Comcast believes the pornography that interrupted its feed of the Super Bowl Sunday night was the result of foul play, a company spokeswoman said Monday morning.
1. Comment by Celeste L. (Watchdog)— February 1,2009 @ 8:35PM
Ratings:-37+68
Yes, they did. I had two teenagers and a 10 year old watching the game with me and they all saw every graphic segment of it. What on earth is Comcast doing? I can't believe I pay them.
3. Comment by jammie s. (densan)— February 1,2009 @ 8:36PM
Ratings:-49+46
This was a local problem as I talked to family that lives in Colorado, Cali, Ohio and Phoenix. This was disgusting and heads should roll. Not sure if Digital or Cox subscribers got the feed, but I would love to have someone come and explain this to my first grade students tomorrow! I am canceling my Comcast subscription tomorrow and I hope that all the other Comcast members do also.
10. Comment by G B. (papernews)— February 1,2009 @ 8:37PM
Ratings:-14+34
Yes, it was terrible with children watching the game. We also had 1 other switch a few minutes before the porn that seemed to be the credits of a movie.
11. Comment by Jill L. (jill leon)— February 1,2009 @ 8:38PM
Ratings:-21+44
2 times within a 5 minute period....credits and then man and woman, hope Comcast is going to do something about this, it was horrific with kids in the room!
15. Comment by Ann C. (backroadsann)— February 1,2009 @ 8:41PM
Ratings:-62+33
OMG! I am SOOO angry about this. I don't think I will be watching the super bowl anymore. I had just called my teenaged daughter in to have her watch the replay of the last play. And then that comes on. I am furious. And it kinda kept you watching cuz you were thinking, 'ok, this HAS to be part of a really bad commerical'. But no. I am soooooo angry! Uncalled for and ruined the game.
16. Comment by Vin A. (Vin Arial)— February 1,2009 @ 8:42PM
Ratings:-14+78
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17. Comment by B K. (Bkap)— February 1,2009 @ 8:42PM
Ratings:-12+49
A little before the porn, there was also another hack showing the end credits apparently for some movie. Scrolling white letters on a dark gray background. We talked with someone out of state, as well, and both appear to be local to Comcast.
My 13 daughter got an eye full. Why was it hacked a second time? Wasn't the first enough to alert Comcast techs to their problem?
19. Comment by Lisa D. (lisamb27)— February 1,2009 @ 8:42PM
Ratings:-30+40
I had a 2 and a 7 year-old in the room and it was totally disgusting. Comcast better get ready to give all subscribers at least one free month of service for having to be subject to this filth!
20. Comment by Craig B. (CB56)— February 1,2009 @ 8:43PM
Ratings:-0+56
I have it on Tivo. I thought this can't be happening but upon further review.....
26. Comment by Devek M. (4845)— February 1,2009 @ 8:47PM
Ratings:-9+18
Yes in Continental Ranch and Marana we saw it, the kids were exposed for the first few seconds then we flipped the channels until it was over.
All the phone lines to Comcast are still blocked since it happened over an hour ago.
27. Comment by Gin R. (AZPainter)— February 1,2009 @ 8:48PM
Ratings:-6+35
It was pretty bad. A Keith Urban-type guy is sitting down, and there's a woman next to him and she appears to have her hands down his pants. Then he gets up, and his pants drop, and there's a full reveal. It happened right after the Cards' last touchdown, so I wonder if there was a hacker/steelers fan on the loose at Comcast.
32. Comment by m f. (Morals)— February 1,2009 @ 8:50PM
Ratings:-9+20
It did not appear to pornograph, it was pornographic! I don't believe that Comcast has any tape operators like the networks in Tucson do. I am not sure how they got it off so quickly.
I am glad to hear it was not nation wide.
33. Comment by Diane H. (aznative1957)— February 1,2009 @ 8:50PM
Ratings:-20+28
I've been on hold with Comcast since the game ended over half an hour ago to report this. They won't answer their phone. What the heck happened????? Do they not have safeguards to keep this kind of nonsense from happening? Did anyone notice that about 10 minutes or so before the porn clip cut in there was a cut out to credits rolling that looked like the end of the same type of film. I was lucky enough not to have children watching with me, but I know lots of you did. THIS IS INEXCUSABLE!!!!!!!!!
36. Comment by Luz C. (5990)— February 1,2009 @ 8:53PM
Ratings:-39+84
OMG how horrible!!! oh please get over it. It was an accident! y'all don't say nothing when kids watch people shooting and blowing their brains out. I guess the comcast will get sued now.
39. Comment by jammie s. (densan)— February 1,2009 @ 8:55PM
Ratings:-23+20
Was able to get a hold of a live chat online with Comcast. Their only explanation was.....it is being looked into and has gone to the technical department! DUUUUHHHHHH....oh, and no apology at all.
43. Comment by Tess L. (TucsonTess)— February 1,2009 @ 8:58PM
Ratings:-26+27
Dang! I had a full living room of kids from 3-17 and their friends!!! What a horrible thing to happen! I'm going to have to disconnect...I can't trust that it won't happen during Barney or Sesame Street! I got on the chat and the operator just kept saying how sorry they were and they didn't know how it happened! I'll tell you what happened some really smart kid hacked into their system! Raunchy!!!
44. Comment by Amy H. (AmyE690)— February 1,2009 @ 8:58PM
Ratings:-14+51
Comcast got hacked by someone very clever who should probably spend some time in jail with men sporting body parts like the one my two teen-age daughters got to see this evening. Don't blame the service, find the hacker.
45. Comment by Alex R. (nolimitscguy)— February 1,2009 @ 8:58PM
Ratings:-22+22
Yes I have a 10 year old daughter that we had to jump accross the room too cover her eyes during the swinging stage of the clip. NOT GOOD and VERY DISTURBING!!
47. Comment by louise j. (laurelf)— February 1,2009 @ 8:58PM
Ratings:-17+28
I'm glad to see this on the Star website--I have been searching on the web for a reference to the clip and also tried to contact Comcast by phone. I was beginning to think I imagined it......
Comcast should give us one month free.
52. Comment by Tony L. (Tony L)— February 1,2009 @ 9:00PM
Ratings:-9+32
Hey someone put it on Youtube, I didn't get to see it. How funny.
53. Comment by Amy H. (AmyE690)— February 1,2009 @ 9:00PM
Ratings:-9+32
The worst part of this, in my opinion, is that some dork hacker is stealing the thunder of the guy who made a historic play. We should all be talking about the gigantic linebacker who sprinted 100 yards to score a touchdown.
54. Comment by Carol D. (CarolD)— February 1,2009 @ 9:00PM
Ratings:-13+22
Yes.. same here.. saw it too.. and it DID get interupted twice.. first time was the movie credits of the same type of movie.. I just thought it was movie credits..
The second time, not so... I think we were both shocked about what we were seeing, BUT luckly we prevented our 7 year-old son from seeing anything..
Wow.. Comcast DOES have some explaining to do!! Totally unbelievable!
55. Comment by richard g. (GUILLEN)— February 1,2009 @ 9:01PM
Ratings:-33+11
I have been calling Comcast for fifteen minutes to complain about this very serious situation. Busy signal, busy circuits ... My grandchildren were also watching the superbowl game when this porn flick appearred!!! It was totally disgusting. We, Comcast customers need to cancel this cable service, ASAP.
59. Comment by Caroline L. (pooker)— February 1,2009 @ 9:04PM
Ratings:-32+18
Yes. We were horrified by watching this on the tv. We were watching the Super Bowl with our 12 year daughter and all of a sudden at 3 different times porn movies started playing on the tv. This is an absolute outrage, and comcast has some explaining to do. We called comcast and asked why this happend and the answer was "we know"! This is absolutely ridiculous. We have been subscribers for many years, and they owe people some kind of answer other than, "we know".
60. Comment by Alice J. (4288)— February 1,2009 @ 9:04PM
Ratings:-7+30
I'm no techie, but I figure the first one with the movie credits was a test. Then when the low-life scum who did it saw that it worked they went for the Big Show All. Definitely a Steeler's fan. Now I like "Sex And The City" as much as the next person, but I was screaming "Get back to the replay, you fools!!" Nothing is hack proof. Look how many people get their identity stolen. Incedible game, though! Congrats to the Cardinals for getting there and playing so well. I would take a months free cable, as well, but it won't happen.
62. Comment by Gail D. (Wendycole)— February 1,2009 @ 9:06PM
Ratings:-9+13
Hey all of you that have Comcast... it's not like we have the choice to switch! Feb 17 we can't get free TV anymore!!!!! Do we have to pay for direct TV now? Is that safe? Are they going to lay off those people too?
66. Comment by John S. (Lunkhead)— February 1,2009 @ 9:10PM
Ratings:-20+60
Got DirecTv so didn't see it, but these comments are cracking me up! "Oh no, my 14 year-old saw porn!" Probably wasn't the first time people! So funny what people get outraged over.
68. Comment by Catty S. (SCHMATTY)— February 1,2009 @ 9:10PM
Ratings:-13+13
We also didn't know if it was national or what. Tried calling Comcast, line has been busy. Comcast needs to get something out about what happened and yes also give us all a free month. We were searching the internet and only found info here. Unbelievable!
69. Comment by c d. (Technoguru)— February 1,2009 @ 9:10PM
Ratings:-2+16
wonder if there will be a fine from the FCC for this one. CBS had nothing to do with the little boobie popping out a few years ago. THis sounds far worse.
Was it only the Super Bowl or other channels as well??
70. Comment by gary r. (gb roberts)— February 1,2009 @ 9:12PM
Ratings:-6+15
i'm no expert, but it looked like hackers were up to something when the first event occured. it obviously wasn't a commercial. Fortunately my kids weren't watching but really it could have been alot worse.
71. Comment by Stephen M. (sneakers563)— February 1,2009 @ 9:13PM
Ratings:-11+32
#66 - seriously. John Waters once remarked that everyone wants to protect the children, but that the children have certainly seen far more porn than the parents.
74. Comment by Lori M. (586)— February 1,2009 @ 9:13PM
Ratings:-0+16
We saw it here at my house also was having a party with about 15 adults and 4 kids in the house. My son heard us cheering for the touch down and came running just it time to see the porn. We also ssaw the movie credits a few mins prior to the porn be shown.
75. Comment by Peter V. (Peter V)— February 1,2009 @ 9:14PM
Ratings:-8+37
Hot dayum! I was recording Super Bowl game highlights and commercials and was in the process of switching cameras when THERE IT WAS. Absolutely astounding.
Fortunately I caught the last half of the clip. This is historic.
The game was better than expected too -- an evening well-spent I'd say.
As for the ostensibly "alarmed" viewers, they say they were "shocked, simply shocked" as well they might be, but they didn't miss a second of it I'm sure.
As for the kids, well, it all depends how their parents have prepared them for reality. Ignorance, like Abstinence, fails to produce healthy minds.
This is going to be a great story. I'm sure the ASD has got a squad of Internet reporters tracking down the facts even as we speculate.
78. Comment by Rob S. (cynyc2)— February 1,2009 @ 9:16PM
Ratings:-20+9
We live in Tucson and saw the broadcast. After 40 minutes on hold with Comcast, I was told that it was restricted to the Tucson area, and they are not sure how it happened. They did specify that we would be "compensated".
81. Comment by Jennifer W. (jfwtucson)— February 1,2009 @ 9:20PM
Ratings:-21+25
For all of those who are saying "get over it" ...This was not just male nudity. This was highly sexual, raunchy and inappropriate. I can explain away basic nudity to my 8 year old daughter, however sexual situations like this one was will take more explaining than should be needed at her age. And to #58: whether the adults of a household choose to watch porn has no bearing on exposing children to it during a "family event" . I'm not a prude, just a parent. Obviously Comcast has a problem which they need to address.
84. Comment by Alex R. (nolimitscguy)— February 1,2009 @ 9:23PM
Ratings:-5+35
Although it was very unappropriate for the little ones it was funny. This time the wifes and girlfriends get a good show to complete the night for the guys.
88. Comment by Melba N. (McGee1223)— February 1,2009 @ 9:24PM
Ratings:-13+6
I live in Oro Valley and saw the porn tonight. Shocked me as I couldn't believe what I was watching. Twice the game was interrupted. Once with what looked like credits for a movie that had just finished and the porn show with 5 minutes left in the game. I called friends in WA., NC., and OK., and they didn't see the porn, so it must be local.
Did any of you watch the pilot, that landed the plane on the Hudson River, give his speech in his home town? During that whole thing, you could hear a man and woman talking off camera. It didn't sound like they were there, but in a room by themselves. Couldn't quite hear what they were saying, and it was very distracting to listen to the people praising the pilot. I bet that was a local thing too. Someone is pushing the wrong switches.
89. Comment by Jim H. (zonieart)— February 1,2009 @ 9:25PM
Ratings:-3+56
We had a party with about 25 people in the room. We all started laughing because we thought it was another silly commercial. But in about 3 seconds, his private parts started waving about and we realized the "hard" reality. When one of the moms tried to cover her teen daughter's eyes, she screamed "get out of the way mom"!
90. Comment by J V. (JacquieV)— February 1,2009 @ 9:25PM
Ratings:-6+38
I was watching w/my whole family (no kids). NOT COOL for families w/kids, but we were all in hysterics - aside from the crappy timing (just post TD), and like #63, we just thought it was going to be another goofy commercial. Boump-chicka-boump-boump - only thing missing was the cheesy 70's music in the background.
91. Comment by Rowan D. (RowD1)— February 1,2009 @ 9:25PM
Ratings:-3+16
re: wonder if there will be a fine from the FCC for this one. << The FCC doesn't regulate cable. It doesn't sound like this one went out "over the air," so to speak.
92. Comment by Cristie D. (cadasher)— February 1,2009 @ 9:26PM
Ratings:-20+15
Okay...I have a 13 year-old daughter who was in the room. Am I the only one that was smart enough to realize that there was something amiss?? I stood in front of the TV and told her to get out of the room. For all of those who say there was not enough time "to grab the remote and change the channel" my kid was out of the room before the pants came off!
93. Comment by Ashton N. (anorman)— February 1,2009 @ 9:26PM
Ratings:-14+12
#66
Yes teenagers are one thing, but my 4 year old niece was watching with my mom. Luckily we were on the phone at that time and I was able to warn her to cover my niece's eyes. There are a lot of families that have small children as well as teenagers.
94. Comment by Peter V. (Peter V)— February 1,2009 @ 9:27PM
Ratings:-9+38
I got a recording of the movie credits break-in too, so there might be some clues in that. I agree that it most likely was a test run.
Very impressive work. Big Brother has a Little Brother to steal his thunder. That's good news, you know, even though a bit unsettling. The Government does NOT control the media, and neither does the media.
Now if our video hijacker could do that to a popular Al Jezeera broadcast of a beheading, wouldn't that be a media coup! Think about it.
Nudity is the absolute antithesis of Murder, Mayhem, and Authority. Arab Muslim TV viewers would go absolutely catatonic over it.
Christian fundies don't much like it either, for more or less the same reasons.
95. Comment by GARY G. (4287)— February 1,2009 @ 9:28PM
Ratings:-4+23
Don't know if anyone noticed the rolling movie credits that were broadcast during what was seemingly a commercial break, but it was pretty suggestive of the next bombshell to drop. Was watching the game with my wife, 6, 10, and 13 year old kids when the 30 second "pornomercial" came up, or should I say "out". It was all i could do to get my hands over my younger daughters eyes. This certainly pales in relation to Janet Jackson's "Nipplegate". I'm sure someone was pranking Comcast, and surely someone's head will role. It certainly created quite a stir of gaffaws and laughter all around. Everyone in the Ventana CC dining room was going to leave prior to the commercial, afterward everyone decided to sit around and wait for the "sequel" :-)
99. Comment by katy m. (jokamou)— February 1,2009 @ 9:28PM
Ratings:-21+11
We saw it too...first the movie credits that cut in for a few seconds and then the pornographic clip that we certainly did not give Comcast permission to show our 13 year old daughter. We want an explanation and if it's a Comcast issue, we're moving on and discontinuing our service. I had to yell across the room to tell my daughter to cover her eyes and then look at the horrified look on the face of my Dad's wife! Not even one bit funny and it does appear that it was only a Comcast issue. Just watch a recorded version of the game. It's all there. I hope they find out who did this!
103. Comment by Jack L. (MainelyJack)— February 1,2009 @ 9:33PM
Ratings:-6+31
Once everyone finds out about this, you will be amazed at the number of HD users who will claim they were watching analog and were traumatised by what they saw on their way to a lawyer.
I was traumatised by the Steelers drive thereafter. Can I sue??
104. Comment by J V. (JacquieV)— February 1,2009 @ 9:34PM
Ratings:-12+14
I thought Kid Rock wearing an American Flag, PLUS Janet Jackson's nip-slip were both wayyyy worse than seeing a male appendage during the game. LOL #102
105. Comment by Frank E. (ComcastCares)— February 1,2009 @ 9:34PM
Ratings:-25+31
On behalf of Comcast I would like to apologize. We are actively investigating what occurred and we will take the appropriate steps to ensure this is avoided in the future.
Thank you!
Frank Eliason
Comcast
We_Can_Help@cable.comcast.com
109. Comment by Chester P. (5845)— February 1,2009 @ 9:38PM
Ratings:-17+23
If it feels good, do it! Sex, drugs, rock & roll!! Don't Bogart the joint, my friend!!! Whaaaaaahooooo!!!!!
110. Comment by Amy H. (AmyE690)— February 1,2009 @ 9:39PM
Ratings:-9+48
Blaming Comcast is pointless. Why on earth would they have done this on purpose?! Please don't put another company out of business and create more job losses because some jerk can hack. This is terribly unfortunate and I have to explain to my daughters that all penises are not the same, but Comcast is not to blame.
112. Comment by Kellie F. (Kfolk)— February 1,2009 @ 9:41PM
Ratings:-8+51
Oh get over it!
I'm sorry kids saw this but do you really think heads aren't rolling at Comcast?? Should a Comcast rep come out & personally sanitize your television? My mother in law saw it, didn't enjoy it ~ hopes to not have it happen again but isn't exactly going to join the "oh now you owe me money" band wagon.
115. Comment by Thomas G. (Thomas Gonzalez)— February 1,2009 @ 9:42PM
Ratings:-6+44
I think it's hilarious how people are blaming Comcast for this. There is absolutely NO WAY this was their fault. It was just some teenage hacker pulling a huge prank, quite well, I might add. I completely agree with #110. People are talking about cancelling Comcast, but that would put A LOT of people out of a job for no apparent reason. People need to just calm down about this whole situation. It's really immature to blame the cable company for this.
116. Comment by Devek M. (4845)— February 1,2009 @ 9:43PM
Ratings:-3+16
On YouTube
Okay, I recorded the whole game and without any time for edit the DVD I just used my digital camera in Video mode and captured the seconds from the computer screen. Mind you that as soon as I figured that this is NOT a new commercial, I flipped the channels. So you'll see some porn and some channel flipping until it was over.
And just in case you were wondering, 3:05 minutes before the end of the game there was a clip of the ending of a movie generated by ClubJenna.
118. Comment by Vin A. (Vin Arial)— February 1,2009 @ 9:46PM
Ratings:-11+19
The police need to put this one on the back burner since they are already underfunded and understaffed. It is of no consequence, and since our city council has decided that full staffing of our police force is unecessary, the force should continue to direct its investagations toward more dangerous criminal activity.
125. Comment by Diane H. (aznative1957)— February 1,2009 @ 9:49PM
Ratings:-13+16
Obviously, I can't speak for everyone who is upset about this, but personally I am upset not because I've never seen anything like this, and not because I think anyone's going to be permanently damaged - I'm upset for the same reason I was upset about Janet Jackson's stupid stunt: there are few enough places and things that our children can enjoy without parents worrying about what they're going to be exposed to. We should be able to watch a sporting event with our children without having to be braced to spring into action with the remote should something pop up on screen that should have been safeguarded against in the first place.
126. Comment by Jeff B. (TheCommissioner)— February 1,2009 @ 9:50PM
Ratings:-38+16
When I saw the first hack of porn credits (JennaTV or JennaVision?) I knew something bad was going on (everyone's heard of Jenna Jameson, the porn actress, from interviews, etc.). I started talking about how I'd never seen a hacked signal before which had the kids' attention. Then the scene with the intimate male and female came on and I had to start yelling at the kids to get out of the room. My remote doesn't work well and it was the best choice. My blood pressure went to the moon just as the male's penis filled the TV screen and I was yelling at the kids to get out! They were quite scared and it took about 30 minutes of explaining to get them to understand that I wasn't mad at them, but was only trying to protect them.
This hack, especially coming in a second time, and even more profane, is inexcusable. I need an apology from Comcast to show to my kids so that they can understand what happened.
Comcast needs to step up to the plate and explain this to the children.
127. Comment by Peter V. (Peter V)— February 1,2009 @ 9:51PM
Ratings:-13+35
The great unwashed majority in the world is going insane.
We have people calling themselves "green" when they hate and fear the single most important compound in Nature that makes green things green, Carbon Dioxide.
We have other people calling themselves "family friendly" when they are not the least bit friendly to the basic means by which families are made.
Others are proud of "education" when in fact they measure ignorance as more important.
I don't think Comcast had anything to do with this. That apparent "test" break was a clue. If that had been a studio error they would have been on it so it couldn't happen again.
It looks like somebody figured a way to hack into the Comcast cable system since from what people are reporting here it didn't go out over the air.
The episode didn't teach vulnerable kids how to make suicide belts or how to launch RPGs or operate Kalishnidovs, so it wasn't all that bad. It was merely a high profile nuisance over which heads would roll if the perps were to become known.
We should be thankful it was not worse.
Comcast should be able to find the vulnerability in their cable system, a hardware version of the software flaws that Micorsoft fights every week.
131. Comment by Ryan N. (stats13)— February 1,2009 @ 9:53PM
Ratings:-5+25
You guys blaming comcast are friggin nuts. Obviously it was sabotage. It's no different than blaming whoever if a guy decides to strip naked and run around somewhere.
If you want to really do something about it, go meet the person responsible in person someday and do something then.
139. Comment by tom c. (tom copter)— February 1,2009 @ 10:01PM
Ratings:-3+1
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140. Comment by saintdickolaus f. (titoav10)— February 1,2009 @ 10:02PM
Ratings:-4+7
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141. Comment by John S. (Lunkhead)— February 1,2009 @ 10:02PM
Ratings:-7+41
Har har! Just watched it on Youtube. That was not even hardcore porn, and I'm sure you all know what that looks like. "My kid's mind has been wrecked by your disgusting porn. Now give me a month of free cable to compensate." You watch heads getting blown off every night on TV, but behind a waving penis you see an opportunity to get $50 worth of free services. Your 'traumatized' kids would be ashamed of you if they could understand the depths of your hippocracy.
142. Comment by patty s. (pattyobrian)— February 1,2009 @ 10:02PM
Ratings:-5+30
I find it funny that people think nudity is horrendous. If you have kids over the age of 10, chances are they are looking it all up online....Behind your back. The Human body is a beautiful thing, yet people still find it disgusting. If God wanted us to think the Human body was disgusting, he would not have made it so beautiful.
Now does that mean that I think it was appropriate? Not at all. People pay for cable, and when they watch a program they expect it to be what Comcast says it is. Should the people who did this be caught? yes. Should comcast be blamed? no. Did your children see something horribly sinful? Absolutely not.
144. Comment by Jeff B. (TheCommissioner)— February 1,2009 @ 10:04PM
Ratings:-11+16
Celeste #133
We live in the same world, you just need to be informed. Jenna is one of the world's most popular porn stars. You learn these things by watching the news, seeing something weird on the screen at a friend's bachelor party, and watching MTV on occasion, etc.
146. Comment by Thomas C. (edward)— February 1,2009 @ 10:07PM
Ratings:-4+10
Can you say: "disgruntled employee"
This was done intentionally. About five minutes previously I noticed that the credits for a porn movie were rolling on my TV screen.
