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Media circus upstages best "kid" moment of the week.

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It's true. The best "kid moment" of the week did not come from six-year-old Falcon Heene, best known as "balloon boy," or I guess after his "Good Morning America" appearance, "barfing balloon boy." No, the best "kid moment of the week" came from fourth grader Tyren Scott, the innocent boy who, right in the middle of the Heene family flying saucer drama, asked our president, "Why do people hate you?" Yep. Apparently, some people were still interested in what the President had to say on his controversial visit to New Orleans that day. Did CNN run the story as it happened? No, they were fixated on balloon boy and totally overlooked and upstaged the best moment of the day, in my opinion. While most top news organizations were chasing a balloon over dirt fields in Colorado, at least a few other news organizations kept their eye on substance. (Also" Not to toot my horn too much, here, but I did post the balloon boy an