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I am appalled by the inaction taken by the mainstream media with regards to this visious hoax. They were all over the "ballonboy", but they didn't even vett this. That's for the expose. Let's hope it jogs some experts into commenting.
What can you expect from a media that is controlled by corporations??? Most media have now gone the way of "RAG SHEETS." Since the Supreme Court ruled that media outlets such as FOX News can LIE, the Free Press is NO MORE! Face it, WE THE PEOPLE don't exist as long as the Patriot Act exists. Since Obama continues renewing it, we may NEVER get our full Constitutional rights back. Yet, the govt is quick in taking rights which people are clueless about. FIGHT BACK! And jail the gal for lying.
Wait. Am I hearing this right? Balloon Boy's father gets jail time for his hoax but this woman doesn't even get a slap on the wrist for a hoax of such serious subject matter which is hurtful to millions of people? Wow. What is this world coming to? Is reality TV actually now more important than HIV/AIDS?
Agree 100%. In modern times, getting a news story out fast has been a costly impulse in our associated press world. The HIV Hoax Lady's video was obviously flawed- a few simple Google searches would have stopped any legitimate news source from fanning the flames of terror. My response as someone living with HIV was to post an equally outrageous/silly video on my Poz blog. Because sometimes we have to laugh through the madness.
Darren Mitton
Well, her motives are - transparent - to make anyone living with HIV look like a sociopathic monster. Of course, the media will eat that up and we will be the ones to suffer for it - I doubt it will be long before one of our representatives proposes cutting HIV funding thanks to this...
January 21, 2010 • Rome GA