Someone with technical skill and access to Comcast equipment will turn out to be the culprit.
Ironically this feed usually goes to luxury motels and hotels.
Most people don't have a clue that AT&T is now the worlds largest porn distributor.
AT&T - Comcast
AT&T's cable division, AT&T Broadband, distributed to subscribers the explicit porn channel, The Hot Network. But At&T sold its cable company and its connection to pornography to Comcast.
151. Comment by J G. (who cares?)— February 1,2009 @ 10:13PM
Ratings:-18+9
Do I blame comcast? yes. They have been around for a long time. They are the heavy weights in cable tv. They should have been prepared for this. They should have been one step ahead of the hackers.
I pay over $100 per month for my comcast package, and I have a reasonable expectation to not be interrupted with something as what happened tonight.
152. Comment by Andy D. (azcatman)— February 1,2009 @ 10:15PM
Ratings:-12+22
This is hilarious. And parents should probably use it as motivation to talk to their kids about sex, if they haven't already. Protestants up in arms over nudity is funny as hell.
153. Comment by omgcawksthehorror !. (omgcawksthehorror)— February 1,2009 @ 10:16PM
Ratings:-5+28
Oh for god's sake. Lets over react about something why don't we. Everyone who has small children, relax. They can't even remember more than 5 seconds when you tell them to sit down and shut the hell up at a restaurant. I doubt this will ruin their lives. And for the people with 14-17 yr old kids. If you don't think they have seen or done this or worse, keep pretending.
154. Comment by GARY G. (4287)— February 1,2009 @ 10:17PM
Ratings:-3+23
Love the comment where the guy's mother-in-law thought it was a Coca Cola commercial and she was going to pull a bottle of Coke out of his pants!
I saw it, covered my kids eyes, or yelled to close them, had a chuckle and was anxiously awaiting the sequel. Think I threw a napkin over my wife's eyes too, didn't want her to think I wasn't the "king" anymore. ;-)
Obviously it was sabotage and something Comcast didn't plan...they will investigate, find the culprit, and make sure it can't happen again. Move on.
155. Comment by Erica S. (ejsb)— February 1,2009 @ 10:17PM
Ratings:-1+12
Devek - Well thanks for sharing! Did it get removed because it showed porn or because it was "Comcast promotion"?
156. Comment by Steven S. (Spirit of Zenger)— February 1,2009 @ 10:17PM
Ratings:-0+29
Satire On
Dear Viewers,
Comcast is extremely sorry for the interruption of the Super Bowl programming with a “signal malfunction” that briefly showed a portion of after-hours adult programming intended for a paying audience.
As you may imagine, we are distressed by this free preview of paid programming and as a result, you will find a small service charge adjustment in your next bill for this erroneous airing.
Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at you earliest convenience.
160. Comment by amanda p. (littlemissmoo)— February 1,2009 @ 10:22PM
Ratings:-6+8
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161. Comment by Devek M. (4845)— February 1,2009 @ 10:22PM
Ratings:-0+13
to 155: "Devek - Well thanks for sharing! Did it get removed because it showed porn or because it was "Comcast promotion"?"
Who knows... :-)
According to YouTube's warning (which will stay in my file for 6 months), it was the Porn... but I'm sure Comcast executives were looking for ANY video of their screw-up on the web and reported them.
165. Comment by John C. (Mr Concern)— February 1,2009 @ 10:26PM
Ratings:-12+13
@ 162, Sophie C, sure every boy who saw it has seen a penis, but he'll most likely feel inferior for life and have confidence issues when he grows up to have a much smaller one than in that porn! Think of the mental damage!
166. Comment by Ann G. (AnnCG)— February 1,2009 @ 10:28PM
Ratings:-10+6
Definitely a local problem with Comcast only, according to news stations. Fortunately, my father-in-law caught on to what was happening, and we were able to cover my five-year-old's eyes before she saw anything graphic. We had recorded the Superbowl, and later we watched the tape because we didn't believe what were seeing. Sure enough, it was there and did not leave anything to the imagination. Comcast is going to lose some big business after this goof!
167. Comment by Carlo F. (truthhurtz)— February 1,2009 @ 10:28PM
Ratings:-11+26
Start burning your cable boxes you bunch of ridiculous drama queens! Maybe you should never drive again if someone flips you off for cutting them off... Oh the vulgarity of it all! It was a mistake and a prank, let it go and teach your kids versus freaking out... Maybe that will get them to respect sex and not use it as a way to get back at you and your oppressive ways!
169. Comment by D B. (themom)— February 1,2009 @ 10:28PM
Ratings:-1+29
The the anchor on channel 4 really say that Comcast was working with Cox to get to the bottom of this situation??? and I think I saw her say it with a straight face.
*Profiting from porn-peddling is a dirty ring around the
white collars at AT&T, MCI, Time-Warner, Comcast, Echo Star Communications, GM’s
DirecTV, Hilton, Marriott, Sheraton, Radisson, VISA, MasterCard and American Express*
http://www.cwfa.org/images/content/wcp-report.pdf
This link is from the Concerned Women of America web site.
Porn doesn't just exist in some back alley anymore.
Some of the high rollers involved will probably be getting bail out money.
AT&T has a patent on the only equipment that can broadcast porn in high definition.
171. Comment by J G. (who cares?)— February 1,2009 @ 10:29PM
Ratings:-19+8
"This is hilarious. And parents should probably use it as motivation to talk to their kids about sex, if they haven't already. Protestants up in arms over nudity is funny as hell."
#152, you probably don't have any kids. If you do, I hope that you're not serious. This is not about sex education, it's about porn.
I don't know if you saw the interuption on comcast. Sex?????yes, but not what you want to explain to your young children.
172. Comment by Anne H. (berrygood22)— February 1,2009 @ 10:30PM
Ratings:-11+13
I can't believe there still isn't any comment on either Comcast's or KVOA's website. It wouldn't be that bad if they would at least aknowledge that it happened and there working on it. I had two kids 9 & 4 watching it in the room. I luckily caught on pretty quick after the first hack of the jenna jameson channel, and turned off the set. But it still seems that there should have been some major security set up for the highest watched show of the year. I am in full support of the parents totally outraged. I understand that there are far worse things on T.V. for children to see, I actually do watch the content of my kids television and they don't watch violent or sexually explicit things at home. So I do not think that we are in any way whining, and yes mistakes happen, but in the climate we are all living in it would be nice to know that SOME things are safe.....
173. Comment by Erica S. (ejsb)— February 1,2009 @ 10:30PM
Ratings:-3+13
My comment:
"Devek - Well thanks for sharing! Did it get removed because it showed porn or because it was "Comcast promotion"?"
was REMOVED.
Are you KIDDING me????
175. Comment by Brett K. (tiny621)— February 1,2009 @ 10:31PM
Ratings:-3+7
Just so everyone knows. Comcast numbers are blocked and the open chat is a waste of time, all they say is they are sorry for the incident. Doubt anyone will get anything out of it. If comcast paid out to the 80,000 customers in this area they would probably go under like everything else.
176. Comment by omgcawksthehorror !. (omgcawksthehorror)— February 1,2009 @ 10:32PM
Ratings:-0+1
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177. Comment by J V. (JacquieV)— February 1,2009 @ 10:32PM
Ratings:-1+20
By the way...KOLD has an article on their site about where Super Bowl balls come from - seriously. I wrote Scott Kilbury and told him I know where they come from now...Comcast. LOL
178. Comment by Mark L. (kidwave)— February 1,2009 @ 10:32PM
Ratings:-0+1
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179. Comment by John C. (Mr Concern)— February 1,2009 @ 10:32PM
Ratings:-9+11
I'm serious lady, penis envy is a serious emotional trauma. Hopefully this image won't have spoiled the ladyfolk to reject the more average men around this city.
180. Comment by John S. (Lunkhead)— February 1,2009 @ 10:33PM
Ratings:-2+10
162 - this does look like a successful Operation Mayhem mission!
187. Comment by Devek M. (4845)— February 1,2009 @ 10:37PM
Ratings:-1+9
You know? I was trying to see if there's any "leftover" of the clip I posted on YouTube and which was removed, and here is what I found about Comcast past with porn. Very interesting:
188. Comment by omgcawksthehorror !. (omgcawksthehorror)— February 1,2009 @ 10:38PM
Ratings:-1+1
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189. Comment by Reality C. (Reality Check)— February 1,2009 @ 10:39PM
Ratings:-1+0
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190. Comment by A R. (romeroa)— February 1,2009 @ 10:39PM
Ratings:-9+7
We also were affected by this. It was totally obvious that it wasn't a commercial-to the handful of adults in the room anyway. We had 2 small children with us watching the game. However, there was MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME for us to switch the channel before they saw too much. That doesn't excuse Comcast.
194. Comment by omgcawksthehorror !. (omgcawksthehorror)— February 1,2009 @ 10:40PM
Ratings:-1+0
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195. Comment by Reality C. (Reality Check)— February 1,2009 @ 10:41PM
Ratings:-1+0
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196. Comment by John C. (Mr Concern)— February 1,2009 @ 10:41PM
Ratings:-2+7
Everyone in Tucson became a Cox viewer... luckily some of them didn't see the spoiler one that they will forever compare the normal man's too, rendering us inadequate. Yes, thank God for Cox.
198. Comment by Peter V. (Peter V)— February 1,2009 @ 10:42PM
Ratings:-3+13
This will put Tucson on the map in the national news tomorrow.
We can be proud...unhh, maybe that isn't quite the right word for it...'cause it wasn't exactly proud, it was, well... stay tuned for the denouement.
How many of our astute viewers are erasing their DVDs even as we speak? Far fewer than the "alarmed" comments would indicate I trow.
"Shocked, simply shocked" Lordy lordy.
Maybe Comcast should be a kindly nanny and take their DVDs away in brown paper wrappers. Otherwise those DVDs are going to be EVERYWHERE for years and years and years. Imagine that the most exciting Super Bowl game in history right there in your own DVD file, waiting to be replayed or copied by your neighbor who missed the game.
I'd guess the hypocritically shocked citizenry outnumbers the genuinely shocked citizenry by at least two to one.
All of the ultra-shocked are making the episode into a lifelong memory for their innocent children by their irrational behavior.
205. Comment by Sam F. (Sam Colt)— February 1,2009 @ 10:47PM
Ratings:-4+8
Who put my video up during the super bowl?!?!
Heads will roll! ...that was a poor word choice...
xD
but seriously, it was obviously not Comcast intentionally doing this, probably an independent hacker if anything else. Probably not going to happen again and even if it does... so what? free sex education for the youngsters.
206. Comment by Andy T. (techtalkradio)— February 1,2009 @ 10:48PM
Ratings:-1+4
Strange, we have Comcast Digital Cable but don't use the DVR or Digital Cable Box and didn't see anything of the kind. Seems that those with the boxes saw this which means it could have been fed from pretty much anywhere that those boxes could be addressed from - Similar to Ad Insertion that can happen from another Cable system that has access to insert ads to cable box subscribers?
211. Comment by Che E. (CheErnesto)— February 1,2009 @ 10:51PM
Ratings:-4+25
What a culture we have! Something like this appears and it explodes all over the place as if the moon was falling from the sky!
Meanwhile on other channels people are being hacked up, spit out, chewed up, run over, shot a million times, blood and guts splattering all over the place, heads chopped off, people being beaten either in organized fights or just plain beaten to death, wrestlers body slamming, smacking other wrestlers with steel chairs and ladders, kids in the audience cheering as stupidly as their parents, body parts flying all around and do your kids watch that? You bethcha! You don't mind your kids when that's on. Why T.V.'s the best baby sitter there is. Gratuitous violence is the biggest money maker we got going! More blood and gore! More blood and gore! More blood and gore!
But sex! Ohhhh nooooo! Not sex! That's dirty dirty dirty!!! And nudity? Ohhh nooo nooo!! Shame shame shame!! How pathetic!
212. Comment by David R. (TUCRACEMAN)— February 1,2009 @ 10:51PM
Ratings:-4+26
I just don't know how to explain to my son that he has a penis. I hate you Comcast! I'm going to need medication and I'm going to sue! This has caused me distress.
215. Comment by Ryan G. (avador)— February 1,2009 @ 10:54PM
Ratings:-2+7
Based on the information that has been released and the content being shown, it sound like this was deliberate hacking job and not the result of an internal error. Not that I care at all about a crooked company like Comcast, but it's much better to wait for an official investigation of what happened then to jump on the blame train. But do you seriously think Comcast of any of it's employees would do something like that on purpose?
219. Comment by Karyn Z. (4333)— February 1,2009 @ 10:58PM
Ratings:-0+2
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220. Comment by Anne H. (berrygood22)— February 1,2009 @ 11:00PM
Ratings:-8+13
OK ......to all of you who think that our reactions as parents are creating more of a memory by our behavior I ask you this...how am I making this a huge deal to my two children who have been in bed since 8:30? I simply turned off the tv. and told them it must not be working. I even had the gumption as a parent to talk to my older son about enough of what happened as to prepare him for the onslaught I'm sure he'll recieve at school tomorrow from his peers, I also had the foresight to tell him I am here if he has any questions. Just because I am a parent and I am alarmed DOES NOT mean that I am hopping around trying to blame someone for all of my kids problems. I am simply upset that Comcast was 't able to prevent the probably 13 year old hacker from introducing full on porn to my 4 year old!
221. Comment by David R. (TUCRACEMAN)— February 1,2009 @ 11:00PM
Ratings:-4+14
I'm not going to watch the puppy bowl where animals lick themselves down there. Sick sick sick. I'd rather my 17 year old son not know how babies are made yet. He still thinks that he came by way of stork.
222. Comment by Alex S. (susokukan)— February 1,2009 @ 11:02PM
Ratings:-6+11
ha ha ha this is pretty funny.
people, get a life.... i'd much rather my kids see a little bit of porn than all of the crazy violence that's all over the tv. i don't understand why sex is a big deal but violence isn't.....
229. Comment by Titanium S. (veganfaerie)— February 1,2009 @ 11:14PM
Ratings:-5+15
Yes, I'm so worried about my kids seeing some horrible pornography - it's interrupting their television time of watching grown men beat the crap out of each other for sport!! Oh, and the calls we got about this right after it happened were amazing. Thanks, organized religion!!
232. Comment by H G. (Dahwg)— February 1,2009 @ 11:17PM
Ratings:-1+3
I was tweeting during the game (Twitter messaging service for you non techie people)and asked around- was definitely a Tucson-only phenomenon, got a tweet (message) from Comcast within 5 minutes apologizing and stating they're investigating the incident.
Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction had nothing on this catastrophe.
233. Comment by Bobo A. (4323)— February 1,2009 @ 11:17PM
Ratings:-5+16
If you or I walked into a restaurant and exposed ourselves we would be arrested immidiately. If a guy walked onto the stage of your child's school and exposed himself, he would be arrested and many would be suing. Yet folks are applauding this hacker?
Hope they find whoever did it if it was intentional and charge him/her with a couple thousand counts of indecent exposure to a minor. It's also against the law to expose children to porn, so guess there are several thousand more charges. If it's an adult - lock him/her up. If a teen, provide lots and lots of community service, public apology, etc.
239. Comment by J G. (who cares?)— February 1,2009 @ 11:27PM
Ratings:-13+1
229, why do you let your children watch that violence? I doubt that you received any calls about the interuption. This has nothing to do with "organized" religion.
Hey dude, let your kids watch anything that they want. You'll pay for it later. Kids never go away.
240. Comment by Anne H. (berrygood22)— February 1,2009 @ 11:28PM
Ratings:-5+11
Some of you really need help. I think that football and organized sports is an appropriate way for men to vent their testoterone. It's beter than beating each other with sticks. I don't expect my kids to live in a bubble, but I do pay attention to what they are viewing, including violence. And no one in their right mind can say this is acceptable for a child to view. Sex is not a dirty thing, nor is sexuality. But objecting children to explicit pornography is something entirely different!!!!
241. Comment by Damion W. (dame311)— February 1,2009 @ 11:28PM
Ratings:-2+11
Larry C. (LarryC)"didnt get it on Cox, at my house. Is it that much different than the viagra/cialas commercials of past Super Bowls?"
No Sh*t... these things are on T.V. all the time but they are some how acceptable??
A guy failing to throw a football through a tireswing relentlessly and then viola with viagra he's pounding that opening in the tireswing... very subtle... very subtle...
or better yet the Cialis (I think) commercial where "BOB" takes his magic pill dresses as Santa and all his coworkers want to sit on his lap...
Gimmie a break people... I know your kids go to school in Tucson, but they're not THAT stupid.
244. Comment by A P. (tangerinepython)— February 1,2009 @ 11:31PM
Ratings:-9+15
First, Comcast is to blame. I doubt it was someone at Comcast who did this, but the fact is that they had a solid five minutes to act after it was hacked the first time and they failed. Unless I find some compelling evidence that they were trying really hard to figure out what the weakness was and failed, Comcast should have stopped it and failed. I'm sorry, but you can't even swear on TV.
Another thing--disregarding its content, it broke in at a really important part of the game.
I was watching this by myself so I wasn't around any kids, but I was just annoyed. It was so stupid and childish and I think if you believe that showing your kid 30 seconds of a porn is the same as sex education you're an idiot. It's not the same. If someone had showed me that while I was still trying to acclimate myself with the idea as a child, I would've panicked. Something like that can be really terrifying for a kid.
Mostly, I just think it was tacky and classless. There is a reason that there are standards for TV, and I think they should be more lax in a lot of cases. But this is nothing like discussing sex or swearing. It is illegal to show this sort of thing to someone under the age of 18, and you should be allowed to make the decision if you want to anyway. It should never be just sprung upon somebody and I hope whoever is responsible spends a pretty hefty and ridiculous amount of time or money to pay for freaking out kids in a way that a lot of them WILL not forget. Like I said, if I'd seen this as a 10-year-old, I would have panicked.
245. Comment by Joe A. (jatamian1)— February 1,2009 @ 11:32PM
Ratings:-5+9
If you are having a difficult time getting though on our phone lines tonight, due to the number of calls we are receiving, feel free to contact us at ComcastTucsonFeedback@gmail.com. I will return your email.
I am sorry that this has happened and like you, I am not happy that this occurred.
We are currently investigating why there was an interruption in the feed of the Super Bowl. We apologize that it happened, and are taking steps to make sure this never happens again.
246. Comment by A P. (tangerinepython)— February 1,2009 @ 11:32PM
Ratings:-4+7
"Larry C. (LarryC)"didnt get it on Cox, at my house. Is it that much different than the viagra/cialas commercials of past Super Bowls?"
No Sh*t... these things are on T.V. all the time but they are some how acceptable??"
Also, did you guys not read the article? Talking about it and showing it are not the same. Sorry. Mentioning an erection and showing your kid a clip from porn are NOT one and the same.
247. Comment by Thomas G. (Thomas Gonzalez)— February 1,2009 @ 11:40PM
Ratings:-2+10
Do you people HONESTLY think that Comcast didn't do everything in their power to prevent this? Even if they noticed the firsst clip right away, don't you think that their programmers/techies/whatever would have been able to resolve the issue in less than 5 minutes?
There is absolutely nothing wrong with being upset and angry with this whole ordeal, but being angry at Comcast is completely misguided and immature. Yes, you pay for their service, and yes, you have a right to recieve the best service possible, but mistakes happen. We are only human, as are the fine men and women who work for Comcast. Nobody is perfect, and I applaud the efforts of Comcast's employees to have the video clip stopped after only a few seconds.
248. Comment by Che E. (CheErnesto)— February 1,2009 @ 11:41PM
Ratings:-1+9
Number 233 is right and this incident was clearly wrong. But there does seem to be a clear inconsistency in the attitude of parents and people in general when it comes to a graphic display of something of a sexual nature 9llok how upset people get) whereas a graphic display of gratuitous violence as in kids viewing wresting matches cheering right along with their parents as wrestlers use metal objects to beat each other, that's perfectly o.k. in this culture. There are no laws or statutes against that. And perhaps that point belongs in a different discussion but there seems to be a pernumbra of relevance. Amazing though that this could even happen and technical safeguards don't exist to prevent it.
250. Comment by Damion W. (dame311)— February 1,2009 @ 11:43PM
Ratings:-1+8
Joe A.
Bummer man... Bummer. Gonna be a long couple of days for you and your cronies... and with the blood thirsty savages here in Tucson, you're screwed! No pun intended.
251. Comment by Kel Y. (Kel Y)— February 1,2009 @ 11:45PM
Ratings:-3+19
I to was watching the game with my 3 kids. After it happened and I was looking around the room at my kids with there mouths hanging open, All I could think to do is say "Well kids,,thats what a penis looks like."
252. Comment by J G. (who cares?)— February 1,2009 @ 11:47PM
Ratings:-8+9
“If you are having a difficult time getting though on our phone lines tonight, due to the number of calls we are receiving, feel free to contact us at ComcastTucsonFeedback@gmail.com. I will return your email.
I am sorry that this has happened and like you, I am not happy that this occurred.
We are currently investigating why there was an interruption in the feed of the Super Bowl. We apologize that it happened, and are taking steps to make sure this never happens again.”
Joe Atamian
VP/GM Comcast
Joe, I am wondering why this happened at all. Comcast, who is on the leading edge of technology should have been prepared for this.
You can talk about microsoft and others, you come into my house on a daily basis. There is no excuse for this.
256. Comment by Damion W. (dame311)— February 1,2009 @ 11:55PM
Ratings:-6+16
The same kids that saw this got on their lap tops in their rooms... logged on, found the clip emailed it to their friends... text'd their friends and laughed about the looks on the parents faces for about an hour, then popped in some Grand Theft Auto IV and slughtered a video game version of strippers, whores, and any other random video game being. Then went on myspace and mocked other children for being losers.
257. Comment by David R. (TUCRACEMAN)— February 1,2009 @ 11:56PM
Ratings:-2+9
Search for
"I survived the 2009 Superbowl wiener."
on facebook. It's a support group.
258. Comment by grant c. (coletoy48)— February 2,2009 @ 12:00AM
Ratings:-8+5
I can't believe the Holy Star will even let comments be made about this subject. Anything that has controversy of this caliber is usually dismissed and not allowed to be talked about. The nuns must be keeping quiet about this and not reporting the comments made. Let's see if this one makes it.
259. Comment by J G. (who cares?)— February 2,2009 @ 12:04AM
Ratings:-20+6
253, get a grip? This was an assualt on my home and family! Totally unaceptable.
Further Vendetta, you must speak for yourself. Seems like you know a lot about kid porn based on the stats that you quote.
263. Comment by Mara J. (My2CentsWorthPlus)— February 2,2009 @ 12:11AM
Ratings:-8+7
Well, thank God I have Direct TV... I hate to have to explain to my 9 year old what they heck that was... It is only funny if you don't have young children No. 260. I agree with No. 1, Comcase lost its grip somewhere and I'd be asking questions. What a horrible thing to have happen during a "family" event!
267. Comment by Gabriel H. (izzyeddy)— February 2,2009 @ 12:25AM
Ratings:-1+9
This is terrible. Imagine having to watch hardcore porn instead of Larry Fitzgerald's triumphant touchdown. BTW, I'm not being sarcastic, I'd be pretty upset if my Cardinals game was interrupted. Luckily I have Cox Cable and had no problems.
269. Comment by Anne H. (berrygood22)— February 2,2009 @ 12:50AM
Ratings:-17+9
Just one quick question....where might my four year old's laptop be hiding??? Get real people, I am not upset because my 15 year old saw this. This is as serious as public indecency. And those of you on your 'high' horse that say it was no big deal I hope that you don't have any children of your own, becaue they are going to end up pretty sick and twisted. What you're calling overreactive parents are the ones that actually parent our children. The ones who do edit their TV and video games and internet. One computer in the living room, blocks set-up, with a parent watching where the kids is going because there is stuff like this out there. KIds are forced to grow up to fast asw it is. I don't expect to have to give a birds and the bees talk when we're watching the superbowl!! All I am saying is that it shouldn't have happened, especially not twice !!!
