Holy crap, what a bunch of baloney. It's even worse if you read some of the comments on the that bostonchannel site...
Quote: I agree that Turner Broadcasting should be fined to the fullest estent of the Law and pay for what the city, state etc had to expend for this travesty. In this day and age the reaction was not one a paranoia but protective of our situation in the world. Thank God we live in an area where the people who need to be are on their toes and protecting us!
Regards,Jinny
Quote: In the post 9/11 era this is just plain nuts! You cannot just leave packages of any kind around in any city without explanation and permission. It ois just luck that no one was hurt in the evacuations and closures. What were they thinking? As one of my co-workers frequently points out, operative word here...........thinking! As in not!
jan
Quote: M. Shake, your post infuriates me! I work in Emergency Preparedness, and I can't begin to tell you the kind of day local, state, and federal officials had dealing with this. You need to understand that after 9/11, false school bomb threats and unattended/suspicious packages are taken *very* seriously by those who respond to the incident-it's not a harmless prank any more.
Let me ask you this: If one of those packages, just one, had been the real deal and killed people, would you still be laughing at Boston? Walk a mile in our shoes, and only then, give me your answer.
To answer the question posed, yes, hit Turner hard in the pocketbook, impose jail time, and demand reimbursement for the superb response today
jeez...