'Suspicious Packages' in Boston Part of Marketing Campaign. Turner Broadcasting Claims Devices Found in City Meant to Promote Show on Cartoon Network
As many as seven suspicious packages found throughout the Boston area in Massachusetts were part of a marketing campaign for the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim program, "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," according to Turner Broadcasting.
A statement from the company indicates that they are in talks with law enforcement officials to diffuse the situation.
"The 'packages' in question are magnetic lights that pose no danger," said the statement from Shirley Powell, senior vice president of corporate communications for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. "They are part of an outdoor marketing campaign in 10 cities in support of Adult Swim's animated television show Aqua Teen Hunger Force. They have been in place for two to three weeks in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, Austin, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. Parent company Turner Broadcasting is in contact with local and federal law enforcement on the exact locations of the billboards. We regret that they were mistakenly thought to pose any danger."
LOL, so much for Homeland Security, good thing they weren't bombs.
And it took them all day to figure this out?