# I don't understand the Alec Baldwin scam **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 9, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-alec-baldwin-scam/841530 "2019-10-09T13:45:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-alec-baldwin-scam/841530/21 "2019-10-11T21:49:59Z")
Is anyone else surprised that he didn’t arrange (or have his assistant arrange) some sort of VIP tour? ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-alec-baldwin-scam/841530/22 "2019-10-12T15:23:08Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Because you end up in New Jersey. No one wants that. “I sued Delta Airlines 'Cause they sold me a ticket to New Jersey I went there, and it sucked” – “Weird” Al Yankovic, “I’ll Sue Ya” ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-alec-baldwin-scam/841530/23 "2019-10-12T15:31:34Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I wasn’t referring to Baldwin, but rather to this part of the story: Then I wouldn’t agree that a tourist would automatically realize that the tour didn’t land on Liberty Island just from that phrase. You “see NY from the water” if you take a tour that goes to the island as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-alec-baldwin-scam/841530.md?page=1)