Porn interrupts the super bowl in Tuscon Arizona

I was trying to figure out why this thread had this many replies.

Wish I hadn't. I can feel my brain killing itself.
 
[quote name='wizard341']Wow - the same thing actually happened to me. The last few minutes of my porn video was interrupted by about 30 seconds of the super bowl.

I was furious.[/quote]

This made me LoL
 
[quote name='GrilledWitOnions']Okay I am sorry but this is just ridiculous. It seems you are advocating letting this slide just because it's fun to debate.

I'm sorry but saying that this mistake should have no affect on anyone is ludicrous. I don't think it's something to get very bent out of shape over, but to not see that showing hardcore pornography during the largest sporting event of the year is wrong is beyond me. I actually do consider the superbowl a family event; I've never cared for football and always liked as a child when my family would sit down and watch it together. It's not going to ruin lives, but I think if someone sits down to watch football but gets hardcore porn there should be consequences.[/quote]

Nope. Where did I say it should slide? Of course it should be investigated and dealt with in a sober and mature manner. But I'm here to tell you that even with the best people mistakes happen, master control can turn the wrong knob, flip the wrong switch, or get pranked.

IMO the typical multimillion dollar fines, firings, and Congressional hearings that follow everytime a bare ass, nipple, or f-word slips onto public airwaves are unwarranted.
 
[quote name='camoor']Nope. Where did I say it should slide? Of course it should be investigated and dealt with in a sober and mature manner. But I'm here to tell you that even with the best people mistakes happen, master control can turn the wrong knob, flip the wrong switch, or get pranked.

IMO the typical multimillion dollar fines, firings, and Congressional hearings that follow everytime a bare ass, nipple, or f-word slips onto public airwaves are unwarranted.[/quote]
I am sorry as I somehow thought you had posted more, but I think it was a mix of other postings. I really should have said that some of the people in this thread seem to want to let it slide. Although frankly you didn't exactly say it should be dealt with; you said you were sure that it would.
Relax.

The Christian lobbies have your back, I'm sure this interruption will be dealt with harshly, massive fines will be lobbied, and veteran station employees will lose their jobs in this tough economy.
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And then you sort of went into a red herring here.

Frankly, when I was 6 I was much more concerned with how to deal with the school bully then I was with seeing something I didn't fully understand on TV.

Fact is most parents focus on protecting their kids from inane bullshit rather then discussing serious issues with them. Thank the gods my parents taught me to stick up for myself, focused on the important things, and wouldn't have cared if a broadcast error happened to expose me to a short clip of material I found confusing. If kids are anything like they were when I was young, it's not like they haven't heard any crude blue humor on the school playground by that age anyway.
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Next time I'm at a park I'm going to "accidently" whip out my schlong and swing it around for a bit in some kids' faces. Then I'll just show the arresting officer a copy of this thread and explain that it was an accident and therefore ok. I'm sure he'll agree. If those parents don't like it, they shouldn't be exposing their kids to public parks where stuff like that can happen. Also, a penis isn't a big deal, so the parents should just explain what happened and no harm done. What's the big deal?

:)
 
[quote name='Cao Cao']Huhuhuhuhuhuhuhuh, the feed provider's name was Cox. Huhuhuhuhuhuhuhuh. [/QUOTE]

Nice try, but it was Comcast. The Cox feed (covering parts of Tucson), interestingly enough, did not feature the clip ;).
 
[quote name='io']Nice try, but it was Comcast. The Cox feed (covering parts of Tucson), interestingly enough, did not feature the clip ;).[/quote]

You know what? I don't want to know how you know this.

*Throws up his hands in the air and leaves
 
[quote name='KingBroly']You know what? I don't want to know how you know this.

*Throws up his hands in the air and leaves[/QUOTE]

Well, I used to live in Tucson so I know there is Comcast and Cox service there in different areas.

But mostly it is simply from the Arizona Daily Star article linked in the OP which specifically mentions all of this. I was also reading the comments on the article last night and people were talking about what service they had and who saw it, etc. It was pretty funny because people there were spending hours on hold to let 'em have it over at Comcast. Like that is a good use of your time the very night it happened :lol:.

From the article:
KVOA’s signal didn’t have porn on it when the station sent it over to Comcast, Nielsen said. He said his station has received no complaints from viewers who watched the game on Cox, on satellite providers such as DirecTV or Dish Network or from people who saw it through an over-the-air signal.
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They did amend the article a bit since I last read it though. It does now say that KVOA (local network affiliate) sent the feed to Cox, who then sent it to Comcast. So I guess Cox was involved after all ;) (though the screwup definitely was on the Comcast side of things). Comcast is now offering $10 credits now to make up for it. A lot of those people posting last night were saying they were cancelling first thing in the AM - wonder how much of a hit they took from that?

Oooh - more juicy details that are new to the article:
The pornographic content that interrupted thousands of local Comcast subscribers’ Super Bowl broadcast was the result of an “isolated malicious act,” a company spokeswoman said Monday.
But company officials have yet to determine how that act was committed, spokeswoman Kelle Maslyn said, though any sort of equipment malfunction has been ruled out.
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So it looks like the Fight Club theory had merit after all!
 
All I could think was Fight club as well. It was to long though should have been a full on scene and only a couple of seconds. Just long enough to go huh WTF was that???? No huh? Oh sweet! Ok..Ok..DAMN IT!
 
Because $10 has value?

[quote name='rigo707']Why take 10$ when you can take there whole company (evil laugh goes here)[/quote]
 
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