http://www.mediaite.com/print/is-jon-and-kate-plus-8-to-blame-for-balloon-boy/ Mediaite Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=2012.06 http://www.mediaite.com/print/is-jon-and-kate-plus-8-to-blame-for-balloon-boy/#comment-7491 Linda C Smith Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:53:51 +0000 http://www.mediaite.com/?p=37514#comment-7491 Here's a thought: if the public didn't purchase the mags with those stories, the mags wouldn't print them; but if the mags didn't print them, the public wouldn't purchase them. Which comes first? The chicken/mag or the egg/story? The only ones to "blame" in the balloon boy incident are the parents...how could they be so irresponsible as to put their child in any kind of harm's way? Here’s a thought: if the public didn’t purchase the mags with those stories, the mags wouldn’t print them; but if the mags didn’t print them, the public wouldn’t purchase them. Which comes first? The chicken/mag or the egg/story? The only ones to “blame” in the balloon boy incident are the parents…how could they be so irresponsible as to put their child in any kind of harm’s way?

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