On Thursday, January 18, 2018 at 10:36:26 PM UTC-5, Bob Jersey wrote: > > > Steve Timko, tonight (1/18): >> >> The CBS station said the crew was from CNBC's "Staten Island Hustle." I >> had not heard of the show. The AP story said it was not clear for whom the >> crew worked. >> >> http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/01/18/tv-crew-newark-airport-fake-bomb/ >> > > Thanks... had just spotted this on NJ dot com > <http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2018/01/cnbc_crew_with_fake_bomb_arrested_at_newark_airport_source.html> > > (link) as well. Their sources said, in order: They're working for CNBC, the > 'bomb' was a piece of PVC pipe with all kinds of wires, and their actual > employer is Endemol Shine. The latter will face fat fines for this. > > This Variety > <http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/cnbc-primetime-expand-byob-staten-island-hustle-1202658950/> > > (link) piece from Jan 9th describes "Hustle," slated for this spring, as > about "a group of life-long friends and investors" from the fifth boro. >
NJ dot com <http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2018/01/9_charged_in_attempt_to_sneak_fake_explosive_throu.html> (link) ID'd the perps today (19). None had press creds, meaning the fines are for now on them. Endemol offered an apology pee-arr, but no further comment. B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
