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Parents shocked to find pornography broadcast on Disney Channel in New Jersey town
International Herald Tribune ^ | Wednesday, May 2, 2007 | Associated Press

Posted on 05/02/2007 1:32:11 PM PDT by SubGeniusX

MIDDLETOWN, New Jersey: A cable television company is investigating just how children in some New Jersey homes ended up watching hardcore pornography when they tuned into a popular cartoon program on the Disney Channel.

Paul Dunleavy, a Middletown, New Jersey, subscriber to cable giant Comcast, was stunned Tuesday morning to find his 5-year-old son watching something other than "Handy Manny," a cartoon show about a bilingual Latino handyman, Manny Garcia, and his talking tools.

"It was two people doing their thing, it was full-on and it was disgusting," the Middletown father of three told The New York Daily News newspaper for its Wednesday editions.

"I couldn't believe it," he said. "We try to do the right thing to protect our kids from this stuff, and then they broadcast it on children's TV."

Dunleavy's phone number was unlisted when The Associated Press tried to contact him Wednesday.

Comcast spokesman Fred DeAndrea confirmed the programming error occurred around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. He described it as an "isolated issue in a local New Jersey facility."

"We automatically detected the issue and it was corrected promptly. We apologize to any customer who experienced an issue yesterday morning," said DeAndrea, who said the mistake was made by his company, not Disney.

DeAndrea declined to provide the duration of the pornography broadcast, how many homes it reached, how the mistake happened and whether anyone will be disciplined for the X-rated error.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: disney; disneychannel; pornography; tylerdurden; wwtdd
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Tyler Durden says: "Well Done!!!"

WWTDD? (What Would Tyler Durden Do?)

1 posted on 05/02/2007 1:32:16 PM PDT by SubGeniusX
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To: SubGeniusX
handyman, Manny Garcia, and his talking tools

IMA, it kinda sounds pornographic already.
2 posted on 05/02/2007 1:34:55 PM PDT by HEY4QDEMS (Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
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To: HEY4QDEMS

I gotta start watching morning cartoons more often....


3 posted on 05/02/2007 1:37:46 PM PDT by SubGeniusX ($29.95 Guarantees Your Salvation!!! Or TRIPLE Your Money Back!!!)
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To: SubGeniusX

I’ve picked up radio signals in Mexico, from small FM stations, some repeater towers and a fluke. Mexico never knew how it happened. These things happen, unfortunately, maybe a good law suit will keep the Disney channel tuned to just Donald Duck


5 posted on 05/02/2007 1:46:02 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: Rocky_Biloba
Someone flipped the wrong switch at Disney.

Yeah, it started with Gay Days at Disneyland.

6 posted on 05/02/2007 1:47:13 PM PDT by SmithL (si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: rovenstinez

and a fluke

from a whale? good find.


7 posted on 05/02/2007 1:48:22 PM PDT by lakeman (when a marine kills the only thing he feels is the recoil of his rifle)
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To: SubGeniusX

Look for a disgruntled Comcast employee, or perhaps a New Jersey labor dispute.


8 posted on 05/02/2007 1:50:41 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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To: rovenstinez
I’ve picked up radio signals in Mexico, from small FM stations, some repeater towers and a fluke.

Skip, radio signals bouncing off the ionosphere.

10 posted on 05/02/2007 1:52:21 PM PDT by Realism (Some believe that the facts-of-life are open to debate.....)
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To: SubGeniusX

11 posted on 05/02/2007 1:58:54 PM PDT by DM1
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To: SmithL
When I was at Epcot about two weeks ago, the were announcing Ellen Degeneres as the hostess of some event.

Just about as in your face as you can get.

12 posted on 05/02/2007 2:25:14 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: SubGeniusX

“it was full-on and it was disgusting,” ‘

If it isn’t disgusting, you aren’t doing it right.


13 posted on 05/02/2007 2:40:40 PM PDT by gcruse
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To: SubGeniusX

I’ve found the programming from Disney & their network ABC to be obscene for a long time now.


15 posted on 05/02/2007 2:58:19 PM PDT by Smittie
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To: SubGeniusX

Comcast employee watching the old in-out during break. Comcast customer service is so good.?!


16 posted on 05/02/2007 3:00:49 PM PDT by gathersnomoss
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To: SubGeniusX
WWTDD?

I'm not sure about Durden, but I do know what Brian Boitano would do if he were here right now.
17 posted on 05/02/2007 3:02:58 PM PDT by Xenalyte ("A cat can give birth to kittens in the oven. That don't make 'em biscuits." - Quanell X)
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To: SubGeniusX

I recall visiting Skaggs Telecommunications in Salt Lake City years ago and seeing the guys in the control room watching porn on the monitor. That facility carried a backup signal for Disney, along with others. I can see how hitting the wrong switch could happen!


18 posted on 05/02/2007 3:04:58 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: DM1
http://www.freerepublic.com/~ronjeremy
19 posted on 05/02/2007 3:06:41 PM PDT by lowbridge ("the first time in history, steel was melted by fire. It is physically impossible." -Rosie O'Donnell)
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To: SmithL
Someone flipped the wrong switch at Disney.

If this only happened in one market, it would not be a Disney issue. The problem would be in the local cable provider putting the wrong feed on that channel. Maybe a mistake, maybe a prank, maybe a disgruntled employee?

20 posted on 05/02/2007 3:10:25 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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