'Imagine if this had been O'Keefe': News crew arrested at airport for taking #FakeNews to NEXT LEVEL

Doug P. | 11:04 AM on January 19, 2018

A news crew’s apparent attempt to show how easy it is to get potentially harmful items past TSA backfired just a little bit recently:

https://twitter.com/noahyc/status/954141907072020486

From NJ.com:

At least seven members of a cable television crew were arrested after they tried to sneak a fake explosive device through a security checkpoint at Newark Liberty International Airport, the Transportation Security Administration said Thursday.

A law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation said that the team was filming for cable network CNBC, which is based in Englewood Cliffs. The TSA did not release the names of the people they said were arrested, and the Port Authority only said that it was investigating the incident.

Well that media attempted gotcha certainly failed.

imagine if this had been James O'Keefe and squad https://t.co/7MhH8lUWQa

— Vulpes vulpes (@Oenonewept) January 19, 2018

It’s ok when THEY do it, or something.

https://twitter.com/Rmhenry1Henry/status/954155533304344577

No kidding!

https://twitter.com/Tikka65x55S/status/954179216928583680
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/954213400145485825
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/954193924096249856

Lol. #FakeNews with a #FakeBomb https://t.co/ay0orcd8ea

— HamberderHelper (@BewareTheFurry) January 19, 2018

Let me guess.. CNBC thought the TSA wouldn't notice and they could turn this into a story about how border security should focus on detecting (fake) explosives rather than illegals..and Trump is evil, of course, somehow. My guess is ridiculously far-fetched but then again.. https://t.co/BgQiz7C4GF

— Maggie B. Gosling (@GenXMaggie) January 19, 2018

https://twitter.com/OldRowSwig/status/954197964058226689
https://twitter.com/madaniels60/status/954173247729405952
https://twitter.com/Tschwalbs/status/954215510371192833

And we probably ain’t seen nuthin’ yet.