WJLA's Bomb Threat: Funny, Right?

Around noon yesterday, WJLA was bomb scare central.

A panicked reporter told colleagues that someone had called the front desk to say there was a bomb in the office.

But most employees laughed it off. One reporter on the scene told FishbowlDC: “Our news desk knew about it and were not worried and kinda laughed it off. This reporter stood outside for awhile until she got bored. No one else evacuated. The police came and investigated the place.

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