Was Ahmed Mohammed's "Clock" A Media Hoax and what about #AliMohammedAlNimr?

I initially thought the school and police were nuts for arresting young Ahmed Mohammed...

but was this whole "clock" tinkering project a media hoax from the start?  

AoSHQ: The Ahmad Hoax Is Not Going to Hold, and The Media Will Be Massively Discredited

Instapundit: Ahmed's Clock, Ahmed didn't build a clock, Ahmed's sister involved in fake bomb threats? , did Obama bumble into a issue he probably should have stayed out of?, challenging the story's foundations, and when Richard Dawkins and Bill Maher think this thing was suspicious...

Bill Maher is absolutely right.  Jorge Ramos is such a hypocritical lying sack of...

Wombat 09/24/2015: American Power Blog (and I agree this is depressing)

Crucifixion and Beheading?

Boy they sure do persecute Muslims in Texas Saudi Arabia!

As for our President, this response to him is just about perfect:

The Daily Beast: Here is a secular Muslim who agrees with Ben Carson!

Bosch Faustian: Speaking of Clocks and Islam

Rush Limbaugh: It looks like a bomb
Wombat: Fiction
Instapundit: No White House visit for this loser!
Smitty: Darleen: Friday Fiction

Bill Maher (to his credit) is tearing this story apart (kinda like Ahmed tearing apart the clock)