Millions of At-Risk Kids Not Trapped in a Balloon (or Hiding in the Attic)?

AP/Will Powers

Arianna Huffington: No matter what happens in the unfolding legal saga of the Heene family, the most appropriate response to the whole matter was that of Falcon Heene. He vomited. I find the media's obsession with non-stories like the Boy Not In The Balloon especially galling when it leads to endless agonizing over the welfare of a child -- agonizing that is sorely missing when there isn't a runaway hot air balloon involved. It doesn't have to be wall-to-wall coverage, but how about some coverage of the 1.5 million children that are homeless or the 13 million children living in poverty? Maybe if we put them all in a giant balloon and let it float away, the millions of children in desperate need of time in the media spotlight will finally get some. Click here to read more.