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Tarce.com » Articles » Balloon Boy Hoax and Media Coverage Balloon Boy Hoax and Media Coverage December 24th, 2009 | Add a Comment This story had everyone’s attention in 2009. Attention that soon turned to outrage for causing us to be fooled into believing such a wild story. Despite being outraged, the Richard and Mayumi Heene Balloon Boy Hoax was also something both we and the news channels needed to keep viewers viewing, advertisers advertising, and twitters twittering. With the hype over the Michael Jackson death and funeral nearing an end, and the All Exclusive interviews with MJ doctors and friends losing their appeal, news channels needed something to keep viewers watching their show. The Balloon Boy Hoax fit perfectly into their needs – Yes, we NEEDED something like that – a topic we wanted to read about, watch, and post on Twitter – and we are sure you did one or ALL THREE of those things, didn’t you? Just think of all the advertisi

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-The balloon boy’s supposed life-threatening journey in a runaway balloon riveted the nation for hours. But it will be years before the perpetrators of the October hoax — his parents — can benefit financially from the publicity stunt. The sentencing of Richard and Mayumi Heene was the culmination of a saga that turned out to be a ruse by a family broke, desperate and hoping to land a reality televison show. A tearful Richard Heene apologized in court Wednesday for the frenzy he caused when he claimed his 6-year-old son Falcon had floated away in a giant helium balloon shaped like a flying saucer. “I’m very, very sorry. And I want to apologize to all the rescue workers out there, and the people that got involved in the community,” said the 48-year-old Heene, a UFO-obsessed backyard scientist who turned to storm-chasing and reality TV after his Hollywood acting career bombed. He was sentenced to 90 days, including 60 days of work release. She was given a 20-day sentence. Both terms inclu

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