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CORRECTED: CNN, RCN Deny Reports of Porn Airing on Channel in Boston
Variety ^ | November 25, 2016 | | Variety Staff

Posted on 11/25/2016 3:30:58 PM PST by mdittmar

This story was updated at 2:07 p.m. PT and again at 2:35 p.m. PT to reflect new information; see correction below.

CNN and cable operator RCN are denying reports that 30 minutes of pornography aired on the channel designated for CNN in the Boston area on Thursday night.

According to online reports, subscribers of RCN cable in the Boston area were surprised to find hard-core porn airing on CNN’s channel around 11 p.m. ET Thursday, when CNN was slated to air a rerun of the Anthony Bourdain culinary travelogue series “Parts Unknown.”

CNN initially issued a statement pegging RCN as the culprit and asking for “an explanation,” but two hours later reversed its position.

(Excerpt) Read more at variety.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor
KEYWORDS: boston; cnn; denial; porn
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To: Karl Spooner

It appears that RCN is claiming that since nobody logged any other complaints it must not have happened. The alternative explanation is that the CNN viewers were just pleasantly surprised and liked the new format. Either that or nobody actually watches CNN anymore at that time.


21 posted on 11/25/2016 4:07:50 PM PST by Dave Wright
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To: mdittmar

More fake news from fake news central.


22 posted on 11/25/2016 4:12:06 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (President Trump is coming, and the rule of law is coming with him.)
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To: mdittmar

Maybe it was Boudrain in a whorehouse sampling the food.


23 posted on 11/25/2016 4:14:47 PM PST by ozzymandus
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To: mdittmar

This story has been debunked. CNN checked with both of their viewers, and neither one saw any porn on CNN’s cable channel.


24 posted on 11/25/2016 4:15:31 PM PST by GreenHornet
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To: Dave Wright

If someone had the DVR running it will probably show up on youtube.


25 posted on 11/25/2016 4:25:15 PM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: mdittmar
..those of you, who will not sing...

...you must be playin' with your own ding a ling

26 posted on 11/25/2016 4:27:17 PM PST by RckyRaCoCo (FUMSM)
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To: Pollster1

#4 re item No. 3 cooking shows. Yes, carrots can be misinterpreted if seen from the wrong angle. Just ask Anthony Weiner.


27 posted on 11/25/2016 5:04:07 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: mdittmar

Sponsored by Target and the DNC ...


28 posted on 11/25/2016 8:09:00 PM PST by VRWC For Truth (FU Schmuckie Shoomer)
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To: mdittmar
Evidently it was a hoax.

http://www.snopes.com/cnn-half-hour-porn/

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/11/25/porn-accidentally-airs-istead-cnn-in-boston-for-30-minutes.html

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2016/11/25/false-cnn-porn-report-shows-how-fast-fake-news-spreads/94441324/

This is why people, and some in the media need to fact check first. A single anonymous person’s Tweet does not a story make.

29 posted on 11/26/2016 4:16:06 AM PST by MD Expat in PA
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