Today's two main subjects on my country's most popular national news show:
- /b/tard trolls 4chan talking about a school shooting, FBI and Dutch police join forces, in an impressive display of international cooperation manage to arrest the troll within hours, find out that the troll was in fact a troll
- anonymous phone call informs police of planned terror attacks, police respond in force, arrest half a dozen people, announce foiling of terrorist plot in press conference, find out that it was in fact a hoax
Are they fucking kidding me?! Millions of euros in tax money wasted on absolutely nothing, and both the media and the authorities try to act like something important actually happened.
Now, having to respond to potential threats is one thing. Often, it's necessary to react even when there's a big chance that it's all bullshit. But for fuck's sake, can't those incompetent twats at least keep silent until they know what's actually going on?
