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more about #wifeswap more comments → RandomLunatic: Rob, your appearances on the Today Show this morning are pretty priceless. Hey, whatever happened to your Facebook-killer? By the way - AWESOME CROWN... more » TheSometimesWhy: Well, this changes everything. So when Einstein posited that E =MC2, the "E" stood for entertainment? So then "M" stood for massive ego, and "C" sti... more » Tits_LaRue: Lizard People? Maybe Al Franken can look into this for us. #boyintheballoon more » Niko Bellic: It's not just socialism that's better than capitalism. It's feudalism too! Peasants would never think that they could launch themselves into aristocra... more » Tart of Darkness: I don't think there is/was a particular problem with the broadcast of a story about the possibility that a little boy's life was in danger. I found i... more » Tart of Darkness: "Bluntly, I think Richard's ego blinds him to his brilliance." Bluntly I think someone's ego blinds more than one person to the idea that Richard mig... more » Emilyfey: This post reminds of drug dealer logic -- "Yeah, we're selling drugs, but you assholes are buying them, so who is worse?" Um. THE DRUG DEALERS. No amo... more » The Dewd: "Well, I hope you're all satisfied. You brought down a bunch of naive reality TV folks -- folks from Wife Swap, where values are...different. They w... more » BookishLookish: Fame is not "a hell of a drug." It's garbage for garbageheads. Look at that photo, will you? He is a father who has neglected to provide STAIRS out ... more » JennaW: Oh, for fuck's sake -- YES, we are all *so horrible* for caring and worrying that some kid might be stuck in a flimsy balloon 7,000 feet above the gro... more » IamnotStarJones: I can't wait for this guy to fade into obscurity like Octomom. I'm hoping it happens by December 2009. #boyintheballoon more » topsy: Maybe this is the time we'll start taking consequences seriously. This famewhore thing has been going on since time began (as someone has already men... more » TheBusinessGuy: This kind of manipulated media circus isn't new. Check out Billy Wilder's magnificent 1951 film Ace in the Hole about how an ambitious newspaperman d... more » HobartIcarus: You missed the real the story, Kamer. (There's no joke coming). Everyday Real people are actually dying from ailments such as diabetes, cancer, and ... more » momof3wildkids: I think it is time to take a Prozac and look at this a bit differently. Most conflict is 'manufactured' as it is people who are creating it; wheth... more » -
#assessments
Deflated: Balloon Boy's the Story of Our Ugly, Sorry Era
Richard Heene has spoken out after Sheriff Jim Aldernan's press conference. He's currently "seeking counsel" and got teary as he told the AP that "this thing has become so convoluted." He's pretty on point in that regard. More » -
#balloonboy
Exclusive: I Helped Richard Heene Plan a Balloon Hoax
For the first time, 25-year-old researcher Robert Thomas reveals to Gawker how earlier this year he and Richard Heene drew up a master plan to generate a massive media controversy using a weather balloon. To get famous, of course. More » -
#boyintheballoon
Everything the Internet Knows About the Boy in the Balloon
Richard and Mayumi Heene, the parents of Falcon, who is missing after having apparently floated away in a helium balloon-craft built by his parents, have left a long and wide internet trail. Here's what we know. More » -
#jerks
Wife Swap Star's Censored Confession
It's amazing that people still think they get a do-over on the Internet. Weight-loss consultant Renee Stephens blamed her husband's boorish behavior on ABC's Wife Swap on "stress" — then unpublished her pseudo-apology. More » -
#jerks
'Wife Swap' Star Apologizes for Having Worst Husband in World
San Francisco residents Stephen Fowler, a venture capitalist, and Renee Stephens, a weight-loss therapist, disastrously appeared on ABC's Wife Swap, confirming every stereotype one might have about the city's precious, spoiled environmentalists. Boy, they're sorry! More » -
#theyearthatwas
20 Best Reality TV Show Moments Of 2008
From ANTM's menstrual cramps, to Bobby Brown's farts, to drunk women urinating on couches, we bring you the 20 Best (meaning, sometimes horrifying) Reality TV Show Moments of 2008.
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