270. Comment by J M. (loveshelties)— February 2,2009 @ 12:50AM
Ratings:-1+8
I wonder if Hackers got into the system. My friend and her husband were watching. She thought he turned the channel and he was wondering why she ordered Playboy!
271. Comment by grant c. (coletoy48)— February 2,2009 @ 12:54AM
Ratings:-8+6
Big deal anyway. Many men AND women like to watch porn. It's easy to access and hide these days with any computer. The spouses just don't know where it is hid. Check out the computer sometime when the spouse is away. There will be all kinds of stuff on there that your not suppose to find. Same with the email. Guaranteed.
So you saints that complain about the porn better hope your spouse doesn't find it on yours. All she needs is the password and she will see why you spend so much tme on the computer.
273. Comment by Jeff L. (Hormony)— February 2,2009 @ 12:56AM
Ratings:-7+14
Free jokes:
1. Finally, a Super Bowl that lives up to its name.
2. Looks like the Max Headroom pirate is back, to show us more of his lewd antics.
But seriously, don't bother sending complaints to Comcast. They know something bad happened. They don't need hundreds of harried housewives complaining about what they KNOW happened. Unless you've got access to a time machine and can go back in time and somehow prevent this from happening, don't bother. Go back to washing the dishes or pleasing your man or whatever. Just don't beleaguer those poor Comcast workers. Thank you.
275. Comment by Titanium S. (veganfaerie)— February 2,2009 @ 1:05AM
Ratings:-3+5
239 - I DON'T let my kids watch any of the above. It was a statement about how the sex on TV is no worse than the violence. And yes, I did get plenty of calls - I work for Comcast.
276. Comment by John M. (johnus)— February 2,2009 @ 1:06AM
Ratings:-1+8
Also, to those people saying to report this to the FCC - they already know. And the FCC isn't going to do anything. This happened on PAY CABLE. You can show porn on cable. If it happened OTA (over the air), it would be a different story.
277. Comment by Anne H. (berrygood22)— February 2,2009 @ 1:23AM
Ratings:-18+7
I understand that whomever I might talk to at Comcast did nothing to make this happen. But the company Comcast has to be held responsible. They provide a service to us, their customers. They need to make amends to the their cusomers because this is inexcusable. Especially that this is not the first time it has happened with there service. In NJ Handy Manny went to porn too. They need to be held accountable. And since I doubt their CEO is the one fielding calls I will have to inform whoever answers the phone there.
279. Comment by Anne H. (berrygood22)— February 2,2009 @ 1:41AM
Ratings:-16+5
Whom might I put the blame on the 278? Comcast is the provider who aired the porn. KVOA is saying it was clean when it left their port. What I am saying is that unlike you, I would like the COMPANY who I pay money to I.E. Comcast to make some statement so I know what they are planning to do to try to keep the HUNDREDS of unsatisfied and irate customers. I have heard NOTHING from them, therefore as a unsatisfied customer I will have to call Comcast so they know how many people were affected. Apathy like yours is what is making the country the place it is.
280. Comment by Anne H. (berrygood22)— February 2,2009 @ 1:45AM
Ratings:-11+5
BTW I was smart enough to see what was happening so my children didn't see any porn. But I am sure it will get to them by way of the story that will carry on from this as well as the school yard tomorrow. Which is why it should never have happened in the FIRST place. Can't your Mommie make you a sandwhich?
281. Comment by Jeff L. (Hormony)— February 2,2009 @ 1:53AM
Ratings:-6+11
It happened less than 12 hours ago (on a weekend, no less), and already you want Comcast to bend over backwards for you. Believe you me, Comcast is doing everything in their power to find out what happened. They don't need another Mary Washboard to bray and moan about something they've heard HUNDREDS OF TIMES BEFORE.
You're right, my apathy is what makes this country great! God bless America, our home and native land...
282. Comment by Greg W. (gregw)— February 2,2009 @ 1:54AM
Ratings:-9+6
It is rather disconcerting to see so many negative ratings applied to those who take umbrage to the event. Certainly, this was the result of an employee who has a complete disregard for the responsibility given to him/her. While, apparently, it was technically feasible to insert Jenna into the most viewed event of the year, it was certainly not appropriate in our society. While I wouldn't say it is "Comcast's Fault", I also wouldn't hold them harmless for having the "keys to the kingdom" handed to a person who is capable of pulling off such a violation to the community's trust.
This story will certainly garner national attention. Hopefully, the comments inserted by the good people of Tucson will demonstrate a higher level of morals than the moron associated with this event.
283. Comment by Bill B. (#4485)— February 2,2009 @ 1:56AM
Ratings:-4+5
What an absolute "complete screw up" !
Full 'rubber jacket'
Wasn't on "COX"
Oh I'm sure heads will role, this will cost the company lots, law suites, lost viewers.. rightly so butt you have wonder.. how did this really happen. Wardrobe malfuction?
oh these guys are in some 'deep trouble' or was that the name of the movie...
irate customers, how'd you like to be that manager come Monday morning... there's bad Monday's then there's this guys coming Monday.. oui vei.. its gonna be a very long day..
284. Comment by Jeff L. (Hormony)— February 2,2009 @ 1:57AM
Ratings:-11+9
Re: 280
Oof! That sandwich remark really got me. You must've been a big wheel in grade school.
So when are you going to reveal the world to your precious kids? Sooner or later they'll learn about the penises and vaginas. Sooner or later they'll learn there is no God, there is war in the world and other "horrible" things. Let 'em learn it now, before you warp their minds.
285. Comment by Penn W. (lulwhut)— February 2,2009 @ 1:59AM
Ratings:-5+15
Chill out! It didn't last for more than 10 seconds. Laugh it up people, there are more serious things going on in the world to worry about.
Seems like all everyone here is hearing is the "cha-ching" of the register ringing and wanting a free month of service over 10 seconds of porn. Your kids know what it was, just see what comes out of Hollywood now-a-days.
286. Comment by Jeff L. (Hormony)— February 2,2009 @ 2:01AM
Ratings:-0+5
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287. Comment by Anne H. (berrygood22)— February 2,2009 @ 2:02AM
Ratings:-28+6
Lemme guess, you didn't have the cajones like my husband, who I'd gladly make a sandwhich for, to fight for your country? To leave the comforts of home and meet the fear and face the fact that fighting for your country means going even if you might not agree? I am disheartened to know that my families sacrifice means people like you continue to take for granted your ability to comfortably sit back and judge others to make yourself feel better. You are too comfortable in you anononimity sitting in front of a computer, entertaining yourself by commenting on something that has no relevance in your pathetic life? I pity you and the fact that this is probably the best conversation you've had in months. I will not subject myself further to your baseless attacks and assumptions on me or my family. I wish you the best in what ever may come.
288. Comment by Barb S. (bjs30204)— February 2,2009 @ 2:13AM
Ratings:-3+13
I agree with #110:
"Blaming Comcast is pointless. Why on earth would they have done this on purpose?! Please don't put another company out of business and create more job losses because some jerk can hack. This is terribly unfortunate and I have to explain to my daughters that all penises are not the same, but Comcast is not to blame."
Even IF a Comcast employee did this on purpose maliciously or as a joke, that means that a number of you are going to end your cable service with the entire company?! There are enough people out of jobs right now without making things worse. Making hasty decisions out of anger doesn't help the situation. There are MUCH bigger things to think about in the world...put things in perspective. Any of you who had children watching - it's not like your children were abused, they saw a PENIS! If everyone put this much energy into taking action to help others get food, clothing and shelter instead of complaining about a few seconds of TV, the world would be a lot better off.
289. Comment by Jeff L. (Hormony)— February 2,2009 @ 2:14AM
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290. Comment by Casey P. (CaseyAPage)— February 2,2009 @ 2:16AM
Ratings:-2+29
LOL 287
Its actually this attitude that is what is making america what it is now. Great that your husband fought for the country. Not arguing the service that he did. But....how is that relevant to this whole situation. Everyone wants to one up everyone else. Thats exactly what you just did with that comment and more then likely what the person who hacked Comcast did. They probably wanted to show off and prove they can one up someone else. Just on a little side note...I'm pretty sure your husband didn't go fight for this country so when an idiot hacks a computer system everyone can complain about how its traumatizing their kids so they can get free month (not saying you stated that but it has been stated here) and how heads should roll so that the only thing that could come out of this is people in Tucson lose their jobs in an already bad economic time.
Seriously, anyone younger then 7 probably didn't get it and will be forgotten tomorrow, anyone older then 12 knows what it was and won't traumatize them in any way. Between 7 to 12 the boys will laugh about it on their lunch breaks at school and the girls will just say eww or ignore it ever happened.
Either that or you are saying that your child is not capable of getting through 10 seconds of their life without life altering consequences. I really hope you don't watch the news because they might hear about someone dying and then rush out and try to kill everyone they see.
Yeah it was wrong for that to air...but its not the end of the world...Comcast is the middle car in a three car pile-up. The car who hit Comcast is what caused it...poor Comcast was just too close to the car in front of them and bumped into them...Now that first car wants to sue them to oblivion.
291. Comment by Joe R. (quag7)— February 2,2009 @ 2:19AM
Ratings:-4+28
Oh Anne Anne Anne, come down off of your high horse. My God, you are the most sanctimonious human being I've encountered all week.
Those of us who are sentient live in your little sanitized world and put up with your superstitious fear of sexuality, and the horror with which you regard, well, penises on your television. We put up with sanitized corporate radio because of you, sanitized unrealistic television, and sanitized unrealistic everything.
Pornography is not real. But it depicts a normal biological function and process - one many of us enjoy.
Simply for the shock and outrage so many of you feel at having to sit through (oh no!) a display of body parts - which is all this was - I will drink to this hacker - not for what he did, but for the pathetic reactions he pulled out of so many of you. While I cannot advocate disrupting broadcasting, I found the entire episode highly amusing.
I laugh openly and contemptuously at those of you who think building a sad little wall around your children will better prepare them for the pornographic and violent world in which we live. I remember quite clearly in college what shrinking little messes those who grew up in antiseptic little Christian households turned into when exposed to the reality of the human condition once they left home. Seriously, you better send your kids to the convent or something.
It is one thing to not expose your children to pornography - that's just rational parenting. It's another to freak out entirely at a display of human sexuality.
So a penis showed up on your television set. SO WHAT. That's how they got here. That's how you got here. All over Tucson tonight, people are doing similar things in their own bedroom, however much in denial you choose to be. And your kids? If they're 11 years old or older, they're watching pornography on the Internet. Maybe not at your house, but at their friend's house. They use profanity, are curious about sexuality, and know way more than you think.
There is violence, genocide, decay, famine, and blight all over the world, and this is what you choose to get worked up about - that your poor little stepford children, oh noes, saw Mr. Winkie.
I'm tired in living in your world, where you force your puritanical, superstitious standards on the rest of us.
And spare me the whole elitist, "Oh you just don't know what it is to be a good parent" garbage. I think teaching kids to fear sexuality does them a far more horrible disservice than seeing 15 seconds of a guy waving his penis around.
Seriously, you're shocked by the DISPLAY OF A HUMAN BODY PART. Do you not understand how sad that is?
293. Comment by Casey P. (CaseyAPage)— February 2,2009 @ 2:39AM
Ratings:-0+4
lol 292
Maybe some upset Steelers fan was like "they just scored...you know what we should do? Throw penises on their televisions in Arizona" (Then you would see the two dorks wearing Steeler gear high fiving while cheetos and mountain dew gets pushed aside the desk in order to give room for this ultimate heist) Honestly, now that would be hilarious. ugh...I think I just gave Hollywood a script for a new movie...Oh well...we will switch the penis to a cuddly koala and every parent will be ok with it in the end...although I believe in the script they said damn and the outcry is unleashed about how kids shouldn't be subjected to that language...and I have officially became cynical
294. Comment by Marie T. (hoppy)— February 2,2009 @ 2:47AM
Ratings:-0+3
This may or may not be Comcast's fault. They receive some channels that they broadcast directly from Cox. It is possible that one person could have done this from the control building (head end blvd.) at either Cox or Comcast. It will be some time before we know exactly what happened.
295. Comment by Casey P. (CaseyAPage)— February 2,2009 @ 2:50AM
Ratings:-0+7
Hey just because I am curious. If this was like a huge hack that affected Cox, Comcast, DirectTV, Dish, ect ect...just one huge thing...would you guys still be waiting to kill your services or would it be ok then because you wouldn't have a "safe" option to switch to? Or would you expect all the businesses to just give free months away so 10 million people don't have to pay causing hundreds of millions of dollars to be lost in an already horrific economy? I am just wondering.
297. Comment by Anne H. (berrygood22)— February 2,2009 @ 2:52AM
Ratings:-20+4
As it seems I have become the easy scapegoat of overreactive parents everywhere I feel it’s only fair I say my peace first.
To those of you who have judged me from the past couple post read further. I have never said I want money or free anything from Comcast. What I would like is a statement from them, not other news channels, that it happened and what they are doing to make sure it doesn’t happen again. I happen to like the service they provide, and since I cannot get satellite or Cox( laugh it up) where I live, I am rational enough to know I am stuck with them or a converter box.
Secondly, my children were not exposed to the material so my views on pornography are mute. Sufficed to say I realize that as humans we are sexual being and do not condemn anyone for watching porn. Believe it or not my children do not live in a protective bubble. They are aware that one has a penis and one has a vagina. That’s what they are called too, not hoohaas or peepees. I have always stuck to the belief that kids are smart and you don’t have to protect them from their own sexuality. It should go without saying that I am not scared of either my children viewing a penis or for that matter a vagina. My problem is that thousands of children were exposed to something completely lewd and inappropriate. Sue me if I wanted to get a handle on what was being done.
Thirdly I only mentioned my husband’s service because of the fact that it is because of his and others service we are able to sit on our computers and argue about this. Also it addressed I thought the comment about them not seeing any news. Where do you think families get their information when a loved one is deployed? It is because of his deployment that my family has learned to appreciate the little things. My children have lived through more in their little lifetimes than they should have had to. All I wanted was to let someone know what happened, and to know what is going to be done. Don’t give me the crap that it’s the weekend and that there isn’t anything they could do. They could have issued a statement right away from their website. Don’t tell me there wasn’t anyone there.
It is not and has never been my intention to try to put Comcast out of business, or to blame the person I might reach on the phone. I am simply stating that they have not provided me with a good service, which is true. That I am not being a prude by saying porn for children is not ok. That’s why there are laws against it. I am simply stating that when I choose to watch a family show I should not have to go into an in depth discussion about sexuality. This is not just a little penis, (literally) this is an affront to what little is left of our children’s childhood. As I stated earlier they have to grow up to quick as it is, why add to that? Why is it so wrong to protect that?
299. Comment by Scott K. (sdkeller)— February 2,2009 @ 2:57AM
Ratings:-4+12
This story is awesome. I want to move to Tucson now. Porn and Football what a great combination. Let's watch the Christian Nazi's go crazy now.
It's OK to let little johnny watch a violent game just cant view a bodypart. This country makes me sick sometimes. For you parents out there - your kids that are old enough to know what they were seeing, already watch probably much more graphic porn when you are not home. Get over it. The penis is not satan.
300. Comment by Jason C. (5247)— February 2,2009 @ 3:00AM
Ratings:-2+13
Jeezus people...
It was a hack. When you saw the random movie credits roll, that was a test by the person to see if it worked. After confirming it worked, he/she rolled the porn.
Hackers are much, much more resourceful than technical employees are. That's why many of the government's technical security are... You guessed it... Ex-felons from... HACKING.
If you're someone hoping to get a free month of cable because of this... Get a freakin' life. It was unfortunate, but not tragic.
301. Comment by Scott K. (sdkeller)— February 2,2009 @ 3:03AM
Ratings:-3+8
Sheltering your children from something nature as sex will only harm your children later in life. Like I said above, if they are old enough to know what they were seeing on TV, they are already watching much more raunchy stuff online when you are not at home. I'm not condoning what Comcast did, but it was a harmless mistake, people should be losing their jobs over this. Especially since jobs are so hard to come by in this economy. Don't make someone lose a job because you live in the closet sexually.
302. Comment by Casey P. (CaseyAPage)— February 2,2009 @ 3:10AM
Ratings:-0+20
Well Anne
Not going to argue with what most of what you say. The only thing that irked me about your posts actually was the fact you said something about your husband's service when it wasn't really relevant.
You said something I would like to address because I did a complete Sociology paper on the subject. You said that kids have to grow up fast why add to it.
We, as a society, has decided in the last decade or so that children are not capable of dealing with things.
When I grew up during summer vacation it was "its light outside...go play...see you for lunch" Today that isn't going to happen because something might happen to their child.
I had about as rough a childhood as anybody could ask for (family wise, and I have scars everywhere from stupid things I did) Thing is I now laugh at each scar that I have because it was stupid but it was fun and its what kids do.
Bad things happen every day, murder, abuse, rape, ect...What everyone witnessed today was comical compared to those things. Thats why I don't think its a big deal.
Again I don't think its appropriate at all but I am amused because it was obviously a joke. A sick and twisted one, but a joke. There was no malice involved...just a stupid prank. Comcast just happens to be the fall for this prank. I think people should let it go for that reason. A company is taking a fall for a prank and everyone is out for blood.
Now Anne I ask you this...if you don't get an apology...is tomorrow or the next day really going to be any different for you or anyone else who doesn't get it? Yes it might cause someone to feel they should switch providers but will it change the person as a whole? I hope not because they are the ones with the issues
303. Comment by Jeff L. (Hormony)— February 2,2009 @ 3:11AM
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304. Comment by james g. (james72)— February 2,2009 @ 3:33AM
Ratings:-4+5
I'm stunned that any of you with kids would even have cable in your homes, since you seem to care so much about how they might be influenced by television viewing.
The link between children watching violence on TV - cartoons, cop shows, wrestling (Ultimate Fighting anyone?), even the news - is associated with aggression and violence in young viewers. One Source
Those of you concerned about a 30-second exposure to naughty parts should look closely at your children's viewing habits and access to media violence before you get much more enraged. And don't trust V-chip technology to baby sit your kids and protect them from the thousands of violent and traumatic hours of television during their awake hours.
305. Comment by Anne H. (berrygood22)— February 2,2009 @ 3:34AM
Ratings:-9+1
Casey,
I never said I wanted an apology, just acknowledgement of the situation from comcast, and what they were doing about it. Not from another source. I'm sorry you had it rough growing up, a lot of us did. And I have to disagree with you on the service part. It is an integral part of what has made my kids aware of the world as a whole. The deployment made my kids aware of a lot more than just that's going on in our little town. You explain as best as you can, but how do you explain away the worry of Daddy dying when he's over there. In some counry you can barely pronounce across the world. My children have not been sheltered from the violence of war, the pain of loss. Their part in it has just been different. Funny thing is, I am not that upset that porn was on the TV, just the total lack of response. I know that it was not done on purpose. But if I'm paying a company over $100 a month, they should be able to pay some damn hacker to proect the programming. That's all.
306. Comment by Jeff L. (Hormony)— February 2,2009 @ 3:40AM
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307. Comment by Casey P. (CaseyAPage)— February 2,2009 @ 3:42AM
Ratings:-0+9
Anne,
I just meant that the argument of your husbands service when you used it was irrelevant to the argument.
I don't think Comcast could afford a hacker good enough to have stopped that right away...They work for the government.
Honestly Im just irritated people are trying to get free service out of something that if you think about rationally is no way their fault (as in Comcast didn't initially do this) Oh and I did state that I acknowledge you didn't ask for free month or anything.
Oh and I think we are on the same wavelength in a way...There are much worse things in this world for a kids to go through then seeing a penis. I do not have a child but I am pretty sure that I rather have my child seeing a penis then something about someone getting shot because someone tried to rob them...I guess I just don't see the big deal about a penis.
308. Comment by Kim D. (aznemesis)— February 2,2009 @ 3:44AM
Ratings:-4+9
All the outrage. This came on while you were watching a sport that glorifies violence, that's filled with plenty of T&A shots of "cheerleaders," that has been known for its ads that limit women to nothing more jiggle shots. And this is what you call a "family event"? Constant female near-nudity is fine for your kids; a single shot of male nudity has you enraged. Hypocrisy really knows no bounds.
You know why my kids weren't watching? Because my son was in the bedroom watching something more age-appropriate and my daughter has no use for the sex-and-violence spectacle that makes up a "regular" NFL broadcast. (We won't even talk about the way people behave at the actual games. If you take your kids to an NFL game, you really should get a visit from CPS.)
That this is what you consider "family entertainment" says a lot about your values. Violence and constant implied sexuality on the sidelines is great for your kids. The real thing? Is "obscene" and "outrageous," especially if it includes male nudity instead of female nudity. Funny sense of morality there.
310. Comment by Casey P. (CaseyAPage)— February 2,2009 @ 3:55AM
Ratings:-2+7
308
Taking a kid to a football game is now worthy of CPS?
I don't even have anything to add to that.
Question...so when they go to junior high or high school and they play dodgeball or you know a sport with some kind of contact does that mean you are bad mother for allowing this?
Seriously if your kids go to gym in junior high there should be an investigation
PS just in case you didn't get it, im being sarcastic because that was the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. Since people act like idiots pretty much anywhere maybe you should lock your kids in their room so they are subjected to it.
311. Comment by Casey P. (CaseyAPage)— February 2,2009 @ 3:59AM
Ratings:-1+4
Anne,
Yeah actually I was watching it on Dish so I missed the show....Kicker is the girlfriend (who was watching it with her little sister and brother) sends me a text after the touchdown that says "did I just see what I think I did?" (and since I am a Cardinals fan and she loves to rip my teams I was assuming she was making a sarcastic remark about my team taking the lead) I then went on to call her many names that actually probably what she saw way better then the purpose of me calling her these things (jokingly of course) She had to call me to explain and to be completely honest I busted up laughing (then again her siblings aren't that young)
312. Comment by Anne H. (berrygood22)— February 2,2009 @ 4:04AM
Ratings:-2+1
LMAO Casey.....I had got to see it on u-tube before they took it down, it was well, pretty low budget, but straight to the point. I would have to say I am very glad I noticed the first hack and turned the TV off when the second happened. All the kiddos saw was a guy and girl on a couch....
Wow Kim,
I am happy for you that you don't have rambuctious boy that appreciates sports. As for me I feel lucky that I am able to direct mine towards Karate and Baseball. Boys be nice ;o)
315. Comment by Kimberly C. (newimagedocuments)— February 2,2009 @ 4:09AM
Ratings:-0+5
Well people, looks like it made National AND International news already (Germany).
On another note, I am the mother of 5 ages ranging from 14-20 and this was an extremely unfortunate inappropriate, and awkward moment, BUT also an important moment for my kids to view how I as the parent, handled this situation. THAT is where the real learning is taking place. #251 you have the best response I read about all night. Fortunately we watched Comcast in HD, but I did see the clip on youtube when it was up, (without the kids present)and I probably would have blew milk out of my nose or something stupid like that if it happened on my big screen. I keep things light. Teenagers tend to respond and open up more with laughter than anger. At least that is what has worked for our family. Laughing about something such as this SITUATION, (not the porn) can spark a quite open and candid family conversation versus anger and panic which will have the teen shutting down and then going to friends the next day to talk and joke about it at school WITHOUT YOU Please remember I am referring to my TEENS about this and not a younger child.
317. Comment by Casey P. (CaseyAPage)— February 2,2009 @ 4:11AM
Ratings:-0+6
All I can say is growing up I played baseball basketball and football...It taught me how to work as a team, be gracious in winning and losing, stick up for people, and to be honest, how to take frustration and pain out in a very productive way. You know Kim I never saw it before but I am going to have to have a talk with my grandparents (who raised me) They so should have had CPS all over them...I just realized the pain and suffering they have caused me.
321. Comment by Thom R. (tgrooney)— February 2,2009 @ 4:36AM
Ratings:-9+3
There is only one language they seem to understand at Cable Companies, Media Outlets, etc.
Vote with your checkbook.
