October 15, 2010 at 2:14 pm Larry Sessions Not only are such media reports irresponsible for their total lack of journalistic integrity and abysmal fact-checking (i.e., none), but releasing balloons like this is environmentally irresponsible and cruel, because many will fall over land or water and can end up being swallowed by birds, fish and other wildlife, and or animals can get entangled in the