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Aqua Teen Stunt Costs Turner and Agency $2M

Posted by Zonk on from the can-you-say-extortion dept.

evw writes "The NYTimes reports that the Turner Broadcasting System and the ad agency responsible have reached a $2M settlement with the city of Boston and state and federal agencies that treated the light boards placed around the city as an act of terrorism (as covered earlier on /.) Half of the money is to cover direct costs associated with the response. The other $1M goes to 'goodwill funds' that will be used for response training and public outreach."

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  1. Re:Free advertisement.. er.. low cost. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    International TV exposure. It's all over Europe, too, and probably other parts of the world.

  2. Re:Free advertisement.. er.. low cost. by kabocox · · Score: 3, Informative

    Does anybody remember the post-9/11 homeland security debacle with Tom Ridge reccomending people use duct tape and plastic sheeting [chicagotribune.com] to protect themselves from terrorists.. and then several people dying by asphyxiating themselves in their own homes?

    Butbutbut... duct tape fixes ANYTHING!!!

    Duct tape even fixes stupid people.