Subscription cancelation is a viable option. Comcast perhaps can hear that best.
323. Comment by Maryana H. (Omaryana)— February 2,2009 @ 4:58AM
Ratings:-1+11
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!! I love the two comments, "It should have been on Cox for obvious reasons," and "It's all Bush's fault." LOL!!!!!!!!!! It was weird for us cuz my mom and my two teenage sisters were all cheering, screaming and yelling out of joy, the porn comes on and we were like "what is this?" I thought it would be a commercial, but no. It was pretty funny though... I'm laughing at all the comments, this is so hilarious!!!
325. Comment by William G. (theoncegreat)— February 2,2009 @ 4:59AM
Ratings:-17+3
Your schools are showing your kids worse books, pictures and probably films to complete the indoctination of the left's agenda anyway. Just be glad the porn clip was heterosexual. The hack didn't effect the high def feed. I guess you people need to upgrade.
326. Comment by Emma J. (Emma J.)— February 2,2009 @ 5:19AM
Ratings:-1+12
#290, thanks for saving me the trouble of typing a lot of text. Very well said!!
#315, you hit the nail on the head!! This was a great "teachable moment".
And they wonder why so many people have body issues!! Parents, kids feed off of your reaction. If you freak out and act humiliated, then they get the idea that one's naked body is something horrible, and something to be ashamed of. And, kids may be more likely to look for that big thrill of looking for porn and thrill of sneaking something "forbidden." If you act casual and say something like "yes, yes, that was a penis. Men have them. Big deal." You would then be able to have a conversation and say that while sex is a normal activity, it's always done in private and amongst grownups. You would have a big teachable moment in which to share your views/beliefs about sex and porn. "It's only done in marriage", "while sex is natural, I don't think movies should be made about it", etc. would be much more accepted by children/tweens/teens if you're calm about the situation.
And for the record, I'm a parent and while we have Directv, I wouldn't have freaked out if it did flash on our tv. I'm determined that my child not grow up with body issues. Being a parent isn't for the faint of heart, and you always have to be ready for that teachable moment. Yes, sometimes even during football games!!
And big kudos to those who pointed out the irony that violence is okay in our culture, yet a naked body is horrible.
328. Comment by MARGIE W. (MARGIE37)— February 2,2009 @ 5:41AM
Ratings:-2+11
I've just spent an hour reading all of these comments, my stomach hurts from laughing! Good job, everyone, for the "funnies" and the thought provokers....
331. Comment by Reginald J. (ReginaldJ)— February 2,2009 @ 6:08AM
Ratings:-11+13
This is brilliant! I enjoyed reading all of the comments from uptight parents freaking out and believing that they are now owed some compensation. I hope you don't get a thing! No free month of cable and no silly little little letter from the company patting you all on the head after the big bad tv showed your little snowflakes what male genitals look like!
Not only do I have no sympathy for anyone taking offense here but I'm actually glad it happened. I am thrilled that a bunch of people got an unexpected D*** in the face. This is hilarious and things like this should happen more often! I hope next time it's during the view! Maybe some parents will have a talk about real life with their children now or heaven forbid, teach them to read but honestly, you should not find it awkward to talk about this sort of thing with your kids. They won't find it awkward at all tomorrow in home room with their friends.
Just think, the cardinals first ever trip to the superbowl. This is something to remember for us Arizonans and now, that memory comes with unexpected d*** in the face! It's a superbowl miracle!
333. Comment by Shannon D. (EnglishTeacher)— February 2,2009 @ 6:18AM
Ratings:-4+8
I thought it was a joke at first. I could make a joke about it, but the reality is, there were a lot of kids watching. My 4 year old daughter happened to have come into the room at the time, and as soon as I saw the guy start to stand up, I covered her eyes and walked out of the room.
As a parent and a consumer, I'm outraged, but comment #46, hilarious.
There's no way this was an "accident". This had to be a person who thought it would be hilarious to do something like this during the most watched sporting event in the country. Probably made him/her feel powerful.
334. Comment by Amy H. (1amyht)— February 2,2009 @ 6:42AM
Ratings:-9+10
If someone did this intentionally - shame on that sicko! My eight year old daughter did not need to see that! Get your laughs in another way preferably in a way that doesn't harm others!!!
338. Comment by Ralph C. (MidgetMan)— February 2,2009 @ 6:50AM
Ratings:-1+8
#315 says
I am the mother of 5 ages ranging from 14-20 and this was an extremely unfortunate inappropriate, and awkward moment, BUT also an important moment for my kids to view how I as the parent, handled this situation. THAT is where the real learning is taking place
OK but then I lean that you did not see it happen....... Fortunately we watched Comcast in HD, but I did see the clip on youtube when it was up, (without the kids present)
So if your kids and you did not see it happen how was it an important moment for my kids to view how I as the parent, handled this situation
You were the parent and "handled" it even though you and your kids did not see it as it happened?
339. Comment by Reginald J. (ReginaldJ)— February 2,2009 @ 7:02AM
Ratings:-11+13
Re: 334
How is your 8 year old daughter harmed? Will she not be attending school today? Is she sitting in the fetal position, rocking and sobbing uncontrollably? Or was it you that was harmed? Will today not be a pleasant one for you? Are you going to spend all day with this image in your mind or will you manage to get by? I think your point is invalid. You and your daughter are fine and in no way damaged by this.
There are real problems in this world that need to be addressed. Sex has been around since that dawn of time and your crude notion that this is obscene is part of a common social affliction that you're already trying to perpetuate in the next generation. Shame on you for that!
I hope that this happens more often. I hope it happens so often that everyone becomes desensitized to it and no longer cares.
340. Comment by Bob T. (baddasp)— February 2,2009 @ 7:04AM
Ratings:-9+17
Too funny. Lighten up people it's only a weenie on TV. Somebody make a mistake and look at the good part...You didn't even have to pay for it. I'm sure little Johnny will survive.
342. Comment by joel t. (harperman)— February 2,2009 @ 7:37AM
Ratings:-8+18
Sorry but I think it's hilarious. You people will let your young children watc ha bunch of grown men beat the crap out of each other but god forbid that they should see a penis.
343. Comment by Mary W. (Mary W)— February 2,2009 @ 7:41AM
Ratings:-2+9
79. Comment by Anne H. (berrygood22) — February 2,2009 @ 1:41AM
Ratings: -6 +0
Whom might I put the blame on the 278? Comcast is the provider who aired the porn. KVOA is saying it was clean when it left their port. What I am saying is that unlike you, I would like the COMPANY who I pay money to I.E. Comcast to make some statement so I know what they are planning to do to try to keep the HUNDREDS of unsatisfied and irate customers. I have heard NOTHING from them, therefore as a unsatisfied customer I will have to call Comcast so they know how many people were affected. Apathy like yours is what is making the country the place it is.
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Looks it's all about the money. How on earth is giving people free service going to make up for this? Does that erase it from your kid's memory?
If you want to punish them, maybe they should have to sit around and listen to the Express Flooring commercial a few hundred times. Ugh, now that's disgusting.
344. Comment by Aaron P. (aporath)— February 2,2009 @ 7:49AM
Ratings:-6+8
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Thank god I have DirecTV and not those good for nothing cable companies. I have had DirecTV for 2 years, never had that problem with some idiot pushing the wrong button and showing me a clip of Spice or Playboy. As for the 2 losers Cox and Comcast, pack you bags, and your ugly big buildings and get out of Tucson. You have made one mistake too many!
345. Comment by Steve G. (4114)— February 2,2009 @ 7:50AM
Ratings:-14+9
I don't care who thinks its funny, i got a chuckle myself, but listen morons, if people with little children are upset, you have to understand and stop forcing your view of morality or the situation on them. You narrow minded sheep who just want to shrug it off with a flippant "big deal" are the real problem. Be a bigger person and support their right to not have to deal with this crap.
346. Comment by joel t. (harperman)— February 2,2009 @ 7:50AM
Ratings:-11+10
Re #81 Jennifer W. " I'm not a prude just a parent." And you let you kids watch this "football" crap? It's a violent disgusting game. It amazes me how many people watch this garbage and let their kids watch it but protest against firearms. What a bunch of hypoctres.
347. Comment by Robert B. (PostTime)— February 2,2009 @ 7:52AM
Ratings:-8+13
Funny how no one with those precious 4 and 8 year olds are condeming the Go Daddy commercials where a woman pulls her top down or stands naked in the shower. But then they are "legitimate commercials" aren't they. Just "soft porn" and "funny".
Heard of a woman that was so upset about the nudity that she had her little kids switch to "Ultimate Cage Fighting" instead. Or the parent who had the kids switch to "24" where Jack was torturing people. Or to "Desperate Housewives" where they were just jumping from bed to bed and guy to guy. After all that's just wholesome entertainment.
By the way mom and dad Comcast subscribers, check out , on sat. night around ten or 11, whats airing on HBO.
Your kids are getting an eyefull of what goes on in a whore house in graphic detail. No complaints there ????
349. Comment by Wayne B. (rain)— February 2,2009 @ 7:52AM
Ratings:-8+4
My brother did get to the remote on time, warned by the previous porn credits hack, he instantly switched the channel. He switched it back a few minutes later, so we didn't have to see it. However, the incident is certainly a reminder to pray for the victims of pornography.
351. Comment by joel t. (harperman)— February 2,2009 @ 7:54AM
Ratings:-6+4
Re # 345 Steve G. Wow Steve I didn't realize that I forced anything on anyboby. I thought that Comcast did that. Stating an opinion is not forcing porn on people's kids.
352. Comment by Rob S. (ras47skm)— February 2,2009 @ 7:55AM
Ratings:-6+10
That was the best superbowl commercial ever!!!! I've seen more on European television, but I'm sure there were many shocked viewers in Tucson. Some disgruntled Comcast employee was probably behind all this----or in front of this. For all those Moms and Dads that allowed their children to view the porn----right on!
353. Comment by Katherine P. (KK)— February 2,2009 @ 7:55AM
Ratings:-2+7
Like most, we thought it was a commercial for the first second or two, but then realized the hack of the film credits earlier was probably a test for the second hack (or "accidental broadcast" of another "wardrobe malfunction".) Wonder if we'll ever hear if it was an accident or a hack? Anyway, interesting timing, with all the broadcast changes coming. And yes, you have to wonder how/why Comcast didn't realize they had a problem after the credits hack, or "accident".
Bottom line - yeah yeah, it was shocking and not what any of us expected, even with all the hoopla about both the game & commercials (why most of us kept watching til it was obvious it wasn't one) and I'm glad my teenage daughter wasn't in the room at that moment, altho she heard all about it. It WAS a good opportunity for some conversation tho - about why jerks hack, and create viruses, among other things.
But I have to say, she and I were both a little surprised at the Jack In The Box commercial earlier too. Seemed a little overboard in its own way, and we wondered how many little kids might have been a little freaked out about that one. Of course, as has been pointed out, if little kids were watching the game, perhaps the violence of Jack getting a cracked head from being hit by a bus is no big deal.
My husband, who isn't much of a "team sports" fan, believes the porn hack, while funny (to him), fits along with the overall criminal behavior of many sports figures. (His response to my outrage over Harrison's assault/foul too.)
Overall a historic game - in many ways.
355. Comment by Kelle M. (Kelle)— February 2,2009 @ 7:57AM
Ratings:-7+13
We are mortified by last evening's Super Bowl interruption, and deeply apologize to our customers for the inappropriate programming. We are aggressively investigating the situation including the possibility of foul play.
364. Comment by Dale W. (Hoosier57)— February 2,2009 @ 8:07AM
Ratings:-2+10
Too bad you all don't get this riled up over the thieves in your government. Look at the tax dollars they are giving away to their families and friends and all the homeless we have. not to mention Rio never and the silver plated sewage plant.
365. Comment by Steve G. (4114)— February 2,2009 @ 8:09AM
Ratings:-5+0
#363 Something tells me that I will skate. There is just something about a voice of reason against an onslaught of narrow minded anti-social blather that makes a few attacks in defense of decent people seem... not so bad.
366. Comment by joel t. (harperman)— February 2,2009 @ 8:14AM
Ratings:-2+5
Don't worrry Steve I won't report you. Unlike you I beklieve that people have the right to state their opinions. Even when I don't like of agree with them. Happy First Amendment buddy.
367. Comment by Tom b. (Unhyphenated American)— February 2,2009 @ 8:16AM
Ratings:-1+12
I don't know what was shown, sounds like a BJ maybe. Yes, it is shocking, but I would not exactly describe it as horrific. Bodies of dead kids in a war zone seen on the news would be more of what I would call horrific. They guy who put a shock collar on his kids would be horrific. While shocking and unexpected, sex between a man and woman is simply inappropriate. I don't think that a kid will be scarred for life. Especially since when you think about it, that type of behavior would actually be acceptable when they are older and in a committed relationship and in private. I just think it is kinda ironic that we watch a fairly violent game for fun and get all offended by sex. No it is not appropriate, but it is not the end of the world either.
368. Comment by Dawn S. (foxylady_rocks60)— February 2,2009 @ 8:18AM
Ratings:-9+4
After reading all the comments here I am amazed by some of you. I know how easy it is to access porn on the internet and also on my TV if I so choose. I also know I can't always supervise what my 12 year old comes into contact with. However, when I turn on NBC to watch football with my son, I expect to see just that. FOOTBALL!. If I wanted to watch porn, I would subscribe to those channels, but I don't. When that little mishap occurred, I told my son that someone was messing around with the signal and hoped he had sense enough to turn his head. At which time he already did. No, my son is not sheltered from sex, but I also don't need to have him watch it because someone is a jerk and decides to screw around with hacking into the cable signal. (No pun intended). I found watching that stupid porn flick about as irritating as the godaddy.com ads where it told you to go to their website to view the unedited version of their ads that they had. I wonder how many parents/adults/kids are heading to their computers to see those ads fully on the website? There was a time where it was fun watching the Super Bowl for the new commercials, but this year was not one of them. Now I'll sit back and watch all the stupid people try to sue Comcast and waste taxpayers money in the court systems.
369. Comment by Steve G. (4114)— February 2,2009 @ 8:19AM
Ratings:-4+3
#366 Happy First Amendment indeed. People can say any idiotic, vile, cruel, meaningless, needless thing that they want. And the confusion seems to be that just because they can, they should. No matter what! Enjoy your fruitless argument against these good people!
370. Comment by Shaq J. (Shaq)— February 2,2009 @ 8:19AM
Ratings:-4+2
I was watching at a friend's house and he has Cox (heh heh - oops, sorry), but I got it on TiVo at home. Oh damn, High Def didn't get it. Oh well.
I was personally more upset that Jack Box's had a massive head trauma. I don't mean he has a massive head, well, ok he does, but still...
371. Comment by Shaq J. (Shaq)— February 2,2009 @ 8:20AM
Ratings:-4+2
I was watching at a friend's house and he has Cox (heh heh - oops, sorry), but I got it on TiVo at home. Oh damn, High Def didn't get it. Oh well.
I was personally more upset that Jack Box's had a massive head trauma. I don't mean he has a massive head, well, ok he does, but still...
372. Comment by joe l. (uperma)— February 2,2009 @ 8:21AM
Ratings:-14+7
My wife and I are appalled! My daughter was shocked and bewildered. She just turned to look at us with that blank expression. Now it's probably seared in her mind. Professional? Forget about it. And Comcast just raised my bill. Disgusted.
374. Comment by Andy D. (devildog211)— February 2,2009 @ 8:44AM
Ratings:-2+26
We have DirectTV and did not see the clip under discussion.
The worst thing that happened over the weekend to kids and young people was the sneaky, middle of night, and unnecessary budget cuts made to both K-12 and universities by the GOP controlled legislature. GOP Governor Brewer signed these bills before she went to the Super Bowl. Our entire public education system will suffer. Teachers will suffer but most of all the students will suffer. What kind of businesses will come to AZ in this anti-education environment?
375. Comment by John M. (Riio Rico fellow)— February 2,2009 @ 8:47AM
Ratings:-2+3
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376. Comment by Peter V. (Peter V)— February 2,2009 @ 8:47AM
Ratings:-7+10
Some families defend their culture with knowledge, but most families, particularly religious families defend their culture with ignorance. They think that is "smart" but kids are often smarter, so the ignorance tactic is futile.
Still they try, even to making porn the 21`st century version of Witchcraft with burning-at-the stake penalties and "catastrophic" viewings with alarm.
It won't work. Knowledge will win in the end...though it may take another thousand years.
377. Comment by joel t. (harperman)— February 2,2009 @ 8:48AM
Ratings:-12+11
Now just think. If you had been a good parent and your kid had been doing something intelligent like reading a book instead of watching the world's most moronic game he wouldn't have seen a penis and you would have nothing to be "outraged" about!
382. Comment by Lynn H. (LHUGGINS)— February 2,2009 @ 8:52AM
Ratings:-4+6
Strange BOTH incidents occurred right after major plays by the Cardinals. The first time only showed credits from a porn movie and the 2nd time mere seconds after the Cardinals touchdown unfortunately not just credits that time. Any chance a Steeler fan at Comcast having some fun? Not funny! We had a room full of children at our party and I am sure because of the ad push on the 3D commercials there were many children watching this time.
384. Comment by BellyUp M. (BellyUp)— February 2,2009 @ 8:55AM
Ratings:-7+11
LOL - Good morning sunshine!! BEST Superbowl EVER!!
I too got it on TiVo. That was Evan Stone. A great actor, but in all his "glory" to be perfectly honest... not much to brag about. Sorry Evan. You know what they say about big stocky guys vs little skinny guys. It's twoo, it's twoo.
I miss the old stars like Buck Adams and John Leslie. sigh!!
To all you shocked and stunned victims who feel so traumatized... the best in life is just passing you by. LOL!! What a great game.
392. Comment by MARGIE W. (MARGIE37)— February 2,2009 @ 9:03AM
Ratings:-3+3
#367..No bj, just a "gentleman" with a large endowmenet getting some help with unzipping his jeans, then he stands up and shakes a bit.
From the replays I've seen, it looks more like someone jammed a digital signal at Comcast, then sent out their own personal video...any engineers here?
396. Comment by Goody P. (GoodyPrague)— February 2,2009 @ 9:11AM
Ratings:-7+8
Guess what, folks? It was seen here in Prague in central Europe, too... via Tucson!!! I was watching it in my home here with some Finnish friends, when it happeneded twice!!!
I watch Tucson cable TV channels on my computer via what is is called a Slingbox, and I immediately told my friends that some Comcast employee(s) probably flipped the wromg switch somewhere, and we all will be reading about it in a few hours on the internet!
Sure enough!!
I predict that some COmcast employees somewhere will soon be out of a job. [The most disturbing aspect of this is that many, many youngsters watching the Super Bowl saw this adult fare unexpectedly, and there was nothing any parent could do about it!] COMCAST may have some lawsuits on their hands soon!!!!
398. Comment by Wally G. (Wally G)— February 2,2009 @ 9:13AM
Ratings:-7+3
To follow the "artistic graffiti" concept, the City of Tucson will probably be inspired by this incident to install a giant screen TV on an unused downtown wall, and invite "gifted artists" to show clips of "insightful porn".
400. Comment by Peter K. (Sweet Pete)— February 2,2009 @ 9:15AM
Ratings:-2+17
It was nice of Comcast to do a little something for the ladies during the game!
This is hilarious! It's the movie "Used Cars" all over again (which ironically takes place in Arizona)
Heaven forbid the kiddies saw a little sex. As soon as the game is over the kids can go back to playing violent video games blowing peoples heads off! I would have used it as a perfect "sex ed" teaching moment if my kids saw it.
402. Comment by ricardo m. (ricmolina28)— February 2,2009 @ 9:19AM
Ratings:-1+16
THERE'S MORE VIOLENCE AND WHAT NOT IN VIDEO GAMES. AND I'VE SEEN CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS 5 PLAYING GRAND THEFT AUTO AND OTHER GAMES. HOW COME PARENTS DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT???
403. Comment by john m. (jonnystone)— February 2,2009 @ 9:19AM
Ratings:-13+2
#75 "Ignorance, like Abstinence, fails to produce healthy minds."
Couldn't resist, could you? Are trying to say that there is something wrong with a teenager who ISN'T having sex?
Talk about ignorance and an unhealthy mind. It's one thing to say there is nothing wrong with sex, it is quite another to say there is something wrong with those who aren't having it. If this is the prevailing attitude among the public, THEN WHY IN THE WORLD ARE WE GETTING UPSET ABOUT A PENIS ON TV ANYWAY? After all, it's what all the little girls (and boys) are supposed to want.
404. Comment by Peter K. (Sweet Pete)— February 2,2009 @ 9:21AM
Ratings:-2+12
384 Belly - Agreed, I always enjoyed the older porn too. There is some creative stuff these days, but not like when porn was in its hayday. Gotta agree withya, this event will tramautize some adults for weeks and months I'm sure. Yet they won't bat an eye or worry at all about the things people should be worried about. Certainly, a little sex is good for everyone!
408. Comment by Pat G. (shocked)— February 2,2009 @ 9:24AM
Ratings:-18+0
IS THIS MY REWARD FOR JUST SENDING THEM A CHECK? DISGUSTING! I WISH I HAD NEVER SIGNED UP NOW! I WILL MAKE CHANGES IF THEY FAIL TO MAKE IT RIGHT. I'M NOT PAYING FOR PORN IN MY LIVING ROOM.
409. Comment by Don M. (saffronbindy)— February 2,2009 @ 9:25AM
Ratings:-5+9
A few comments.
First, KVOA's feed to the two cable companies was clean. They know this, because they record their feeds. So this happened at Comcast.
Turns out, this is not the first time this has happened to Comcast. This was no hack, just a mistake. People don't understand how cable TV works. There are no actual people there putting their broadcast together. You couldn't hack them if you wanted to. Computers put everything together. Sometimes the computers get confused, and begin mixing signals. Their timing gets off.
Since Comcast offers porn, if you want to pay for it, sometimes the porn gets mixed in. Sometimes other things get mixed in. The computers check themselves about every 30 seconds, so they fix these sorts of things pretty fast.
You can see this just about every day on the cable channel MSNBC. Often, when returning from a string of commercials to the regular program they will show you a few seconds of other material. Bits of other commercials, mostly, but sometimes other things. Their timing is off, and that's all it is.
411. Comment by L W. (woodfrag)— February 2,2009 @ 9:30AM
Ratings:-1+12
My 16 year old ran into the room when she heard me say OMG since I had said something about the credits that ran earlier. She has more than a few class mates who have to use the schools day care for their kids at 14 and 15 which I find FAR more upsetting than some guys junk bouncing around on my TV screen.
So your choice is to explain and have open communication with your children and enjoy life with them, or lock them in a bunker and let them out when they turn 18.
412. Comment by Helmut K. (4790)— February 2,2009 @ 9:37AM
Ratings:-3+13
#408 then can I have it?
I'm outraged and disgusted too - I have Direct TV and missed the whole thing. Talk about an interesting ball game! From the descriptions I've read it sounds like she must have been a wide receiver.
413. Comment by john s. (montpied)— February 2,2009 @ 9:37AM
Ratings:-5+6
If someone could hack into Comcast cable,what could prevent them from hacking in Internet connections?.It will be more than porn you have to worry about.....
415. Comment by Dave K. (Davideo)— February 2,2009 @ 9:40AM
Ratings:-3+8
Now that I have viewed it, It could of been worse.
But dang, what a big surprise to those unsuspecting viewers. I would bet far fewer ****tail wieners were consumed after that display. It probably started so great and much need frank discussions.
418. Comment by Paulo P. (paulo)— February 2,2009 @ 9:46AM
Ratings:-0+18
I hope all of you who are SO traumatized by this (and what it "did" to your children) are as dilligent about not letting your children see graphic violence, racism, sexism, ageism, and hate in general.
