That's the kicker......why so long to answer a simple question if it was all innocent? Computer glitch, yeah sure.......
Jeez. It's so obvious! CNN hired Mary Mapes to do its graphics.
Reminds me of HBO's transparently lame explanation of Captain Midnights 1st override of their signal in 1986...
A week earlier, MacDougall had successfully overridden HBO's powerful signal momentarily with just a test pattern. (He now publicly denies this, but he admitted it to a United States attorney.) The network had quickly brushed that signal aside, attributing it to not uncommon accidental interference.
And oh BTW, this was an inside job...
by the end of 1987 every radio and television transmitter must use an electronic name tag whenever it is on the air. Each satellite uplink station would leave a unique, unchangeable electronic signature whenever it was used.