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Boston cops make arrest in devices ploy (media terrorist)
Yahoo ^ | 1/31/2007 | KEN MAGUIRE, Associated Press Writer

Posted on 01/31/2007 6:45:54 PM PST by tobyhill

BOSTON - More than 10 blinking electronic devices planted at bridges and other spots in Boston threw a scare into the city Wednesday in what turned out to be a publicity campaign for a late-night cable cartoon. Most if not all of the devices depict a character giving the finger.

Boston police said Wednesday night that one person had been arrested, and authorities scheduled a news conference to provide details.

Highways, bridges and a section of the Charles River were shut down and bomb squads were sent in before authorities declared the devices were harmless.

"It's a hoax — and it's not funny," said Gov. Deval Patrick, who said he'll speak to the state's attorney general "about what recourse we may have."

Turner Broadcasting, a division of Time Warner Inc. and parent of Cartoon Network, said the devices were part of a promotion for the TV show "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," a surreal series about a talking milkshake, a box of fries and a meatball.

"The packages in question are magnetic lights that pose no danger," Turner said in a statement, issued a few hours after reports of the first devices came in.

It said the devices have been in place for two to three weeks in 10 cities: Boston; New York; Los Angeles; Chicago; Atlanta; Seattle; Portland, Ore.; Austin, Texas; San Francisco; and Philadelphia.

"We regret that they were mistakenly thought to pose any danger," the company said. As soon as the company realized the problem, it said, law enforcement officials were told of their locations in all 10 cities.

The marketing firm that put them up has been ordered to remove them immediately, said Phil Kent, Turner chairman.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aquateenhungerforce; athf; boston; frylock; ignignokt; mastershake; meatwad; media; overreaction; terrorist
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To: Arizona Carolyn

LOL. I can't wait to hear more about that one.


21 posted on 01/31/2007 6:53:18 PM PST by tobyhill (The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
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To: Walkingfeather

And the defense will point out that 10 other cities **including NYC** did not react in a blind panic.


22 posted on 01/31/2007 6:53:36 PM PST by xcamel (Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
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To: tobyhill

The only "crime" for which there is guilt here is "making the cops and politicians look like blithering idiots".


23 posted on 01/31/2007 6:53:56 PM PST by Doghouse Riley (No war unless it's total war for total victory.)
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To: tobyhill

Adult Swim is a tiny subsidiary of Cartoon Network which is a tiny subsidiary of Turner Broadcasting...

I know people love the mental image of an evil Ted Turner rubbing his hands dreaming up marketing schemes where he plants hoax terrorist bombs but the reality is I doubt Turner has even heard of the show and I'm fairly sure he didn't have the foggiest idea about the marketing scheme.


24 posted on 01/31/2007 6:53:56 PM PST by Strategerist
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To: tobyhill

The only real bombs made by Turner Broadcast Company are their shows ;-)


25 posted on 01/31/2007 6:54:06 PM PST by festus (The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
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To: Walkingfeather

No for two reasons. One, they were not trying to incite anything. This publicity campaign had been running for several weeks elsewhere. Two, they cannot be blamed for others' stupidity


26 posted on 01/31/2007 6:54:22 PM PST by billbears (Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. --Santayana)
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To: Strategerist

IQ = 2.5


27 posted on 01/31/2007 6:54:24 PM PST by Dallas59 (HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007!)
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To: Dallas59
IQ = 2.5

And you've seen ATHF?

28 posted on 01/31/2007 6:54:59 PM PST by Strategerist
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To: billbears

They probably can get them on some misdemeanor charge for hanging them on public property without a permit if they really want to.


29 posted on 01/31/2007 6:55:34 PM PST by Strategerist
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To: tobyhill
a surreal series about a talking milkshake, a box of fries and a meatball.

Wad.

He's a Meatwad.

30 posted on 01/31/2007 6:55:41 PM PST by Petronski (Who am I and why am I here?)
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To: Arizona Carolyn

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. That is SWEEEEET!


31 posted on 01/31/2007 6:55:44 PM PST by unixfox (The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
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To: Doghouse Riley
The only "crime" for which there is guilt here is "making the cops and politicians look like blithering idiots".

I suspect they will want to bring back the death penalty in that case.
32 posted on 01/31/2007 6:55:47 PM PST by flashbunny (If the founding fathers were alive today, they'd be plucking feathers and boiling tar.)
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To: tobyhill

What kind of corporate citizen litters public places with cartoon characters flipping birds?

Is Ted Turner still the boss?


33 posted on 01/31/2007 6:56:26 PM PST by donna
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To: Petronski
He's a Meatwad.

Yeah, on the Adult Swim boards people were predicting that Meatwad would be incorrectly called a Meatball all over the media.

34 posted on 01/31/2007 6:56:27 PM PST by Strategerist
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To: Strategerist

No. Whomever did this has a real low one.


35 posted on 01/31/2007 6:56:39 PM PST by Dallas59 (HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007!)
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To: tobyhill

Sheesh. Everybody's dissin' the Wad.


36 posted on 01/31/2007 6:56:42 PM PST by Petronski (Who am I and why am I here?)
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To: tobyhill

2-3 weeks in place. Wow that's a crack team of folks we have protecting us from crazy "bombs".

To quote from Carl, a character on the show: "Oh.. good."


37 posted on 01/31/2007 6:57:45 PM PST by brothers4thID (Hillary: "We are going to take from you.. to provide for the common good")
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To: Arizona Carolyn
How does this:

Look anything like a bomb?

38 posted on 01/31/2007 7:00:58 PM PST by Dead Corpse (Anyone who needs to be persuaded to be free, doesn't deserve to be.)
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To: tobyhill
Leftist Ted Turner in trouble with Boston Massachusetts,

perfect

39 posted on 01/31/2007 7:01:23 PM PST by muir_redwoods (Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
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To: tobyhill

What a crock, this appears to be a ginned-up hysterical reaction to nothing more than a harmless advertising stunt. Makes Bean Town authorities look like a bunch of Master Shakes. Forget Turner, they oughtta sue themselves for damages....

Meatwad rules! (Yeah, I AM as old as my tagline suggests, and wifey and I never miss an episode if we can help it)


40 posted on 01/31/2007 7:01:38 PM PST by MelonFarmerJ (Proudly voting Republican/conservative in every election since 1964)
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