was never mentioned in the article, and the pictures shown don't appear to allow room for ads. $2 for such a dynamic app seems like a steal.
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    09/29/09

    @dfp3050: I agree. It's as bad as paying for cable then watching 15 minutes of commercials every hour. I can understand if there are justifications behind it, but... one of the things I pay for when buying an app is not to be bothered by ads.

    I actually rushed to the app store to buy this, but it's not there in Canada yet, so I came here to see what was up - I'm glad I did. Though truly, only interstitial video ads would REALLY make me mad. The app would be worthless then.
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    Image of thechansen thechansen
    09/29/09

    In reply to CNN's iPhone App Makes Other News Apps Look Lazy
    This is extremely polished and well worth the $2, it still has ads which explained the low upfront cost.
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    macpatrick promoted this comment thechansen was starred thechansen was unstarred
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