420. Comment by sam a. (low gear)— February 2,2009 @ 9:47AM
Ratings:-16+3
This is a complete outrage despite all the rationalizations and justifications. The entertainment industry has gradually pushed back the boundaries on so called adult entertainment be it either sex or violence. Some call this sophistication, others call it freedom. It simply comes down to creating stimulation to make money. Comcast needs to be held responsible and brought to account.
422. Comment by Pamela C. (85652)— February 2,2009 @ 9:52AM
Ratings:-0+14
Come on, folks. Yeah, it was bad, but kinda funny. I'd rather my kid get a glimpse of a nude body than a dead body.
Geez, by the way some people make it sound, their kids may have been traumatized forever and will have nightmares. Get over it, it was a naked man with a penis. Half of the world has one.
423. Comment by Kel Y. (Kel Y)— February 2,2009 @ 9:53AM
Ratings:-0+12
Listen on a serious note here.. If you sit down and watch a blood and gore movie with your kids CPS don't think twice about it. But...if you sit down and watch a porn with your kids,,they have your kids in their custody before you can say porn and your butt is sitting in prison.
424. Comment by Hugh J. (JAC_Hammer)— February 2,2009 @ 9:53AM
Ratings:-2+23
This was a simple and honest mistake people!!! Please have some sympathy for the minor mis-communication at Comcast...
You see, Comcast has a bandwidth load-sharing agreement with their rival cable provider. After the big Cardinals score, Comcast was running very low on bandwidth, and their Operations manager yelled across the room to the feed technician "Hey, can to switch over to Cox for 30 seconds?..."
427. Comment by Diane H. (aznative1957)— February 2,2009 @ 9:58AM
Ratings:-1+15
The story says they're working on a plan to compensate viewers?? I was appalled what happened but this seems unnecessary. The manpower they put into figuring out how much to compensate and who to compensate (after all, not every Comcast customer was tuned in) would be better utilized in finding the goofball who did this - and closing the hole in their system that allowed it to happen in the first place.
429. Comment by Don M. (saffronbindy)— February 2,2009 @ 10:01AM
Ratings:-2+9
TV stations and cable companies have a fiduciary responsibility to serve the public. In the case of over-the-air TV stations it's actually written into law. They do this few ways. The easiest way to do this is simply throw up a little box once in a while which has the temperature in it. Theyv'e just served the public interest.
Another thing they do is have a local news show. Stations don't like to do this, because nobody watches them, and because of that they can't sell their ad space for much.
Even another thing they do is run a bit of educational content once in a while. They also run public service announcements (PSA's) telling you not to start forest fires and such. They usually run these in the middle of the night, when nobody is watching.
So, all Comcast did was run a PSA, and it had some educational content in it as well.
432. Comment by Rob S. (ras47skm)— February 2,2009 @ 10:09AM
Ratings:-2+16
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433. Comment by Dave P. (gomitsugo)— February 2,2009 @ 10:12AM
Ratings:-4+14
Oh no nudity!!! I didn't see it because I don't live in the stone age and I have an HDTV and was watching the digital broadcast but I wish I had. It would have really livened up our Super Bowl party.
442. Comment by Elizabeth M. (bethy)— February 2,2009 @ 10:45AM
Ratings:-7+4
I suppose Tucson is going to be flooded with more low lifers then ever. But who cares as long as real estate picks up. After all the bottom line is all that matters that's why everyone sinks to the bottom to make money.
444. Comment by Lisa W. (lwshooter)— February 2,2009 @ 10:49AM
Ratings:-3+2
I didn't see this I guess people that watched it on HD must have missed it, because I a bunch of people and if it was shown there there would some definite responses.
445. Comment by raymond m. (The Arizona Refugee)— February 2,2009 @ 10:49AM
Ratings:-3+4
Wow Tucson; 441 comments at it even isn’t noon yet in the Old Pueblo. Does it seem like your added extra entertainment has struck a nerve in the people. I bet there are many sex deprived guys and gals residing in Tucson that are just starting to get excited by such viewer enhancement, entertainment enticements. Take a cold shower, take two aspirin and then call the love doctor in the morning.
446. Comment by Don M. (saffronbindy)— February 2,2009 @ 10:54AM
Ratings:-2+14
I'll explain exactly how this works, and why it happened.
Radio, TV, and cable stations operate off of very complex set of timing signals. There are bunches of them. There are "hard breaks" which you have to take. Then you stick your commercials in there. They happen at about the bottom and the top of each hour.
In between every pair of hard breaks are usually at least two "soft breaks." You can stick your commercials in there too. You just need to know when they happen.
As an example, the radio host Don Imus broadcasts in Tucson. He's in New York. He is notorious for missing his soft breaks. So when he takes one, a computer in his station sends a timing code to the station in Tucson saying they are about to break. The station in Tucson starts to look for the break, because they are going to get another timing code right when it starts, telling them how long the break will be. Then the local station feeds it's local commercials, instead of those from New York.
This is all done automatically. There is actually a special computer sold to radio and TV stations which only reads timing signals. They all have one of those.
Since there had just been a big score, NBC probably sent a timing signal to KVOA saying they were about to take a commercial break. KVOA sent this timing signal to Comcast. Comcast wants these timing signals because then they stick in some of their own commercials.
NBC didn't break. They notified KVOA they hadn't broken with another timing signal. So KVOA didn't break. They sent a timing signal to Comcast telling Comcast they weren't breaking. Comcast missed it. It happens.
Comcast broke. Now they had dead air. Dead air is terrible for a station. It causes all sorts of technical problems, like resynchronizing their signals. So all stations have a computer which looks for dead air and when it finds it, it sticks "something" in there. In the case of a cable company, that will be some of its other programming.
In the case Comcast just picked a wrong "something" to stick in there. It never lasts for more than 30 seconds anyway, since that's the minimum amount of time it's incoming time signals release, and then take control again.
Others have mentioned it, MSNBC has mentioned it, and it's been written about previously. This is not the first time this has happened to Comcast-Tucson. It very well might be that their porn channel is the easiest one to latch when they need a signal. A simple technical problem, and an easy one to fix. I bet it now gets fixed.
447. Comment by john m. (jonnystone)— February 2,2009 @ 11:00AM
Ratings:-7+5
Peter V.
I think that in your zeal to trash "ignorance" you are going a bit too far. In your comments on this thread today you have expressed the idea that practicing abstinence makes you ignorant and possibly mentally ill - just like all those "muslims and baptists."
SHOW ME THE DATA that backs up your ridiculous idea that promiscuity PROMOTES mental health!
Once again, I will say that there is nothing wrong with sex, or even teenage sex - other than the fact that most kids are irresponsible and ill-equipped to deal with the possible consequences.
I agree with you that repression can lead to issues down the road, but to simply assume that one is a puritanical basketcase because he isn't hosting "rainbow parties" is a bit off base, don't you think?
450. Comment by raymond m. (The Arizona Refugee)— February 2,2009 @ 11:03AM
Ratings:-4+5
#442 Elizabeth M.
You are so right on with your analysis of the Tucson economy. Low life is not just the half of it. The past easy money in the real estate run up bubble was just too much for any real estate agent to exhibit the traits of honesty and integrity in dealing with clients. Lying, cheating, and stealing from the unsuspecting and the elderly was just standard operating procedure for the greedy to pad their bank accounts. Why just ask Fran Epsen, Pam Treece and Suzie DeConcini of Long Realty how they left their morals by the wayside when the almighty buck was in question.
451. Comment by Cindy L. (Cindriana)— February 2,2009 @ 11:05AM
Ratings:-1+8
The excitement of Larry Fitzgerald's stunning touchdown was dimmed by this "break in regular programming." Apologies need to be made to the Cardinals, whose fantastic plays were interrupted by some loser's prank.
The Cardinals outplayed the Steelers, were much more honorable in their performance and I believe hold the moral victory. I look forward to their return in 2009/2010. Warner, Fitzpatrick, Wissenhunt . . . you've converted me! Congratulations on an exciting game.
453. Comment by raymond m. (The Arizona Refugee)— February 2,2009 @ 11:08AM
Ratings:-8+6
God Tucson; you have “seen” your politicians lie to you like dogs, your sons and daughters slaughtered in distant land wars that have been waged for the expectation of cheaper oil, acts of people rendition and then followed by tortured in your name to third world countries, your civil rights eroded, your telephone and e-mails monitored by ATT&T/Verizon, your economy decimated by the thieves and frauds on Wall Street, foreclosure and home values eroded by help from your local real estate and mortgage companies such as LONG Realty and defunct First Magnus; and now, you are finally really and truly upset from the thought of having your holy day, Super Bowl Sunday moment visited by a mistaken thirty second clip from a “B” porn movie. Well thanks for finally waking up Tucson. Did you have a nice sleep? Why have the good people of Tucson waited until now to have an honest melt down moment with displays of indignant behavior about an issue that involves such a world important event like a 30 second sex mistakenly directed porn video? My.... my; will wonders never cease to exist. You need to relax your puritanical inhibitions Tucson.
But why Tucson did you not express such indignation for the more important past offenses that have truly affected our nation? Why did you not express righteous anger for the above offenses or when people have been losing their homes to foreclosure because of defective building, predatory lending and outright fraud? No worries! Just pretend that everything is okay.
454. Comment by BellyUp M. (BellyUp)— February 2,2009 @ 11:09AM
Ratings:-2+12
The votes are in. The weiner of the Best Superbowl Commercial trophy is: Oscar Meyer! What a sight to see while choking down a hunk of bone dry sausage and pepperoni pizza!! I had to grab a stiff drink! You really gave Tucson the shaft, Comcast.
456. Comment by Papa C. (papachango1313)— February 2,2009 @ 11:18AM
Ratings:-1+9
Ya, this was not cool, seeing a wang right after a TD. But understand this - Kvoa Sends the feed to cox & then cox sends the feed to comcast, so there is a lot that has to be looked at. Save the poor people (comcast CAE) who do the billing & services the ear full and just e-mail the GM. I saw above (252) that Joe A is gunna do what he can - so just let him do his job, voice your opinions to him not the people on the phone at the local comcast office - they dont care about you calling.
458. Comment by john m. (jonnystone)— February 2,2009 @ 11:22AM
Ratings:-6+2
Peter V -
Just one more thing:
There is a difference between teaching abstinence and PREACHING abstinence. Perhaps this is the distinction that has us at odds. Teaching someone that saying "no" can be as valid a choice as keeping a box of condoms in your purse is not ignorant. IMHO, it's far more sane than "Abstinence is Ignorance - don't listen to your momma, sex is goooood, here's how to use a condom, now get out there and have fun!!"
461. Comment by Bill S. (BillS)— February 2,2009 @ 11:28AM
Ratings:-3+24
While I agree that the unscheduled porn sequence was inappropriate for most audiences, I'm more bothered by two other aspects of what I see in the comments posted here. First - sex and nudity are not the ultimate evil in the world. A thirty second glance will not destroy the minds of our youth. In fact, parents teaching kids that sex and nudity is evil will do more damage than the TV segment will.
Second, more disgusting by far than the nudity sequence is the unfortunately predictable reaction that so many people have expressed here today - "I saw something naughty! I'm offended! Gimme money, gimme free services, gimme something to compensate me for my imaginary sufferings!" Note that not one of the people above who felt somebody owed them something even suggested that what they needed was counselling, comforting or anything related to correcting the perceived damage/injury that was done. All they asked for was money, free TV, etc. The truth is that low-life types will happily look forward to "accidents" as means to get free handouts or prizes. Plenty of that attitude reflected in messages above.
462. Comment by Mara J. (My2CentsWorthPlus)— February 2,2009 @ 11:28AM
Ratings:-21+7
Amazing how many applaud this action. If you ask me, and no one did, only a person with low self-esteem and no morals whatsoever enjoys this type of garbage - porn.
466. Comment by raymond m. (The Arizona Refugee)— February 2,2009 @ 11:41AM
Ratings:-7+10
Get a grip Tucson and you should all laugh at the righteousness of your hypocritical behavior. You choose to get upset about such frivolous things. They have been using sex to sell products on television since it was invented. Many of you are not as holy as you think you are. Who among you says grace at your table in the evening and then the very next day chooses to discriminate, steal and defraud in acts against your fellow man for profit?
Wasn’t it just a few years ago that you and the nation had another indignant melt down moment with the Janet Jackson planned commercial of titillation? Did you forget that your own Arizona Company, Go Daddy Inc., in wonderful Caucasian yuppie land of Scottsdale uses silicon enhanced breast as its main prop to sell web site domains names? Now how does a woman’s blown up breast to epic proportions, and electrons on a computer screen, have anything to do in common other than the use of a great number of atoms and electrons that are needed to offer such services; they don’t? Sex sells anything, at anytime, to anyone.
And then, how many of you went from your television to online to watch the next installment act after NASCAR dad snagging queen, Danica Patrick stopped showing her Go- Daddy enhanced breast; covered of course, except for the sneak peak look at the top of the heap for the obvious size enhancement operation? Ah... there is nothing like a tease.
468. Comment by BellyUp M. (BellyUp)— February 2,2009 @ 11:41AM
Ratings:-6+4
What would Dick Vitale say? He delivered the rock, baby? Seriously sports is already full of this smut. There's hardballs, throwing a frozen rope, getting to first base, second base, etc. Making passes, dribbling before they shoot, holding, dunking, waxing the surfboard, being tied, handcuffed by a short hopper, and of course scoring, scoring and more scoring. Unless of course you strike out. Smut smut smut. It's all part the game.
470. Comment by John J. (JohnjjohannaCats)— February 2,2009 @ 11:43AM
Ratings:-3+10
If you ask me, and no one did, only a person with low self-esteem and no morals whatsoever enjoys this type of garbage - porn.
No one asked you but since you decided to tell us. What a silly silly remark. Porn is absolutly friggin fantastic. Did you know that even in the tough economic times that we are in, the Porn industry is booming. Essentially DVD's were created because of the demand to sell porn movies.
I always laugh at people who say that porn is the devil and what not because usually they or their significant others have a nice hidden "box" of movies and magazines.
If you are gonna give "your two cents" you at to at least head to the local video store and watch some of the "garbage" before you say how bad it is!
471. Comment by raymond m. (The Arizona Refugee)— February 2,2009 @ 11:45AM
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Did you know that silicone breast first clients were members of the adult entertainment industry and hookers? Personally I will take the natural breast any day over these inflated basketballs of bounce that could easily cause bodily harm to the user with back strain or blunt trauma injury for others unlucky enough to be in her way when an Italian show store goes on sale. But the question should be asked when medically science will begin increasing the size of the brain for both women and men and not just the size of women’s breast. But tell me, how many of you actually continued to watch the Super Bowl game after it ended to catch a possible glimpse of another mistaken identity 30 second porn preview wandering across the post game show involving Tammy does Tampa in a weekend? Now tell the truth.
If anything, this country is more uptight than ever with the idea of sex while the country continues to crumble and implode under the weight of its greed.
476. Comment by tim r. (ymmit)— February 2,2009 @ 11:57AM
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Jeff L. (Homo Ninny) If you indeed work for Comcast you should be fired, too. You are a jerk. Off with you. (Homo Ninny). Go make your own self a sammich and ckoke on it. Induldge yourself
477. Comment by Montgomery B. (Montee B)— February 2,2009 @ 11:58AM
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I have a female friend, comcast subscriber, she gave me a quick ring yesterday and asked if I had scene it knowing I am a devoted Sports freak, I said scene what, I'm a dish person. She being quick witted and plenty of political savy proceeded to give me the all but brief episode in great detail.
After receiving her desertation on what had transpired, I asked whad ya think, her rersponse, Now Thats a Stimulus Pkg.
479. Comment by Trodel P. (trodelpost)— February 2,2009 @ 12:06PM
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#446: Quit disseminating truthful sounding information! This is a blog on the net, and wild accusations and hysteria should be ruling the day. I personally like mad hacker theories, or that it was a tribute to Bill Bidwell.
Thanks for the funny comments from those with a sense of humor. For those that don't, keep hitting that Report comment button and the censor Nazi will keep oppressing the voice of the people.
480. Comment by Carol W. (carolw1229)— February 2,2009 @ 12:10PM
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What Governor Brewer and the legislature just did to the children of Arizona is a lot worse than this porn vision! Let's get worked up about what really matters to our kids!
481. Comment by Don M. (saffronbindy)— February 2,2009 @ 12:11PM
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Actually, Comcast would have been better served by just showing five hours of free porn than a football game. I tend towards the classic porn myself. You could even combine the two. For example, "Debbie Does Dallas" very nicely combines women (who happen to be neekid) with football players (who also happen to be neekid).
You may not like this. Where do hotels make their money off of their pay per view services? From porn. What is the part of a cable TV company that makes the most money? Porn. What is the number-one moneymaker on the Internet? Porn. People like porn. Most of them, at least.
Nobody, adults, children, whatever, has ever been harmed by seeing 30 seconds of porn. Children will just forget it. Children younger than about 7 or 8 years old have exactly about 18 hours of short-term memory. They have already forgotten it.
Here's what happened here. When a cable station is facing dead air, they stick in other programming. The other programming they usually pick is the second most popular program being watched. Yesterday, most all people watching TV were watching the Super Bowl. The rest were watching porn. So, when the Super Bowl went dead, we got to see some porn.
482. Comment by John M. (johnus)— February 2,2009 @ 12:16PM
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All your foreigners calling us a nation of prudes are right. It sucks, and I'm ashamed of this country for that reason. It's unfortunate we were founded by a bunch of religious puritans.
And for those saying Comcast is at fault for "allowing" this to happen: EVERY TV STATION, MEDIA STUDIO AND CABLE SERVICE IN THE COUNTRY HAS HAD THIS HAPPEN AT LEAST A FEW TIMES. You just normally don't hear about it. It really is unstoppable, without applying certain checks and balances to the system. But doing that would make them slower to respond than Congress. That would be bad.
483. Comment by Dirigo M. (Dirigo)— February 2,2009 @ 12:20PM
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an earlier story said the Star newsroom was flooded with calls about this.
Why in the world would TV viewers call the newspaper?
Like they are even going to know anything about it.
487. Comment by Hugh J. (1406)— February 2,2009 @ 12:24PM
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[cue jaw harp sounds here] "All your foreigners calling us a nation of prudes are right. It sucks, and I'm ashamed of this country for that reason."
Boioioioinnnnggg!!!
Hint: the above makes no sense as I, for one, have no foreigners personally. I suppose we can guess what you may have meant but you need to learn to write slower or something.
488. Comment by Yeah I S. (YeahISaidIt)— February 2,2009 @ 12:30PM
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This was AWESOME ! Lol cheers to the guy or girl that came up with that, it came up at the PERFECT TIME !!!!!!!!!!!! and everyones upset about their kids seeing this ? Um, I think its time to have the old "birds and bees" talk with your kids, and let them know how THEY got here. You people are so uptight..
494. Comment by Carolyn G. (ahxsil)— February 2,2009 @ 12:41PM
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OK, I must admit...my jaw hit the floor. I then proceeded to laugh hysterically.
Unfortunately, until they put porn in a box (separate one) the chances of this happening again are pretty good. It would be very easy to just send out a cable box capable of picking up porn stations (to those who wish to view it) and a different one for people who wish to not have the evil temptation in their home. :)
It might be a solution for Comcast and other cable/satellite companies to think about vs the possible sanctions and out cries as seen here today.
All that being said, I might think that someone dropped the ball when it came to oversite of the largest viewed program every year. I can understand the uproar from people with younger children. Yet, I somehow feel these children will survive this catastrophic event. BTW, some of the commercials were just about as bad as the topic we are currently discussing.
497. Comment by Long Duk D. (The Donger)— February 2,2009 @ 12:44PM
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Which is more disturbing: The sex act that was about to be depicted during the game? Or the gentle soft balls Matt Lauer gave Obama during the pregame interview?
500. Comment by raymond m. (The Arizona Refugee)— February 2,2009 @ 12:52PM
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501. Comment by raymond m. (The Arizona Refugee)— February 2,2009 @ 12:53PM
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And I do find it fascinating that mothers and fathers in Tucson who let their children watch thousands of images of murders, beatings and violence on television and the computer are the ones most likely to cry foul and are possibly the ones demanding to be monetarily compensated for there children seeing a thirty second image of a misguided, errant wang.
Please Tucson; get a grip on what is really important and not just your little world that contains church lady morals that are created and enforced around the Sunday television sermons of commercial Capitalism.
502. Comment by Don M. (saffronbindy)— February 2,2009 @ 12:55PM
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Here's an interesting note for younger readers.
Back in the day, and not so long ago, maybe 30 years, there was a hobby which sprung up. People just took over TV and radio stations. You could do that, because stations at that time didn't broadcast with much power (they all have powerful broadcasts today). You just needed a transmitter with a little more power than they had. Then you took over the part of the radio spectrum they were using. You could do this for maybe a few hundred dollars.
Once you did that, you could broadcast whatever you wanted. These were known as “clandestine” stations. Some of them did, indeed broadcast porn. Not most of them, though. Mostly they just broadcast test patterns over what the actual network was trying to broadcast. Sometimes they broadcast parodies. So instead of the “CBS Evening News” you would be getting “Kim's Evening News.” Kim's news was not at all the same as CBS's. You never knew, watching TV, when this switch was going to happen.
The networks were not at all amused by this. They called the government in. The government found them, and told them they couldn't be here. So they found another “here” to go to. The put their transmitters on ships, and parked them right outside of our territorial waters. So they broadcast from there.
Then an interesting thing happened. Viewers started calling the networks demanding that the clandestine programming be run, instead of the usual stuff. The networks just didn't like this at all. So they mostly put the clandestine broadcasters out of business. Although there are still a few, anchored off the east coast, mainly close to NY City.
There is a website, which I don't remember the name of, which posts video clips from the clandestine broadcasters. They are pretty good. Better than anything that network TV is going to give you.
504. Comment by raymond m. (The Arizona Refugee)— February 2,2009 @ 1:03PM
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Wow Tucson; you have provided 500 plus comments. I am impressed with such civic interest.
Wouldn’t it be helpful because of the Tucson’s real estate and home construction meltdown crisis that the city is experiencing, Tucson could one day becomes know around the world as the porn capitol of the world because of your 30 second segment with destiny? Obviously, there are enough sleazy people from the real estate and home building industry that defrauded good families to fit right in so easily in this new endeavor. Integrity and honesty anchored individuals need not apply.
505. Comment by Angela S. (dbdummy)— February 2,2009 @ 1:11PM
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I'd think more people would be mad at the regular grease monkey ad that was shown (I even thought, "Oh, we are going to hear the religious radicals tomorrow on this one." Boy, was I wrong!!! Of course, I didn't realize what was 'about to happen' to comcast users.
I didn't get to see it until one of the above comments had a youtube clip on it. Funny stuff! I can imagine the gasps from viewers. But getting monetary compensation seems a bit overboard. You did have service. 30 seconds of interruption just doesn't seem that bad.
508. Comment by Kay R. (KayTucson)— February 2,2009 @ 1:30PM
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Actually there was a previous interruption to this porn channel earlier, only a few seconds. I saw the offensive interruption until I looked away. It seemed more than 30 sec to me, like more than a minute. Comcast will lose my business over this. But as disgusting as the incident is, the reader comments on this report laughing off the porn is even more upsetting, a sad statement about our city.
510. Comment by Jr Z. (5702)— February 2,2009 @ 1:40PM
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511. Comment by Peter K. (Sweet Pete)— February 2,2009 @ 1:40PM
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508 Kay - I think most people think there are just ALOT more damaging things to children than a little sex and porn which is easily explained to a child or teen that sex and nudity is part of being human. Blowing peoples heads off and other filthy dastardly things people do isn't.
513. Comment by Rob S. (ras47skm)— February 2,2009 @ 1:42PM
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Great! Comcast is scrambling to figure out a way to compensate us for viewing this wonderful display of Art. I just hope it's not five dollars off our next adult movie rental. I think if more of us speak up, we'll get it for free!!!
#462: If you don't want your free adult "art" movie, can I have it?
514. Comment by Bill J. (azrocks)— February 2,2009 @ 1:46PM
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It was some idot yakking on the phone about how they are worked too hard for what they get paid while they played with the buttons on the control board.
