I’ve been able, up to now, to avoid the balloon-boy story as the trivia it is. Today, however, a CNN video on YouTube makes it impossible to do so:
I’d be inclined to think the significance of the moment is to ask, “what kind of way is that for a six-year-old to talk?” CNN doesn’t think much of that angle, however.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
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