discovering that their 6 year old son was missing, they put two and two together and realized that the boy must be on the balloon. They called up the police and there was a two hour long wait for the balloon that finally landed 60 miles away. When it landed, the parents quickly discovered that the boy was not on the balloon, and soon found him hiding in the attic.Later, several interviews were performed with the family. The most notable one was on Larry King Live. When asked why he didn't come out when his parents called for him, the 6 year old said, "You guys said we did this for the show." Watch the video here, skip to about 30 seconds in to see his infamous line.
It turns out that this family has been on wife swap before, and has tried (unsuccesfully) to launch their own reality TV show. This family seems to crave media attention, and whatever their son means by saying they did it "for the show", this event seems to fulfill their desire for more attention.
When I first heard about this story, I immediately thought of this class. I thought it weird how addicted some people are to certain types of media that they would go to any length just to get some kind of news coverage or material for a TV show. I feel that the media makes us selfish to some degree. I think it's a natural aspect of being human to want to have the attention of others, but the media just blows this kind of attention out of proportion, and that makes some people just go crazy.
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Wow, no wonder we are supposed to become like little children! I agree that media can make us very selfish people. you walk anywhere in public and everyone is close together, but each person is in there own, self-centered world with their cell phones, ear pieces, i pods, earphones and text messaging! It is the exception when people acknowledge or greet each other. You are right that so many people aspire to be famous and think that fame will make them happy and solve all of their problems.
ReplyDeleteI was completely disgusted when I watched the aftermath of this story. I can't believe those parents! I read something about how they might have charges pressed against them for lying about their son. Crazy what some people will do for attention.
ReplyDeleteI am glad you posted this. I had heard bit and pieces about the story previously. It really is ridiculous what some people will do for attention.
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