516. Comment by Peter V. (Peter V)— February 2,2009 @ 1:54PM
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Au contraire Kay 508, Tucson's truly appropriate humorous comments on the cultural incident last night are a sign that articulate intelligence is alive and well in Tucson Arizona -- that church zombies in moral lockstep haven't dominated the town's culture.
Arizona is NOT Kansas, thank God.
It is especially amusing that the local paragon of literary morality, Ch-4 KVOA of library censorship notoriety, takes a hit for this incident. Condign chastisement I'd say for a policy of censorship that is long of nose and short of brains.
Peek onto peoples' privately viewed monitor screens will they?! Explain this! out in public! with a big numeral four in the corner. ROTFLMAO!
Not yer fault?? That's exactly what your victims said, and you laughed. Fate has a bizarre sense of humor.
517. Comment by Don M. (saffronbindy)— February 2,2009 @ 1:55PM
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YouTube has spent all day trying to delete video posts of “what actually happened.” They capture and delete them pretty quick. They employ a bunch of people to do this. Since these people aren't really making anything, only deleting things, they are a drain on our economy. We don't need them.
I saw the video, in a split second when YouTube let it through. Nothing anyone over about 15 hasn't done. And even then, it was only implied.
This is Obama's fault. He has a YouTube account. In fact, if you want to watch his weekly Saturday morning address, you are going to have to go to YouTube. He's thrown in with them, big-time.
Obama wants us all to be lewd, crude, lecherous people. That way we have more sex. Then he gets some more kids. Kids grow up to be taxpayers, which is exactly what he wants. More people to pay the bills we are creating even now, for our kids.
519. Comment by Peter V. (Peter V)— February 2,2009 @ 2:02PM
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The "defense of ignorance" is NOT about regulating behavior, although that is the impression its advocates prefer.
In fact the Defense of Ignorance is about regulating Knowledge and Ideas. THAT, is what the world's Bad Guys do. So it is meet and right that you answer to the question: "Whose side are you on?"
520. Comment by David D. (SWI)— February 2,2009 @ 2:06PM
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It sounds like an ex-employee still had access for dialing into the switches, and had a 'woody' for getting even. We will probably start seeing more of this with other companies in the future...
521. Comment by John J. (JohnjjohannaCats)— February 2,2009 @ 2:09PM
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Someone telling me how I should feel about porn is pretty hilarious.
All these folks here complaining about last nights peep show probably have a nice collection in a "box" somewhere.
Porn is porn! Like it, Love it, Hate it...but do not tell me what I should think. And certainly do not call me a "sicko" or any sort of "perve" because I like to watch porn every once awhile.
In the U.S. as soon as you turn 18 years old you can watch, rent, make, and search the internet for porn!
522. Comment by john t. (superbowlman)— February 2,2009 @ 2:11PM
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to avoid my kids having body issues i told them that he was subject to nuclear testing when he was young. then their mom explained the length vs. girth argument.
523. Comment by raymond m. (The Arizona Refugee)— February 2,2009 @ 2:12PM
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I want to heart fully thank all concerned Tucsonans for the many comments that were made on both sides of this issue. No, no one wants unannounced and unwanted porn coming on your television sets at any time of the day but don’t you feel that it was just a simple mistake in switching content. Is it possible that many of the Christian right people took this issue a little too seriously? There is time to be born, a time to die and there is also a time to chill over issues that are obviously lower on the totem pole of importance in life.
Why did you not take the issue of death, dying and cost in Iraq with such interest? When Tucson consumers were being swindled by First Magnus and the construction industry, why did they not object when their neighbors were losing their homes to this fraud?
No one seemed to care and in turn the community began a slow death that will only accelerate in intensity. You cannot ignore your neighbor concerns and expect your society to continue in its past state of prosperity. Greed kills everything. But a thirty second porn slip and your ready to go to the mat and fight. I don’t get it.
My point is that there have been many issues that have failed interest the minds of the American people and Tucsonans in general. Why has there been so much interest in a sex flick hiccup when issues like a three trillion dollar war in Iraq, civil rights erosion, wire tapping Americans, banking bail out of Wall Streets crooks and frauds, illegal alien labor and the real estate and construction fraud that has continued to exist for years in the Tucson economy. Why now the concern for such superfluous issues? No one seemed to care when other people were getting shafted and pilfered, losing their homes and self respect while real estate prices climbed, but now everyone is experiencing the ambiance and effects of Capitalism darker side; destruction of capital and wealth because of the act of greed.
If you can get your dander up and write the FCC or your congresswoman about a thirty second sex issue, you can take the time to stay awake and writer or email these same people and others about the more important issues that are really harming you, your neighbor, your children and your grand children’s lives because the wolf is now upon yours and your neighbors doorsteps. If you all had been paying attention for the last eight years we would not find ourselves in the predicament that we find ourselves in today.
Sex issues should be the least of our problems during this perilous time in our history.
524. Comment by Peter V. (Peter V)— February 2,2009 @ 2:15PM
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I'd better be careful here with friends watching. These local moral authorities ARE "bad guys" in the grimmest sense of the word, except only for the Kalishnidovs, RPGs and Suicide Belts, which does make a difference worth giving them some credit for.
Our culture such as it is, has become a laughing stock worldwide. Even Africans can laugh at us, though not too hard or too often. It's the Europeans who tick me off the most, because on a topic like this, they're right.
Have you noticed that nobody gets madder than when they've been called correctly in an unflattering position? That's us on this. Even Germans? ach!
526. Comment by Don M. (saffronbindy)— February 2,2009 @ 2:27PM
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In my opinion, #516 by my good friend Peter V. was one of his best comments ever.
One thing you have to realize when you read one of Pete's posts is he is a writer. A fairly good one. Now you and I are not writers. When we post something we sort of just write nonsense. When Pete writes a post he has thought about it some. He will deny that. But he has thought about it. And he's going to write it technically very well, and very clean.
In #516 Pete is writing on three levels. Good writers do this. As an editor, I can see it. He's going to make three points. He buries those in his post. And he crafts some wonderful phrases, such as “that is long of nose and short of brains” and “church zombies in moral lockstep.” Those alone make it a good read.
527. Comment by Thomas C. (edward)— February 2,2009 @ 2:31PM
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We need to be sure we cast our stones in the right direction.
"Some mainstream corporate giants, allured by immense profits, have reached a new low
trying to reach a new high on Wall Street":http://www.cwfa.org/images/content/wcp-report.pdf
*Profiting from porn-peddling is a dirty ring around the
white collars at AT&T, MCI, Time-Warner, Comcast, Echo Star Communications, GM’s
DirecTV, Hilton, Marriott, Sheraton, Radisson, VISA, MasterCard and American Express*
http://www.cwfa.org/images/content/wcp-report.pdf
This link is from the Concerned Women of America web site
I am not passing judgement on anyone, but porn doesn't just exist in some back alley anymore.
The big communications companies need to decide whether they are going to provide family entertainment or porn.
Apparently mixing the two on the same satellite feed has its problems.
Some of the high rollers involved in porn will probably be getting bail out money.
BTW AT&T has a patent on the only equipment that can broadcast porn in high definition.
529. Comment by L. B. (Redhead)— February 2,2009 @ 2:42PM
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Guys bashing their heads together is OK for kids to watch but sexuality is not. Granted, that was a dumb mistake for the cable company to make, but sheesh. It's not the end of the world.
UPDATED: Comcast offers $10 credit to Tucson customers who saw Super Bowl porn
Comcast believes the pornography that interrupted its feed of the Super Bowl Sunday night was the result of foul play, a company spokeswoman said Monday morning.Yes, they did. I had two teenagers and a 10 year old watching the game with me and they all saw every graphic segment of it. What on earth is Comcast doing? I can't believe I pay them.
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I saw it. Definitely about 30 seconds of a porn flick.
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This was a local problem as I talked to family that lives in Colorado, Cali, Ohio and Phoenix. This was disgusting and heads should roll. Not sure if Digital or Cox subscribers got the feed, but I would love to have someone come and explain this to my first grade students tomorrow! I am canceling my Comcast subscription tomorrow and I hope that all the other Comcast members do also.
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ooops.. wrong button
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And - for all you criticizers. It went off before I could get to the remote and change it.
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Yep...maybe they saw Fight Club one too many times...
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It was really weird. I thought at first, awww, whet are they doing , thinking it was just an edgy commercial that the Superbowl is known for.
Then it was clear that something was really wrong as the guy stood up and everything was there, yes, everything.
Pretty wild. We called folks in Phoenix and it apparently was not there in Direct TV or Cox so it may have been a Comcast hack.
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ADS: You need details, watch the tape!
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didnt get it on Cox, at my house. Is it that much different than the viagra/cialas commercials of past Super Bowls?
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Yes, it was terrible with children watching the game. We also had 1 other switch a few minutes before the porn that seemed to be the credits of a movie.
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2 times within a 5 minute period....credits and then man and woman, hope Comcast is going to do something about this, it was horrific with kids in the room!
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Maybe if they claim it was an honest mistake, Obama will give them a cabinet position.
#9. Yes Larry, it was complete full frontal male nudity! This was beyond what the viagra commercials were! NUDITY
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Wasn't on Cox, at least at my house. Eastside Tucson.
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OMG! I am SOOO angry about this. I don't think I will be watching the super bowl anymore. I had just called my teenaged daughter in to have her watch the replay of the last play. And then that comes on. I am furious. And it kinda kept you watching cuz you were thinking, 'ok, this HAS to be part of a really bad commerical'. But no. I am soooooo angry! Uncalled for and ruined the game.
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A little before the porn, there was also another hack showing the end credits apparently for some movie. Scrolling white letters on a dark gray background. We talked with someone out of state, as well, and both appear to be local to Comcast.
My 13 daughter got an eye full. Why was it hacked a second time? Wasn't the first enough to alert Comcast techs to their problem?
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I had a 2 and a 7 year-old in the room and it was totally disgusting. Comcast better get ready to give all subscribers at least one free month of service for having to be subject to this filth!
I have it on Tivo. I thought this can't be happening but upon further review.....
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Happened to me and my friends, too.
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Call Comcast I did and they have recieved multiple calls on this. We pay to much and I will be dropping them tomorrow if this isn't made right.
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Yes in Continental Ranch and Marana we saw it, the kids were exposed for the first few seconds then we flipped the channels until it was over.
All the phone lines to Comcast are still blocked since it happened over an hour ago.
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It was pretty bad. A Keith Urban-type guy is sitting down, and there's a woman next to him and she appears to have her hands down his pants. Then he gets up, and his pants drop, and there's a full reveal. It happened right after the Cards' last touchdown, so I wonder if there was a hacker/steelers fan on the loose at Comcast.
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I had a 5 yr old and a 2 yr old watching the game with us. Come on now what the heck were they thinking?
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Got two seperate clips on Comcast late in the game-interestingly, both were during critical points in the play. Seems like it was done on purpose..
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My 88 year old neighbor lady called to verify if we had seen the same thing that she saw......she says she has a new lease on life!!!!
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I guess there will be an opening for a tech job with Comcast tomorrow.
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It did not appear to pornograph, it was pornographic! I don't believe that Comcast has any tape operators like the networks in Tucson do. I am not sure how they got it off so quickly.
I am glad to hear it was not nation wide.
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I've been on hold with Comcast since the game ended over half an hour ago to report this. They won't answer their phone. What the heck happened????? Do they not have safeguards to keep this kind of nonsense from happening? Did anyone notice that about 10 minutes or so before the porn clip cut in there was a cut out to credits rolling that looked like the end of the same type of film. I was lucky enough not to have children watching with me, but I know lots of you did. THIS IS INEXCUSABLE!!!!!!!!!
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Darnit, I don't have Comcast! :(
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I saw it too. Full salute. Comcast has some 'splainin to do.
I feel sorry for all the parents who had to witness that with their kids during the most-watched broadcast of the year.
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OMG how horrible!!! oh please get over it. It was an accident! y'all don't say nothing when kids watch people shooting and blowing their brains out. I guess the comcast will get sued now.
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My poor innocent mother had to see some other man's private parts besides her husbands. She's mortified.
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has anybody called the police yet?
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Was able to get a hold of a live chat online with Comcast. Their only explanation was.....it is being looked into and has gone to the technical department! DUUUUHHHHHH....oh, and no apology at all.
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Sounds horrible..........Is it posted to YouTube yet?
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I have been trying to call comcast and have been unable to get through. this is not only disgusting but unexcusable!
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Hey it's way worse than a little boobie.
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Dang! I had a full living room of kids from 3-17 and their friends!!! What a horrible thing to happen! I'm going to have to disconnect...I can't trust that it won't happen during Barney or Sesame Street! I got on the chat and the operator just kept saying how sorry they were and they didn't know how it happened! I'll tell you what happened some really smart kid hacked into their system! Raunchy!!!
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Comcast got hacked by someone very clever who should probably spend some time in jail with men sporting body parts like the one my two teen-age daughters got to see this evening. Don't blame the service, find the hacker.
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Yes I have a 10 year old daughter that we had to jump accross the room too cover her eyes during the swinging stage of the clip. NOT GOOD and VERY DISTURBING!!
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Yeah, well they interrupted my porn movie with 30 seconds of super bowl action. Nothing quite so disgusting as full-frontal football. Yeech.
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I'm glad to see this on the Star website--I have been searching on the web for a reference to the clip and also tried to contact Comcast by phone. I was beginning to think I imagined it......
Comcast should give us one month free.
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Hey its just porn, kids are going to watch it anyway you just won't know about it.
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Guess I need to start watching the superbowl. Only saw the last couple minutes. Guess this outdoes the Janet Jackson thing huh?
Calm down everyone...the sun will rise tomorrow as it always does and the kids will be ok.
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Seems like a network hack... Did comcast fire or lay anyone off lately?
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I am never one to complain but this is totally unacceptable. Every one should file a complaint with the FCC.
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Hey someone put it on Youtube, I didn't get to see it. How funny.
The worst part of this, in my opinion, is that some dork hacker is stealing the thunder of the guy who made a historic play. We should all be talking about the gigantic linebacker who sprinted 100 yards to score a touchdown.
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Yes.. same here.. saw it too.. and it DID get interupted twice.. first time was the movie credits of the same type of movie.. I just thought it was movie credits..
The second time, not so... I think we were both shocked about what we were seeing, BUT luckly we prevented our 7 year-old son from seeing anything..
Wow.. Comcast DOES have some explaining to do!! Totally unbelievable!
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I have been calling Comcast for fifteen minutes to complain about this very serious situation. Busy signal, busy circuits ... My grandchildren were also watching the superbowl game when this porn flick appearred!!! It was totally disgusting. We, Comcast customers need to cancel this cable service, ASAP.
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"Guess this outdoes the Janet Jackson thing huh?"
Looks, at this time, like it was localized. I cannot find any reference for it anywhere but here.
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Seriously though, was the production value good or bad? Was it classy or a cheap skin flick?
This information could help.
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I wonder how many of the people complaining...watch porn.
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Yes. We were horrified by watching this on the tv. We were watching the Super Bowl with our 12 year daughter and all of a sudden at 3 different times porn movies started playing on the tv. This is an absolute outrage, and comcast has some explaining to do. We called comcast and asked why this happend and the answer was "we know"! This is absolutely ridiculous. We have been subscribers for many years, and they owe people some kind of answer other than, "we know".
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I'm no techie, but I figure the first one with the movie credits was a test. Then when the low-life scum who did it saw that it worked they went for the Big Show All. Definitely a Steeler's fan. Now I like "Sex And The City" as much as the next person, but I was screaming "Get back to the replay, you fools!!" Nothing is hack proof. Look how many people get their identity stolen. Incedible game, though! Congrats to the Cardinals for getting there and playing so well. I would take a months free cable, as well, but it won't happen.
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I have Cox and I'm mad as hell!!!!
Comcast subscribers get free previews of premium service! All I get is a cable box with a DVR that doesn't work!
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Hey all of you that have Comcast... it's not like we have the choice to switch! Feb 17 we can't get free TV anymore!!!!! Do we have to pay for direct TV now? Is that safe? Are they going to lay off those people too?
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My mother-in-law thought the woman was going to pull a bottle of Pepsi out of his pants. No, I'm not kidding.
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Did anybody get it on TIVO. ????
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#60 - maybe, but it could have been far worse. No penetration, just nudity.
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Got DirecTv so didn't see it, but these comments are cracking me up! "Oh no, my 14 year-old saw porn!" Probably wasn't the first time people! So funny what people get outraged over.
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Dang Cox, we always miss out on all the fun. :(
You guys are cracking me up! ;-)
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We also didn't know if it was national or what. Tried calling Comcast, line has been busy. Comcast needs to get something out about what happened and yes also give us all a free month. We were searching the internet and only found info here. Unbelievable!
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wonder if there will be a fine from the FCC for this one. CBS had nothing to do with the little boobie popping out a few years ago. THis sounds far worse.
Was it only the Super Bowl or other channels as well??
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i'm no expert, but it looked like hackers were up to something when the first event occured. it obviously wasn't a commercial. Fortunately my kids weren't watching but really it could have been alot worse.
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#66 - seriously. John Waters once remarked that everyone wants to protect the children, but that the children have certainly seen far more porn than the parents.
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One hacker gets in and everyone is screaming that they're cutting off service. Sounds pretty funny to me.
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#46 best comment ever
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We saw it here at my house also was having a party with about 15 adults and 4 kids in the house. My son heard us cheering for the touch down and came running just it time to see the porn. We also ssaw the movie credits a few mins prior to the porn be shown.
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Hot dayum! I was recording Super Bowl game highlights and commercials and was in the process of switching cameras when THERE IT WAS. Absolutely astounding.
Fortunately I caught the last half of the clip. This is historic.
The game was better than expected too -- an evening well-spent I'd say.
As for the ostensibly "alarmed" viewers, they say they were "shocked, simply shocked" as well they might be, but they didn't miss a second of it I'm sure.
As for the kids, well, it all depends how their parents have prepared them for reality. Ignorance, like Abstinence, fails to produce healthy minds.
This is going to be a great story. I'm sure the ASD has got a squad of Internet reporters tracking down the facts even as we speculate.
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It just seems you can't keep ---bill clinton---out of the press anymore !!!!!!
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I am shocked at what I witnessed on Comcast. I agree with all others ... report to FCC ... cancel Comcast ...
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We live in Tucson and saw the broadcast. After 40 minutes on hold with Comcast, I was told that it was restricted to the Tucson area, and they are not sure how it happened. They did specify that we would be "compensated".
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The Comacast guy must have been watching the Porn and he turned a wrong switch an put it on air, untill oops.... Some head will roll if it did happen.
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"The People Vs. Comcast"
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For all of those who are saying "get over it" ...This was not just male nudity. This was highly sexual, raunchy and inappropriate. I can explain away basic nudity to my 8 year old daughter, however sexual situations like this one was will take more explaining than should be needed at her age. And to #58: whether the adults of a household choose to watch porn has no bearing on exposing children to it during a "family event" . I'm not a prude, just a parent. Obviously Comcast has a problem which they need to address.
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All I can say is, it wasn't me!
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This was an inside job from a local representative of comcast. In my opinion that is.
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Although it was very unappropriate for the little ones it was funny. This time the wifes and girlfriends get a good show to complete the night for the guys.
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Outrageous and disgusting! Nothing but filth. Nothing funny about it. My 8 yr old grandson saw it and was shocked.
Waiting for an explanation from comcast.
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Remember the riot on 4th....
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I am in the process of writing the FCC and the Better Business as well. Those of you who are just as upset should do the same.
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I live in Oro Valley and saw the porn tonight. Shocked me as I couldn't believe what I was watching. Twice the game was interrupted. Once with what looked like credits for a movie that had just finished and the porn show with 5 minutes left in the game. I called friends in WA., NC., and OK., and they didn't see the porn, so it must be local.
Did any of you watch the pilot, that landed the plane on the Hudson River, give his speech in his home town? During that whole thing, you could hear a man and woman talking off camera. It didn't sound like they were there, but in a room by themselves. Couldn't quite hear what they were saying, and it was very distracting to listen to the people praising the pilot. I bet that was a local thing too. Someone is pushing the wrong switches.
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We had a party with about 25 people in the room. We all started laughing because we thought it was another silly commercial. But in about 3 seconds, his private parts started waving about and we realized the "hard" reality. When one of the moms tried to cover her teen daughter's eyes, she screamed "get out of the way mom"!
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I was watching w/my whole family (no kids). NOT COOL for families w/kids, but we were all in hysterics - aside from the crappy timing (just post TD), and like #63, we just thought it was going to be another goofy commercial. Boump-chicka-boump-boump - only thing missing was the cheesy 70's music in the background.
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re: wonder if there will be a fine from the FCC for this one. << The FCC doesn't regulate cable. It doesn't sound like this one went out "over the air," so to speak.
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Okay...I have a 13 year-old daughter who was in the room. Am I the only one that was smart enough to realize that there was something amiss?? I stood in front of the TV and told her to get out of the room. For all of those who say there was not enough time "to grab the remote and change the channel" my kid was out of the room before the pants came off!
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#66
Yes teenagers are one thing, but my 4 year old niece was watching with my mom. Luckily we were on the phone at that time and I was able to warn her to cover my niece's eyes. There are a lot of families that have small children as well as teenagers.
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I got a recording of the movie credits break-in too, so there might be some clues in that. I agree that it most likely was a test run.
Very impressive work. Big Brother has a Little Brother to steal his thunder. That's good news, you know, even though a bit unsettling. The Government does NOT control the media, and neither does the media.
Now if our video hijacker could do that to a popular Al Jezeera broadcast of a beheading, wouldn't that be a media coup! Think about it.
Nudity is the absolute antithesis of Murder, Mayhem, and Authority. Arab Muslim TV viewers would go absolutely catatonic over it.
Christian fundies don't much like it either, for more or less the same reasons.
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Don't know if anyone noticed the rolling movie credits that were broadcast during what was seemingly a commercial break, but it was pretty suggestive of the next bombshell to drop. Was watching the game with my wife, 6, 10, and 13 year old kids when the 30 second "pornomercial" came up, or should I say "out". It was all i could do to get my hands over my younger daughters eyes. This certainly pales in relation to Janet Jackson's "Nipplegate". I'm sure someone was pranking Comcast, and surely someone's head will role. It certainly created quite a stir of gaffaws and laughter all around. Everyone in the Ventana CC dining room was going to leave prior to the commercial, afterward everyone decided to sit around and wait for the "sequel" :-)
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Here is the weblink for filing an FCC Complaint. I encourage everyone to file, it takes about two minutes.
http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm?sid=d1e640&id=d1e669
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84. Comment by Alex R. (nolimitscguy)
Hey, good observation. Maybe this is the first sign of the fairness doctrine raising its head.
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Hey Comcast. I won't complain anymore about the porn show, if you will just put the Hallmark channel back on for us.
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We saw it too...first the movie credits that cut in for a few seconds and then the pornographic clip that we certainly did not give Comcast permission to show our 13 year old daughter. We want an explanation and if it's a Comcast issue, we're moving on and discontinuing our service. I had to yell across the room to tell my daughter to cover her eyes and then look at the horrified look on the face of my Dad's wife! Not even one bit funny and it does appear that it was only a Comcast issue. Just watch a recorded version of the game. It's all there. I hope they find out who did this!
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I was watching the HD digital feed and didnt see it, but my family was watching on a different TV and did see it.
My DirecTV appointment is this Thursday, going to dump Comcast! Sign up at directv.com, you can make an appointment online....
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evan stone was the guy!
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AND WE THOUGHT JANET JACKSON AND JUSTIN WAS BAD AT THE 2004 SUPER BOWEL.
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Once everyone finds out about this, you will be amazed at the number of HD users who will claim they were watching analog and were traumatised by what they saw on their way to a lawyer.
I was traumatised by the Steelers drive thereafter. Can I sue??
