Where have the true values gone?

Justin combs
Editor
editor@occc.edu

In the afternoon of Oct. 15, television viewers were glued to the screens as news networks captured the image of an experimental balloon craft sweeping through the air in Colorado with the breathtaking possibility of a 6-year-old boy being alone inside.

Thankfully, he was not in the balloon. Upon landing, it became known the passenger compartment was vacant.

Now, the authorities are calling the entire incident a hoax, claiming the parents knew of the boy’s whereabouts and planned the incident as a hoax, in order to gain media attention in hopes of gaining their own reality show.

Why in the world would parents put their children in an awkward and terrifying situation as to have them lie to compassionate, and some skeptical, viewers on national television to seek such a vain goal.

Have all the programs such as “Jon and Kate” and “Wife Swap” filtered out the real life that is not lived in front of the cameras?

Only greedy and shameless parents would allow such a thing to happen to their children.

The aggressive desire for the limelight backfired on the Heene family when the confused young boy told the truth, not to mention he vomited on the Today show from the stress of keeping the truth covered up.

The Heene parents should face the penalties of the law that are set for any citizen. An example needs to be made to show the world what foolish actions and false hopes will bring when the truth is uncovered.

There’s been much scrutiny against the media for following a story that turned out to be a hoax. It wasn’t known during the event that it was fake and wouldn’t have drawn atttention if the facts were known at the time.

The idea that the parents, or father as it seems, coached their children into going along with it, teaching them the trickery of lying, is only an exposure of arrogance.

Maybe karma played a part in the bad luck of these parents, craving attention by pulling such a stunt.

They should be held accountable for the cost of the rescue efforts that may have well been needed