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2/ 6/07

11:26 AM

And So the Boston ‘Aqua Teen Hunger Force’ Crisis Comes to an End

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• Reimbursing city and state agencies for their costs in shutting down highways and bringing in bomb squads to remove the Aqua Teen Hunger Force advertisements placed throughout the Boston area Wednesday: $1 million
• Donating to help fund homeland security and other programs in the area, in what is clearly a boy-are-we-sorry PR move by Turner Broadcasting: $1 million
• Commissioning the advertising campaign in the first place: Cost unknown
• Scaring the shit out of gullible chowder eaters for an afternoon: Priceless

TBS, Interference to Pay $2 Million for Advertising Campaign That Caused Bomb Scare in Boston [AP via Yahoo]

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