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I thought Kid Rock wearing an American Flag, PLUS Janet Jackson's nip-slip were both wayyyy worse than seeing a male appendage during the game. LOL #102
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On behalf of Comcast I would like to apologize. We are actively investigating what occurred and we will take the appropriate steps to ensure this is avoided in the future.
Thank you!
Frank Eliason
Comcast
We_Can_Help@cable.comcast.com
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This must have been an inside job at Comacast. Shame on you Comcast.
I, and everyone at my house watching the game were horrified
I feel for the children who were unexpectedly subject to this filth.
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Epic lulz!
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The real pornography is trying to convince people to buy cars and luxury items during a Super Bowl.
Those of you who were disgusted by the display of a body part (oh, the horror) really need to get a grip. Seriously. It's just sad.
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If it feels good, do it! Sex, drugs, rock & roll!! Don't Bogart the joint, my friend!!! Whaaaaaahooooo!!!!!
Blaming Comcast is pointless. Why on earth would they have done this on purpose?! Please don't put another company out of business and create more job losses because some jerk can hack. This is terribly unfortunate and I have to explain to my daughters that all penises are not the same, but Comcast is not to blame.
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Here is the weblink for filing an FCC Complaint. I encourage everyone to file, it takes about two minutes.
http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm?sid=d1e640&id=d1e669
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Oh get over it!
I'm sorry kids saw this but do you really think heads aren't rolling at Comcast?? Should a Comcast rep come out & personally sanitize your television? My mother in law saw it, didn't enjoy it ~ hopes to not have it happen again but isn't exactly going to join the "oh now you owe me money" band wagon.
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So sorry for those of you who had children in the room. Really. But on a lighter note..."flag on the play".
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The FCC the won't let me be: M&M.
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I think it's hilarious how people are blaming Comcast for this. There is absolutely NO WAY this was their fault. It was just some teenage hacker pulling a huge prank, quite well, I might add. I completely agree with #110. People are talking about cancelling Comcast, but that would put A LOT of people out of a job for no apparent reason. People need to just calm down about this whole situation. It's really immature to blame the cable company for this.
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On YouTube
Okay, I recorded the whole game and without any time for edit the DVD I just used my digital camera in Video mode and captured the seconds from the computer screen. Mind you that as soon as I figured that this is NOT a new commercial, I flipped the channels. So you'll see some porn and some channel flipping until it was over.
And just in case you were wondering, 3:05 minutes before the end of the game there was a clip of the ending of a movie generated by ClubJenna.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBfpLhipAIk
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like you all don't know what sex is. get over it people.
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The police need to put this one on the back burner since they are already underfunded and understaffed. It is of no consequence, and since our city council has decided that full staffing of our police force is unecessary, the force should continue to direct its investagations toward more dangerous criminal activity.
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You'da figured Cox would have been the channel with the porn.
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This was very offensive. I will be canceling my subscription tomorrow.
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Did anybody else know that KVOA/Comcast got a new Helicockter?
Or the Cardinal enzone dance?
I think this is really going to improve their ratings!
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Was it a video from Mexico??
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So no one here has ever made a mistake before?
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It was Bush's fault.
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Obviously, I can't speak for everyone who is upset about this, but personally I am upset not because I've never seen anything like this, and not because I think anyone's going to be permanently damaged - I'm upset for the same reason I was upset about Janet Jackson's stupid stunt: there are few enough places and things that our children can enjoy without parents worrying about what they're going to be exposed to. We should be able to watch a sporting event with our children without having to be braced to spring into action with the remote should something pop up on screen that should have been safeguarded against in the first place.
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When I saw the first hack of porn credits (JennaTV or JennaVision?) I knew something bad was going on (everyone's heard of Jenna Jameson, the porn actress, from interviews, etc.). I started talking about how I'd never seen a hacked signal before which had the kids' attention. Then the scene with the intimate male and female came on and I had to start yelling at the kids to get out of the room. My remote doesn't work well and it was the best choice. My blood pressure went to the moon just as the male's penis filled the TV screen and I was yelling at the kids to get out! They were quite scared and it took about 30 minutes of explaining to get them to understand that I wasn't mad at them, but was only trying to protect them.
This hack, especially coming in a second time, and even more profane, is inexcusable. I need an apology from Comcast to show to my kids so that they can understand what happened.
Comcast needs to step up to the plate and explain this to the children.
Jeff in East-side Tucson
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The great unwashed majority in the world is going insane.
We have people calling themselves "green" when they hate and fear the single most important compound in Nature that makes green things green, Carbon Dioxide.
We have other people calling themselves "family friendly" when they are not the least bit friendly to the basic means by which families are made.
Others are proud of "education" when in fact they measure ignorance as more important.
I don't think Comcast had anything to do with this. That apparent "test" break was a clue. If that had been a studio error they would have been on it so it couldn't happen again.
It looks like somebody figured a way to hack into the Comcast cable system since from what people are reporting here it didn't go out over the air.
The episode didn't teach vulnerable kids how to make suicide belts or how to launch RPGs or operate Kalishnidovs, so it wasn't all that bad. It was merely a high profile nuisance over which heads would roll if the perps were to become known.
We should be thankful it was not worse.
Comcast should be able to find the vulnerability in their cable system, a hardware version of the software flaws that Micorsoft fights every week.
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Hey, just stating the obvious. I guess whoever gave me a td doesn't like to amit they make mistakes...
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Oh noes for everyone!
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You think you had it bad I got a new 75" HD TV! I can never stand in front of a mirror again!
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You guys blaming comcast are friggin nuts. Obviously it was sabotage. It's no different than blaming whoever if a guy decides to strip naked and run around somewhere.
If you want to really do something about it, go meet the person responsible in person someday and do something then.
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Government stimulus package.
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Jeff #126
I have no idea who that Jenna person is and I've never heard of Jennavision. Obviously we live in two different worlds.
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Should it have happened? No
Was it an accident? Yes
Are your kids going to remember it more because of what they saw, or their parents making a big deal out of it? I'd say the latter.
Parents, you need to realize your children will retain random information for a few minutes, however all of you acting out in front of them is worse.
Stop blaming television incidents your children's problems, blame your actions enforcing exactly what you are trying to prevent.
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WTF ever, let's get to some important news....The City of Tucson Finance Director resigned on Friday.. Word is that Mike Hein pissed him off.
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I think parents need to explain to their kids that boys have penises and girls have vaginas, and that these are in essence how they got here.
Have a little blush, have a little chuckle, and get on with your lives.
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Weird. Anyone techie enough on here that can explain how that would be possible?
I wouldn't think it was Comcast per say but someone outside.
Again Anyone techie enough on here that can explain how that would be possible?
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Tom Copter hit the nail on the head, no pun intended. You think Comcast is hiring this week.
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Har har! Just watched it on Youtube. That was not even hardcore porn, and I'm sure you all know what that looks like. "My kid's mind has been wrecked by your disgusting porn. Now give me a month of free cable to compensate." You watch heads getting blown off every night on TV, but behind a waving penis you see an opportunity to get $50 worth of free services. Your 'traumatized' kids would be ashamed of you if they could understand the depths of your hippocracy.
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I find it funny that people think nudity is horrendous. If you have kids over the age of 10, chances are they are looking it all up online....Behind your back. The Human body is a beautiful thing, yet people still find it disgusting. If God wanted us to think the Human body was disgusting, he would not have made it so beautiful.
Now does that mean that I think it was appropriate? Not at all. People pay for cable, and when they watch a program they expect it to be what Comcast says it is. Should the people who did this be caught? yes. Should comcast be blamed? no. Did your children see something horribly sinful? Absolutely not.
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#136. Not all boys have penises like that guy. That is where the trauma comes in.
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Celeste #133
We live in the same world, you just need to be informed. Jenna is one of the world's most popular porn stars. You learn these things by watching the news, seeing something weird on the screen at a friend's bachelor party, and watching MTV on occasion, etc.
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OMG....#143....LMAO LMAO LMAO.
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Can you say: "disgruntled employee"
This was done intentionally. About five minutes previously I noticed that the credits for a porn movie were rolling on my TV screen.
Someone with technical skill and access to Comcast equipment will turn out to be the culprit.
Ironically this feed usually goes to luxury motels and hotels.
Most people don't have a clue that AT&T is now the worlds largest porn distributor.
AT&T - Comcast
AT&T's cable division, AT&T Broadband, distributed to subscribers the explicit porn channel, The Hot Network. But At&T sold its cable company and its connection to pornography to Comcast.
For AT&T porn distribution had been great business, but there was no mention of adult material in the company's annual report, nor how much it contributed to the company's bottom line
Jeff #126:
Sounds like you need to learn how to control your temper. Don't look to Comcast to explain why you blew up at your kids...
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BTW the link in 146 is not a porn site. It is to PBS.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/porn/business/mainstream.html
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man! i missed it. i dont watch the superbowl but now i wish i did haha.
jk.
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Well, the clip I placed on YouTube was removed and I got a warning from YouTube.
Oh well... I guess Comcast can show porn but I can't "promote" Comcast....
The clip was on for 23 minutes and had 902 visitors.... Go figure.
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Do I blame comcast? yes. They have been around for a long time. They are the heavy weights in cable tv. They should have been prepared for this. They should have been one step ahead of the hackers.
I pay over $100 per month for my comcast package, and I have a reasonable expectation to not be interrupted with something as what happened tonight.
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This is hilarious. And parents should probably use it as motivation to talk to their kids about sex, if they haven't already. Protestants up in arms over nudity is funny as hell.
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Oh for god's sake. Lets over react about something why don't we. Everyone who has small children, relax. They can't even remember more than 5 seconds when you tell them to sit down and shut the hell up at a restaurant. I doubt this will ruin their lives. And for the people with 14-17 yr old kids. If you don't think they have seen or done this or worse, keep pretending.
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Love the comment where the guy's mother-in-law thought it was a Coca Cola commercial and she was going to pull a bottle of Coke out of his pants!
I saw it, covered my kids eyes, or yelled to close them, had a chuckle and was anxiously awaiting the sequel. Think I threw a napkin over my wife's eyes too, didn't want her to think I wasn't the "king" anymore. ;-)
Obviously it was sabotage and something Comcast didn't plan...they will investigate, find the culprit, and make sure it can't happen again. Move on.
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Devek - Well thanks for sharing! Did it get removed because it showed porn or because it was "Comcast promotion"?
Satire On
Dear Viewers,
Comcast is extremely sorry for the interruption of the Super Bowl programming with a “signal malfunction” that briefly showed a portion of after-hours adult programming intended for a paying audience.
As you may imagine, we are distressed by this free preview of paid programming and as a result, you will find a small service charge adjustment in your next bill for this erroneous airing.
Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at you earliest convenience.
Sincerely,
Richard C. Peters
Satire Off
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#146 Maybe AT&T should change their name to AT&T T&A?
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J G. #151
Mistakes happen. Cool, blame them. What are you going to do about it? Whine some more? Cut your service?
How about forget about it. It. Was. A. Mistake.
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lets see how many freeloaders try to get something out of this... go hire a lawyer and file a lawsuit claiming you were disturbed irreparably
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to 155: "Devek - Well thanks for sharing! Did it get removed because it showed porn or because it was "Comcast promotion"?"
Who knows... :-)
According to YouTube's warning (which will stay in my file for 6 months), it was the Porn... but I'm sure Comcast executives were looking for ANY video of their screw-up on the web and reported them.
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Haha
The first thing I thought of was "Someone loves Fight Club."
This is hilarious.
Seriously, all you parents complaining about your kids seeing it, you know they're going to take sex ed. in school, right?
You know they're going to learn about sex and genitalia.
Why not get the learning over with now?
By the way, any boy who saw it has seen a penis before.
Just by the way, y'know?
Relax
And I applaud whichever hacker got it through.
You're my new hero.
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you'd think the hacker woulda done something funnier, like midget porn
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I don't think a penis is really cause for abandoning the Super Bowls for life.
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@ 162, Sophie C, sure every boy who saw it has seen a penis, but he'll most likely feel inferior for life and have confidence issues when he grows up to have a much smaller one than in that porn! Think of the mental damage!
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Definitely a local problem with Comcast only, according to news stations. Fortunately, my father-in-law caught on to what was happening, and we were able to cover my five-year-old's eyes before she saw anything graphic. We had recorded the Superbowl, and later we watched the tape because we didn't believe what were seeing. Sure enough, it was there and did not leave anything to the imagination. Comcast is going to lose some big business after this goof!
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Start burning your cable boxes you bunch of ridiculous drama queens! Maybe you should never drive again if someone flips you off for cutting them off... Oh the vulgarity of it all! It was a mistake and a prank, let it go and teach your kids versus freaking out... Maybe that will get them to respect sex and not use it as a way to get back at you and your oppressive ways!
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Thank you for all the comments tonight. Comcast is sorry that this happened and we are looking into how it happened.
If you were affected but couldn't get through to our customer service line, you can email us at ComcastTucsonFeedback@gmail.com and let us know.
We are as upset as your are and really want to find out how and why this happened.
Kelle Maslyn
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The the anchor on channel 4 really say that Comcast was working with Cox to get to the bottom of this situation??? and I think I saw her say it with a straight face.
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Some mainstream corporate giants, allured by immense profits, have reached a new low
trying to reach a new high on Wall Street
*Profiting from porn-peddling is a dirty ring around the
white collars at AT&T, MCI, Time-Warner, Comcast, Echo Star Communications, GM’s
DirecTV, Hilton, Marriott, Sheraton, Radisson, VISA, MasterCard and American Express*
http://www.cwfa.org/images/content/wcp-report.pdf
This link is from the Concerned Women of America web site.
Porn doesn't just exist in some back alley anymore.
Some of the high rollers involved will probably be getting bail out money.
AT&T has a patent on the only equipment that can broadcast porn in high definition.
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"This is hilarious. And parents should probably use it as motivation to talk to their kids about sex, if they haven't already. Protestants up in arms over nudity is funny as hell."
#152, you probably don't have any kids. If you do, I hope that you're not serious. This is not about sex education, it's about porn.
I don't know if you saw the interuption on comcast. Sex?????yes, but not what you want to explain to your young children.
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I can't believe there still isn't any comment on either Comcast's or KVOA's website. It wouldn't be that bad if they would at least aknowledge that it happened and there working on it. I had two kids 9 & 4 watching it in the room. I luckily caught on pretty quick after the first hack of the jenna jameson channel, and turned off the set. But it still seems that there should have been some major security set up for the highest watched show of the year. I am in full support of the parents totally outraged. I understand that there are far worse things on T.V. for children to see, I actually do watch the content of my kids television and they don't watch violent or sexually explicit things at home. So I do not think that we are in any way whining, and yes mistakes happen, but in the climate we are all living in it would be nice to know that SOME things are safe.....
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My comment:
"Devek - Well thanks for sharing! Did it get removed because it showed porn or because it was "Comcast promotion"?"
was REMOVED.
Are you KIDDING me????
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#165
I can't tell if you're making a joke or being serious
But I take it as a joke
And to that, I honestly lol
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Just so everyone knows. Comcast numbers are blocked and the open chat is a waste of time, all they say is they are sorry for the incident. Doubt anyone will get anything out of it. If comcast paid out to the 80,000 customers in this area they would probably go under like everything else.
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By the way...KOLD has an article on their site about where Super Bowl balls come from - seriously. I wrote Scott Kilbury and told him I know where they come from now...Comcast. LOL
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I'm serious lady, penis envy is a serious emotional trauma. Hopefully this image won't have spoiled the ladyfolk to reject the more average men around this city.
162 - this does look like a successful Operation Mayhem mission!
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#179
No matter how serious you are (and yes I know it is a serious matter or what-have-you), this whole thing just seems hilarious.
And, as I said, I applaud the hacker.
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Damn...regular TV football games suck now.
This reminds me of the "movie clip" scene in "Fight Club" hehehehehe
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Are we sure it's not just a Wardrobe Malfunction? lol
Probably some women tossing and turning in Tucson beds tonite!
Coulda thrown in some snapper while they were at it!
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YouTube pulled it. (No pun intended.) Any links that work?
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You know? I was trying to see if there's any "leftover" of the clip I posted on YouTube and which was removed, and here is what I found about Comcast past with porn. Very interesting:
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/comcast-sorry-for-accidentally-showing-porn-footage-on-kid-tv.html
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We also were affected by this. It was totally obvious that it wasn't a commercial-to the handful of adults in the room anyway. We had 2 small children with us watching the game. However, there was MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME for us to switch the channel before they saw too much. That doesn't excuse Comcast.
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Sounds like you should have all taken your kids to go see the new Underworld movie! Would have been far more appropriate for the young ones.
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It's not meatspin, duh!
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#180
Hell yes!
#183
Relax
No worries
Remember, there are plenty of Cox viewers
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Everyone in Tucson became a Cox viewer... luckily some of them didn't see the spoiler one that they will forever compare the normal man's too, rendering us inadequate. Yes, thank God for Cox.
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I dont know what some of you are so upset about i had cardinal previews during my Movie Time!
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This will put Tucson on the map in the national news tomorrow.
We can be proud...unhh, maybe that isn't quite the right word for it...'cause it wasn't exactly proud, it was, well... stay tuned for the denouement.
How many of our astute viewers are erasing their DVDs even as we speak? Far fewer than the "alarmed" comments would indicate I trow.
"Shocked, simply shocked" Lordy lordy.
Maybe Comcast should be a kindly nanny and take their DVDs away in brown paper wrappers. Otherwise those DVDs are going to be EVERYWHERE for years and years and years. Imagine that the most exciting Super Bowl game in history right there in your own DVD file, waiting to be replayed or copied by your neighbor who missed the game.
I'd guess the hypocritically shocked citizenry outnumbers the genuinely shocked citizenry by at least two to one.
All of the ultra-shocked are making the episode into a lifelong memory for their innocent children by their irrational behavior.
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devek,
can you email me the video file? i will be able to put it up in a way that can't be taken down. let me know. lioninoil2@gmail.com
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Fortunately, I was able to flip the channel over to a slasher movie before the family saw that horrible porn.
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lol
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#187 too bad they took it down, you're the reason I got to see what really happened..lol
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Who put my video up during the super bowl?!?!
Heads will roll! ...that was a poor word choice...
xD
but seriously, it was obviously not Comcast intentionally doing this, probably an independent hacker if anything else. Probably not going to happen again and even if it does... so what? free sex education for the youngsters.
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Strange, we have Comcast Digital Cable but don't use the DVR or Digital Cable Box and didn't see anything of the kind. Seems that those with the boxes saw this which means it could have been fed from pretty much anywhere that those boxes could be addressed from - Similar to Ad Insertion that can happen from another Cable system that has access to insert ads to cable box subscribers?
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Those of you who are posting porn sites addresses
Be aware that this is a public forum. Law enforcement can and will determine your identity and you will be charged with a number violations.
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I was so upset that I didn't realize the TD would enablethe Cardinals to cover the spread until minutes later.
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Uh, no...
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What a culture we have! Something like this appears and it explodes all over the place as if the moon was falling from the sky!
Meanwhile on other channels people are being hacked up, spit out, chewed up, run over, shot a million times, blood and guts splattering all over the place, heads chopped off, people being beaten either in organized fights or just plain beaten to death, wrestlers body slamming, smacking other wrestlers with steel chairs and ladders, kids in the audience cheering as stupidly as their parents, body parts flying all around and do your kids watch that? You bethcha! You don't mind your kids when that's on. Why T.V.'s the best baby sitter there is. Gratuitous violence is the biggest money maker we got going! More blood and gore! More blood and gore! More blood and gore!
But sex! Ohhhh nooooo! Not sex! That's dirty dirty dirty!!! And nudity? Ohhh nooo nooo!! Shame shame shame!! How pathetic!
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I just don't know how to explain to my son that he has a penis. I hate you Comcast! I'm going to need medication and I'm going to sue! This has caused me distress.
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#3, no you won't. You'll have to go with dish and you don't want to mess with that.
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#169, i heard it also, i couldn't stop laughing.
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Based on the information that has been released and the content being shown, it sound like this was deliberate hacking job and not the result of an internal error. Not that I care at all about a crooked company like Comcast, but it's much better to wait for an official investigation of what happened then to jump on the blame train. But do you seriously think Comcast of any of it's employees would do something like that on purpose?
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I have Dish, so I didn't get it, but all you folks on Comcast, maybe you should think about firing your cable company!
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See, you shoulda stuck to watching Animal Planet's "Puppy Bowl"!
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#212, He knows that he has a penis. You just need to explain what it is for and how to use it.
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OK ......to all of you who think that our reactions as parents are creating more of a memory by our behavior I ask you this...how am I making this a huge deal to my two children who have been in bed since 8:30? I simply turned off the tv. and told them it must not be working. I even had the gumption as a parent to talk to my older son about enough of what happened as to prepare him for the onslaught I'm sure he'll recieve at school tomorrow from his peers, I also had the foresight to tell him I am here if he has any questions. Just because I am a parent and I am alarmed DOES NOT mean that I am hopping around trying to blame someone for all of my kids problems. I am simply upset that Comcast was 't able to prevent the probably 13 year old hacker from introducing full on porn to my 4 year old!
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I'm not going to watch the puppy bowl where animals lick themselves down there. Sick sick sick. I'd rather my 17 year old son not know how babies are made yet. He still thinks that he came by way of stork.
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ha ha ha this is pretty funny.
people, get a life.... i'd much rather my kids see a little bit of porn than all of the crazy violence that's all over the tv. i don't understand why sex is a big deal but violence isn't.....
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LOL. Hilarious, thanks for the site!
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Boy I bet Jesus is really ticked off.
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And .... it was a whole lot bigger than Daddy's.
Talk to #152. He can tell you about it.
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I think the best thing about this was that it distracted all the tucsonians about the cardinals losing... so props to the hacker!
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post your videos of what happened on blog pages or social networking sites so that comcast can not take them down
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Yes, I'm so worried about my kids seeing some horrible pornography - it's interrupting their television time of watching grown men beat the crap out of each other for sport!! Oh, and the calls we got about this right after it happened were amazing. Thanks, organized religion!!
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#228 - someone already created a website dedicated to this incident, with a clip.
Unfortunately, some busybody reported the comment containing the URL to said website.
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Maybe we were all watching the Super Blow and didn't realize it.
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I was tweeting during the game (Twitter messaging service for you non techie people)and asked around- was definitely a Tucson-only phenomenon, got a tweet (message) from Comcast within 5 minutes apologizing and stating they're investigating the incident.
Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction had nothing on this catastrophe.
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If you or I walked into a restaurant and exposed ourselves we would be arrested immidiately. If a guy walked onto the stage of your child's school and exposed himself, he would be arrested and many would be suing. Yet folks are applauding this hacker?
Hope they find whoever did it if it was intentional and charge him/her with a couple thousand counts of indecent exposure to a minor. It's also against the law to expose children to porn, so guess there are several thousand more charges. If it's an adult - lock him/her up. If a teen, provide lots and lots of community service, public apology, etc.
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Maybe we should build a few more thousand churches in this town maybe that would erase the disgust and anguish from some of your troubled souls.
(Rolling eyes)
Get over it.
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KOLD.com has the link in their comments...
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Filth! I'm disapointed with Comcast, It should and could of been prevented!
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Comcast Pwned!
And the media thought the PETA commercial was too much for an audience.
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showing porn to minors is aginst the law and they need to find the persons and press charges! Disgusted!
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229, why do you let your children watch that violence? I doubt that you received any calls about the interuption. This has nothing to do with "organized" religion.
Hey dude, let your kids watch anything that they want. You'll pay for it later. Kids never go away.
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Some of you really need help. I think that football and organized sports is an appropriate way for men to vent their testoterone. It's beter than beating each other with sticks. I don't expect my kids to live in a bubble, but I do pay attention to what they are viewing, including violence. And no one in their right mind can say this is acceptable for a child to view. Sex is not a dirty thing, nor is sexuality. But objecting children to explicit pornography is something entirely different!!!!
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Larry C. (LarryC)"didnt get it on Cox, at my house. Is it that much different than the viagra/cialas commercials of past Super Bowls?"
