Hank: talk about Balloon Boy and hoaxes being nothing new in tomorrow's video (2009)
promise · status: kept · last event: kept (2009-10-22) · owner: Hank
In his Balloon Boy song of 21 October 2009 Hank put off saying what the hoax tells us about America until the next day. He kept it on 22 October 2009 with a video of the top 10 hoaxes, arguing hoaxes are nothing new.
About: Balloon boy hoax, misinformation
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-10-21 | promised | Hank defers what Balloon Boy tells us about America to tomorrow's video (22 October 2009), where he thinks he'll talk about hoaxes being nothing new. (hedged) | Balloon Boy: A Short Song 00:02:09 |
| 2009-10-22 | kept | As promised in his song video, Hank devotes the next day's video to Balloon Boy being nothing new, with a list of the top 10 hoaxes. | The Top 10 Greatest Hoaxes of All Time 00:00:00 |
What is said about it
5 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2009-10-21 · Balloon Boy: A Short Song — Hank: Singing as the Balloon Boy, Hank has him say everyone thought he was in the balloon while he hid in a box; his dad 'needs a shrink', and now he's famous too. (satire) — 00:00:00
- 2009-10-21 · Balloon Boy: A Short Song — Hank: The song says the dad cut the balloon loose and called the Colorado local news; viewers feared the boy might die while he was in the attic, and he puked on national news. (satire) — 00:00:58
- 2009-10-21 · Balloon Boy: A Short Song — announcement: Hank says he'll save what Balloon Boy tells us about America for tomorrow, when he thinks he'll talk about hoaxes being nothing new. (hedged) — 00:02:09
- 2009-10-21 · Balloon Boy: A Short Song — Hank says there's probably no reason to be surprised, since such hoaxes have happened hundreds of times since news media began. (hedged) — 00:02:09
- 2009-10-22 · The Top 10 Greatest Hoaxes of All Time — Hank says Balloon Boy is nothing new: it's fun to call it a symptom of reality TV and the 24-hour news cycle, but the world has always been this way. — 00:00:00