Stumbled upon this today:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2009/10/what_fate_for_balloon_boys_par.html
"[S]hould the parents be somehow punished?"
Should they? Sure. But how do you go about punishing these people?
This family sought out to orchestrate a large-scale publicity stunt in pursuit of a reality TV show deal, and to date they've gotten about six days of wall-to-wall national coverage and a splash of international attention. Unless a judge bars the family from coming into contact with a video camera for the rest of their days, there's no punishment on earth that would make them regret the stunt or deter other fame-seekers from trying to match or even outdo them.
Networks are undoubtedly biding their time until they can assess where the legal chips are going to fall, gauge the ongoing public interest, and see if the family's asking price will go down. Then they'll pay any debts owed to the authorities for the costs of the rescue operation and the show will air somewhere between Kate + 8 and the Duggar family trainwreck.
Punish them? It can't be done.
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