Talk about a screw-up.
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A woman from the Boston area claims that a half-hour of pornography was broadcasted on CNN where Anthony Bourdain’s “Parts Unknown” was supposed to be — the jokes write themselves.
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According to The Next Web, the mistake “only affected people in Boston, as CNN’s broadcasting there is provided by RCN, a local television provider.”
Oops! @CNN's Boston TV channel accidentally broadcasts 30 minutes of hardcore #porn https://t.co/BM05uUjY8L pic.twitter.com/XjjOKOOXv6
— Mary-Ann Russon (@concertina226) November 25, 2016
Twitter user @solikearose was the first — and really only — person to screenshot and make noise about the mistake, leading us to be skeptical about this.
But then again, who watches CNN at 11 p.m. on Thanksgiving? Maybe it’s just @solikearose.
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Here’s what she tweeted about the supposed porn invasion.
https://twitter.com/solikearose/status/801994668988833792
https://twitter.com/solikearose/status/801996480353599488
https://twitter.com/solikearose/status/802002883910701056
https://twitter.com/solikearose/status/802004374629269505
https://twitter.com/solikearose/status/802006777390833664
https://twitter.com/solikearose/status/802013846894510080
What gives us further pause here is that RCN tweeted to @solikearose that no else had reported the issue.
800-746-4726. We have not had any reports of the programming issue you mentioned on CNN in Boston. If you're still having an
— Astound powered by RCN (@RCNconnects) November 25, 2016
issue with that channel, please DM us your address so we can troubleshoot when you're home. Thanks, Melissa
— Astound powered by RCN (@RCNconnects) November 25, 2016
But again, maybe no one else was watching CNN in the Boston area last night.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Here’s another tweet from @solikearose.
https://twitter.com/solikearose/status/802177141916004352
A quick look at the RCN/CNN programming in the Boston area last night at 10:00 p.m. on Thursday confirms that “Parts Unknown” was supposed to air, including the episode pictured in the description of one of @solikearose’s NSFW screenshots.