Publicity stunt causes terrorism scare in Boston  |
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 Turner Broadcasting got a lot of unfavorable publicity for a new cartoon show today when a publicity stunt went awry. The stunt involved blinking electronic devices, and it shut down parts of Boston as authorities investigated what they thought might be a potential terror threat. Whoops!
The AP reports:
"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.
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."
Turner had done the same publicity campaign in other cities, apparently without incident. I wonder if they notified the cities involved in the other cases?
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1.  sedel1027 (12408) | 3 years ago |  I am glad that I don't liv ein Boston because I would have been pretty mad. I do think that it is kind of funny. I bet the city was notified and the memo didn't get to the right people. The clip I saw on CNN made it sound like the publicity stun had already been completed in the other cities. Maybe they just weren't found. I am wondering if Cartoon Network advertised what was going on and there ws a game associated with the devices. I found it odd that the news never reported what the devices actually did. They did look like motherboards with flashing lights.
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 Idlewild (4728) | 3 years ago | You'd think that if the stunt didn't cause any problems in other cities, someone 'didn't get the memo' here, or didn't send it, or whatever.
But in these security-conscious times, maybe boxes with blinking lights isn't the best publicity technique! | |
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2.  Chapman15 (722) | 3 years ago |  That's pretty wierd! I wouldn't want to watch the cartoon just because of that lol! I guess what they say might be true, "bad publicity is better than none at all"
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| Idlewild (4728) | 3 years ago | The first news reports I heard wouldn't mention the show, to avoid giving it publicity; later they did mention it. (It's "Aqua Teen Hunger Force", part of Adult Swim.)
I hadn't heard of the show before, I sure have now! | |
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| Chapman15 (722) | 3 years ago | I've seen that show, my old roomate loved it! I think there's some kind of cult with them lol! I never really got into it though, it's somewhat funny though... | |
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| Idlewild (4728) | 3 years ago | I haven't seen any of the Adult Swim stuff. I spend so much time online that I don't get over to the boob tube much... | |
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| Idlewild (4728) | 3 years ago | Never heard of the show before, but now I have! And I'll probably check it out.
I wonder why there was a problem in Boston but not in the other cities? | |
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| 4. hockeygal4ever (5357) | 3 years ago |  Too weird. There was obviously some lack of communication some place! lol
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| Idlewild (4728) | 3 years ago | Considering security-conscious everyone is today, you'd think a device with batteries and wires beside a highway or bridge would not be the best idea for a promo! | |
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