No Sh*t... these things are on T.V. all the time but they are some how acceptable??
A guy failing to throw a football through a tireswing relentlessly and then viola with viagra he's pounding that opening in the tireswing... very subtle... very subtle...
or better yet the Cialis (I think) commercial where "BOB" takes his magic pill dresses as Santa and all his coworkers want to sit on his lap...
Gimmie a break people... I know your kids go to school in Tucson, but they're not THAT stupid.
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Was it John Holmes or Ron Jeremy?
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Thank you Anne.
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First, Comcast is to blame. I doubt it was someone at Comcast who did this, but the fact is that they had a solid five minutes to act after it was hacked the first time and they failed. Unless I find some compelling evidence that they were trying really hard to figure out what the weakness was and failed, Comcast should have stopped it and failed. I'm sorry, but you can't even swear on TV.
Another thing--disregarding its content, it broke in at a really important part of the game.
I was watching this by myself so I wasn't around any kids, but I was just annoyed. It was so stupid and childish and I think if you believe that showing your kid 30 seconds of a porn is the same as sex education you're an idiot. It's not the same. If someone had showed me that while I was still trying to acclimate myself with the idea as a child, I would've panicked. Something like that can be really terrifying for a kid.
Mostly, I just think it was tacky and classless. There is a reason that there are standards for TV, and I think they should be more lax in a lot of cases. But this is nothing like discussing sex or swearing. It is illegal to show this sort of thing to someone under the age of 18, and you should be allowed to make the decision if you want to anyway. It should never be just sprung upon somebody and I hope whoever is responsible spends a pretty hefty and ridiculous amount of time or money to pay for freaking out kids in a way that a lot of them WILL not forget. Like I said, if I'd seen this as a 10-year-old, I would have panicked.
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If you are having a difficult time getting though on our phone lines tonight, due to the number of calls we are receiving, feel free to contact us at ComcastTucsonFeedback@gmail.com. I will return your email.
I am sorry that this has happened and like you, I am not happy that this occurred.
We are currently investigating why there was an interruption in the feed of the Super Bowl. We apologize that it happened, and are taking steps to make sure this never happens again.
Joe Atamian
VP/GM Comcast
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"Larry C. (LarryC)"didnt get it on Cox, at my house. Is it that much different than the viagra/cialas commercials of past Super Bowls?"
No Sh*t... these things are on T.V. all the time but they are some how acceptable??"
Also, did you guys not read the article? Talking about it and showing it are not the same. Sorry. Mentioning an erection and showing your kid a clip from porn are NOT one and the same.
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Do you people HONESTLY think that Comcast didn't do everything in their power to prevent this? Even if they noticed the firsst clip right away, don't you think that their programmers/techies/whatever would have been able to resolve the issue in less than 5 minutes?
There is absolutely nothing wrong with being upset and angry with this whole ordeal, but being angry at Comcast is completely misguided and immature. Yes, you pay for their service, and yes, you have a right to recieve the best service possible, but mistakes happen. We are only human, as are the fine men and women who work for Comcast. Nobody is perfect, and I applaud the efforts of Comcast's employees to have the video clip stopped after only a few seconds.
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Number 233 is right and this incident was clearly wrong. But there does seem to be a clear inconsistency in the attitude of parents and people in general when it comes to a graphic display of something of a sexual nature 9llok how upset people get) whereas a graphic display of gratuitous violence as in kids viewing wresting matches cheering right along with their parents as wrestlers use metal objects to beat each other, that's perfectly o.k. in this culture. There are no laws or statutes against that. And perhaps that point belongs in a different discussion but there seems to be a pernumbra of relevance. Amazing though that this could even happen and technical safeguards don't exist to prevent it.
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A.P. #244 thank you, some sense in the mahem....btw Comcast saying it got it's feed from KVOA and Cox...and the blame game starts....
http://www.kold.com/global/story.asp?s=9769734
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Joe A.
Bummer man... Bummer. Gonna be a long couple of days for you and your cronies... and with the blood thirsty savages here in Tucson, you're screwed! No pun intended.
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I to was watching the game with my 3 kids. After it happened and I was looking around the room at my kids with there mouths hanging open, All I could think to do is say "Well kids,,thats what a penis looks like."
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“If you are having a difficult time getting though on our phone lines tonight, due to the number of calls we are receiving, feel free to contact us at ComcastTucsonFeedback@gmail.com. I will return your email.
I am sorry that this has happened and like you, I am not happy that this occurred.
We are currently investigating why there was an interruption in the feed of the Super Bowl. We apologize that it happened, and are taking steps to make sure this never happens again.”
Joe Atamian
VP/GM Comcast
Joe, I am wondering why this happened at all. Comcast, who is on the leading edge of technology should have been prepared for this.
You can talk about microsoft and others, you come into my house on a daily basis. There is no excuse for this.
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Get a grip everybody...
There are about ten times as many hits on Internet porn sites as there are on Google.
Any kid old enough to know what it was has already seen it...lots of it. Honest.
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#251 KelY
LMAO!!! Kuddos for keeping it light!
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It ain't the first time
And it was indeed Comcast's fault due to signal bleed from its own porn
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The same kids that saw this got on their lap tops in their rooms... logged on, found the clip emailed it to their friends... text'd their friends and laughed about the looks on the parents faces for about an hour, then popped in some Grand Theft Auto IV and slughtered a video game version of strippers, whores, and any other random video game being. Then went on myspace and mocked other children for being losers.
Yeah, a little porn tipped the scale...
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Search for
"I survived the 2009 Superbowl wiener."
on facebook. It's a support group.
I can't believe the Holy Star will even let comments be made about this subject. Anything that has controversy of this caliber is usually dismissed and not allowed to be talked about. The nuns must be keeping quiet about this and not reporting the comments made. Let's see if this one makes it.
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253, get a grip? This was an assualt on my home and family! Totally unaceptable.
Further Vendetta, you must speak for yourself. Seems like you know a lot about kid porn based on the stats that you quote.
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to be honest i think its hilarious. whoever did this has just pulled off one of the greatest pranks of all-time.
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We are wondering why this happened as well. I assure you we are investigating what happened tonight.
Joe Atamian
VP/Gm Comcast
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I was far more disgusted by seeing Cocaine Click every damn commercial break...
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Well, thank God I have Direct TV... I hate to have to explain to my 9 year old what they heck that was... It is only funny if you don't have young children No. 260. I agree with No. 1, Comcase lost its grip somewhere and I'd be asking questions. What a horrible thing to have happen during a "family" event!
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Joe Atamian has Directv.
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Nite nite folks.....
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DEVEK!
You should send me the video.
at
green_alien15@hotmail.com
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This is terrible. Imagine having to watch hardcore porn instead of Larry Fitzgerald's triumphant touchdown. BTW, I'm not being sarcastic, I'd be pretty upset if my Cardinals game was interrupted. Luckily I have Cox Cable and had no problems.
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Except, nothing was missed. The porn was aired AFTER the touchdown. No one missed a thing. A few fans cheering in the crowd, that's it.
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Just one quick question....where might my four year old's laptop be hiding??? Get real people, I am not upset because my 15 year old saw this. This is as serious as public indecency. And those of you on your 'high' horse that say it was no big deal I hope that you don't have any children of your own, becaue they are going to end up pretty sick and twisted. What you're calling overreactive parents are the ones that actually parent our children. The ones who do edit their TV and video games and internet. One computer in the living room, blocks set-up, with a parent watching where the kids is going because there is stuff like this out there. KIds are forced to grow up to fast asw it is. I don't expect to have to give a birds and the bees talk when we're watching the superbowl!! All I am saying is that it shouldn't have happened, especially not twice !!!
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I wonder if Hackers got into the system. My friend and her husband were watching. She thought he turned the channel and he was wondering why she ordered Playboy!
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Big deal anyway. Many men AND women like to watch porn. It's easy to access and hide these days with any computer. The spouses just don't know where it is hid. Check out the computer sometime when the spouse is away. There will be all kinds of stuff on there that your not suppose to find. Same with the email. Guaranteed.
So you saints that complain about the porn better hope your spouse doesn't find it on yours. All she needs is the password and she will see why you spend so much tme on the computer.
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It's Comcastic!
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Free jokes:
1. Finally, a Super Bowl that lives up to its name.
2. Looks like the Max Headroom pirate is back, to show us more of his lewd antics.
But seriously, don't bother sending complaints to Comcast. They know something bad happened. They don't need hundreds of harried housewives complaining about what they KNOW happened. Unless you've got access to a time machine and can go back in time and somehow prevent this from happening, don't bother. Go back to washing the dishes or pleasing your man or whatever. Just don't beleaguer those poor Comcast workers. Thank you.
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Really, @#%$, and you wonder why you are single?
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239 - I DON'T let my kids watch any of the above. It was a statement about how the sex on TV is no worse than the violence. And yes, I did get plenty of calls - I work for Comcast.
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Also, to those people saying to report this to the FCC - they already know. And the FCC isn't going to do anything. This happened on PAY CABLE. You can show porn on cable. If it happened OTA (over the air), it would be a different story.
Also, #272 - best comment ever.
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I understand that whomever I might talk to at Comcast did nothing to make this happen. But the company Comcast has to be held responsible. They provide a service to us, their customers. They need to make amends to the their cusomers because this is inexcusable. Especially that this is not the first time it has happened with there service. In NJ Handy Manny went to porn too. They need to be held accountable. And since I doubt their CEO is the one fielding calls I will have to inform whoever answers the phone there.
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Listen to yourself 277. You don't even know who's responsible, and you're putting the blame on Comcast.
"And since I doubt their CEO is the one fielding calls I will have to inform whoever answer the phone there."
They know something happened! One more phone call isn't going to erase the porn from your child's memory. Give it up! Go make me a sammich!
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Whom might I put the blame on the 278? Comcast is the provider who aired the porn. KVOA is saying it was clean when it left their port. What I am saying is that unlike you, I would like the COMPANY who I pay money to I.E. Comcast to make some statement so I know what they are planning to do to try to keep the HUNDREDS of unsatisfied and irate customers. I have heard NOTHING from them, therefore as a unsatisfied customer I will have to call Comcast so they know how many people were affected. Apathy like yours is what is making the country the place it is.
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BTW I was smart enough to see what was happening so my children didn't see any porn. But I am sure it will get to them by way of the story that will carry on from this as well as the school yard tomorrow. Which is why it should never have happened in the FIRST place. Can't your Mommie make you a sandwhich?
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It happened less than 12 hours ago (on a weekend, no less), and already you want Comcast to bend over backwards for you. Believe you me, Comcast is doing everything in their power to find out what happened. They don't need another Mary Washboard to bray and moan about something they've heard HUNDREDS OF TIMES BEFORE.
You're right, my apathy is what makes this country great! God bless America, our home and native land...
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It is rather disconcerting to see so many negative ratings applied to those who take umbrage to the event. Certainly, this was the result of an employee who has a complete disregard for the responsibility given to him/her. While, apparently, it was technically feasible to insert Jenna into the most viewed event of the year, it was certainly not appropriate in our society. While I wouldn't say it is "Comcast's Fault", I also wouldn't hold them harmless for having the "keys to the kingdom" handed to a person who is capable of pulling off such a violation to the community's trust.
This story will certainly garner national attention. Hopefully, the comments inserted by the good people of Tucson will demonstrate a higher level of morals than the moron associated with this event.
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What an absolute "complete screw up" !
Full 'rubber jacket'
Wasn't on "COX"
Oh I'm sure heads will role, this will cost the company lots, law suites, lost viewers.. rightly so butt you have wonder.. how did this really happen. Wardrobe malfuction?
oh these guys are in some 'deep trouble' or was that the name of the movie...
irate customers, how'd you like to be that manager come Monday morning... there's bad Monday's then there's this guys coming Monday.. oui vei.. its gonna be a very long day..
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Oof! That sandwich remark really got me. You must've been a big wheel in grade school.
So when are you going to reveal the world to your precious kids? Sooner or later they'll learn about the penises and vaginas. Sooner or later they'll learn there is no God, there is war in the world and other "horrible" things. Let 'em learn it now, before you warp their minds.
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Chill out! It didn't last for more than 10 seconds. Laugh it up people, there are more serious things going on in the world to worry about.
Seems like all everyone here is hearing is the "cha-ching" of the register ringing and wanting a free month of service over 10 seconds of porn. Your kids know what it was, just see what comes out of Hollywood now-a-days.
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Lemme guess, you didn't have the cajones like my husband, who I'd gladly make a sandwhich for, to fight for your country? To leave the comforts of home and meet the fear and face the fact that fighting for your country means going even if you might not agree? I am disheartened to know that my families sacrifice means people like you continue to take for granted your ability to comfortably sit back and judge others to make yourself feel better. You are too comfortable in you anononimity sitting in front of a computer, entertaining yourself by commenting on something that has no relevance in your pathetic life? I pity you and the fact that this is probably the best conversation you've had in months. I will not subject myself further to your baseless attacks and assumptions on me or my family. I wish you the best in what ever may come.
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I agree with #110:
"Blaming Comcast is pointless. Why on earth would they have done this on purpose?! Please don't put another company out of business and create more job losses because some jerk can hack. This is terribly unfortunate and I have to explain to my daughters that all penises are not the same, but Comcast is not to blame."
Even IF a Comcast employee did this on purpose maliciously or as a joke, that means that a number of you are going to end your cable service with the entire company?! There are enough people out of jobs right now without making things worse. Making hasty decisions out of anger doesn't help the situation. There are MUCH bigger things to think about in the world...put things in perspective. Any of you who had children watching - it's not like your children were abused, they saw a PENIS! If everyone put this much energy into taking action to help others get food, clothing and shelter instead of complaining about a few seconds of TV, the world would be a lot better off.
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LOL 287
Its actually this attitude that is what is making america what it is now. Great that your husband fought for the country. Not arguing the service that he did. But....how is that relevant to this whole situation. Everyone wants to one up everyone else. Thats exactly what you just did with that comment and more then likely what the person who hacked Comcast did. They probably wanted to show off and prove they can one up someone else. Just on a little side note...I'm pretty sure your husband didn't go fight for this country so when an idiot hacks a computer system everyone can complain about how its traumatizing their kids so they can get free month (not saying you stated that but it has been stated here) and how heads should roll so that the only thing that could come out of this is people in Tucson lose their jobs in an already bad economic time.
Seriously, anyone younger then 7 probably didn't get it and will be forgotten tomorrow, anyone older then 12 knows what it was and won't traumatize them in any way. Between 7 to 12 the boys will laugh about it on their lunch breaks at school and the girls will just say eww or ignore it ever happened.
Either that or you are saying that your child is not capable of getting through 10 seconds of their life without life altering consequences. I really hope you don't watch the news because they might hear about someone dying and then rush out and try to kill everyone they see.
Yeah it was wrong for that to air...but its not the end of the world...Comcast is the middle car in a three car pile-up. The car who hit Comcast is what caused it...poor Comcast was just too close to the car in front of them and bumped into them...Now that first car wants to sue them to oblivion.
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Oh Anne Anne Anne, come down off of your high horse. My God, you are the most sanctimonious human being I've encountered all week.
Those of us who are sentient live in your little sanitized world and put up with your superstitious fear of sexuality, and the horror with which you regard, well, penises on your television. We put up with sanitized corporate radio because of you, sanitized unrealistic television, and sanitized unrealistic everything.
Pornography is not real. But it depicts a normal biological function and process - one many of us enjoy.
Simply for the shock and outrage so many of you feel at having to sit through (oh no!) a display of body parts - which is all this was - I will drink to this hacker - not for what he did, but for the pathetic reactions he pulled out of so many of you. While I cannot advocate disrupting broadcasting, I found the entire episode highly amusing.
I laugh openly and contemptuously at those of you who think building a sad little wall around your children will better prepare them for the pornographic and violent world in which we live. I remember quite clearly in college what shrinking little messes those who grew up in antiseptic little Christian households turned into when exposed to the reality of the human condition once they left home. Seriously, you better send your kids to the convent or something.
It is one thing to not expose your children to pornography - that's just rational parenting. It's another to freak out entirely at a display of human sexuality.
So a penis showed up on your television set. SO WHAT. That's how they got here. That's how you got here. All over Tucson tonight, people are doing similar things in their own bedroom, however much in denial you choose to be. And your kids? If they're 11 years old or older, they're watching pornography on the Internet. Maybe not at your house, but at their friend's house. They use profanity, are curious about sexuality, and know way more than you think.
There is violence, genocide, decay, famine, and blight all over the world, and this is what you choose to get worked up about - that your poor little stepford children, oh noes, saw Mr. Winkie.
I'm tired in living in your world, where you force your puritanical, superstitious standards on the rest of us.
And spare me the whole elitist, "Oh you just don't know what it is to be a good parent" garbage. I think teaching kids to fear sexuality does them a far more horrible disservice than seeing 15 seconds of a guy waving his penis around.
Seriously, you're shocked by the DISPLAY OF A HUMAN BODY PART. Do you not understand how sad that is?
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290: Great analogy.
Digressing, Comcast and the Steelers are both based in Pennsylvania.... Coincidence? lol
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lol 292
Maybe some upset Steelers fan was like "they just scored...you know what we should do? Throw penises on their televisions in Arizona" (Then you would see the two dorks wearing Steeler gear high fiving while cheetos and mountain dew gets pushed aside the desk in order to give room for this ultimate heist) Honestly, now that would be hilarious. ugh...I think I just gave Hollywood a script for a new movie...Oh well...we will switch the penis to a cuddly koala and every parent will be ok with it in the end...although I believe in the script they said damn and the outcry is unleashed about how kids shouldn't be subjected to that language...and I have officially became cynical
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This may or may not be Comcast's fault. They receive some channels that they broadcast directly from Cox. It is possible that one person could have done this from the control building (head end blvd.) at either Cox or Comcast. It will be some time before we know exactly what happened.
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Hey just because I am curious. If this was like a huge hack that affected Cox, Comcast, DirectTV, Dish, ect ect...just one huge thing...would you guys still be waiting to kill your services or would it be ok then because you wouldn't have a "safe" option to switch to? Or would you expect all the businesses to just give free months away so 10 million people don't have to pay causing hundreds of millions of dollars to be lost in an already horrific economy? I am just wondering.
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I give these guys $80/month. That's Comcastic!
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As it seems I have become the easy scapegoat of overreactive parents everywhere I feel it’s only fair I say my peace first.
To those of you who have judged me from the past couple post read further. I have never said I want money or free anything from Comcast. What I would like is a statement from them, not other news channels, that it happened and what they are doing to make sure it doesn’t happen again. I happen to like the service they provide, and since I cannot get satellite or Cox( laugh it up) where I live, I am rational enough to know I am stuck with them or a converter box.
Secondly, my children were not exposed to the material so my views on pornography are mute. Sufficed to say I realize that as humans we are sexual being and do not condemn anyone for watching porn. Believe it or not my children do not live in a protective bubble. They are aware that one has a penis and one has a vagina. That’s what they are called too, not hoohaas or peepees. I have always stuck to the belief that kids are smart and you don’t have to protect them from their own sexuality. It should go without saying that I am not scared of either my children viewing a penis or for that matter a vagina. My problem is that thousands of children were exposed to something completely lewd and inappropriate. Sue me if I wanted to get a handle on what was being done.
Thirdly I only mentioned my husband’s service because of the fact that it is because of his and others service we are able to sit on our computers and argue about this. Also it addressed I thought the comment about them not seeing any news. Where do you think families get their information when a loved one is deployed? It is because of his deployment that my family has learned to appreciate the little things. My children have lived through more in their little lifetimes than they should have had to. All I wanted was to let someone know what happened, and to know what is going to be done. Don’t give me the crap that it’s the weekend and that there isn’t anything they could do. They could have issued a statement right away from their website. Don’t tell me there wasn’t anyone there.
It is not and has never been my intention to try to put Comcast out of business, or to blame the person I might reach on the phone. I am simply stating that they have not provided me with a good service, which is true. That I am not being a prude by saying porn for children is not ok. That’s why there are laws against it. I am simply stating that when I choose to watch a family show I should not have to go into an in depth discussion about sexuality. This is not just a little penis, (literally) this is an affront to what little is left of our children’s childhood. As I stated earlier they have to grow up to quick as it is, why add to that? Why is it so wrong to protect that?
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Now that's what you call a Supa-Bowl!
Heckofajob-ComCast!
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This story is awesome. I want to move to Tucson now. Porn and Football what a great combination. Let's watch the Christian Nazi's go crazy now.
It's OK to let little johnny watch a violent game just cant view a bodypart. This country makes me sick sometimes. For you parents out there - your kids that are old enough to know what they were seeing, already watch probably much more graphic porn when you are not home. Get over it. The penis is not satan.
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Jeezus people...
It was a hack. When you saw the random movie credits roll, that was a test by the person to see if it worked. After confirming it worked, he/she rolled the porn.
Hackers are much, much more resourceful than technical employees are. That's why many of the government's technical security are... You guessed it... Ex-felons from... HACKING.
If you're someone hoping to get a free month of cable because of this... Get a freakin' life. It was unfortunate, but not tragic.
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Sheltering your children from something nature as sex will only harm your children later in life. Like I said above, if they are old enough to know what they were seeing on TV, they are already watching much more raunchy stuff online when you are not at home. I'm not condoning what Comcast did, but it was a harmless mistake, people should be losing their jobs over this. Especially since jobs are so hard to come by in this economy. Don't make someone lose a job because you live in the closet sexually.
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Well Anne
Not going to argue with what most of what you say. The only thing that irked me about your posts actually was the fact you said something about your husband's service when it wasn't really relevant.
You said something I would like to address because I did a complete Sociology paper on the subject. You said that kids have to grow up fast why add to it.
We, as a society, has decided in the last decade or so that children are not capable of dealing with things.
When I grew up during summer vacation it was "its light outside...go play...see you for lunch" Today that isn't going to happen because something might happen to their child.
I had about as rough a childhood as anybody could ask for (family wise, and I have scars everywhere from stupid things I did) Thing is I now laugh at each scar that I have because it was stupid but it was fun and its what kids do.
Bad things happen every day, murder, abuse, rape, ect...What everyone witnessed today was comical compared to those things. Thats why I don't think its a big deal.
Again I don't think its appropriate at all but I am amused because it was obviously a joke. A sick and twisted one, but a joke. There was no malice involved...just a stupid prank. Comcast just happens to be the fall for this prank. I think people should let it go for that reason. A company is taking a fall for a prank and everyone is out for blood.
Now Anne I ask you this...if you don't get an apology...is tomorrow or the next day really going to be any different for you or anyone else who doesn't get it? Yes it might cause someone to feel they should switch providers but will it change the person as a whole? I hope not because they are the ones with the issues
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I'm stunned that any of you with kids would even have cable in your homes, since you seem to care so much about how they might be influenced by television viewing.
The link between children watching violence on TV - cartoons, cop shows, wrestling (Ultimate Fighting anyone?), even the news - is associated with aggression and violence in young viewers. One Source
Those of you concerned about a 30-second exposure to naughty parts should look closely at your children's viewing habits and access to media violence before you get much more enraged. And don't trust V-chip technology to baby sit your kids and protect them from the thousands of violent and traumatic hours of television during their awake hours.
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Casey,
I never said I wanted an apology, just acknowledgement of the situation from comcast, and what they were doing about it. Not from another source. I'm sorry you had it rough growing up, a lot of us did. And I have to disagree with you on the service part. It is an integral part of what has made my kids aware of the world as a whole. The deployment made my kids aware of a lot more than just that's going on in our little town. You explain as best as you can, but how do you explain away the worry of Daddy dying when he's over there. In some counry you can barely pronounce across the world. My children have not been sheltered from the violence of war, the pain of loss. Their part in it has just been different. Funny thing is, I am not that upset that porn was on the TV, just the total lack of response. I know that it was not done on purpose. But if I'm paying a company over $100 a month, they should be able to pay some damn hacker to proect the programming. That's all.
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Anne,
I just meant that the argument of your husbands service when you used it was irrelevant to the argument.
I don't think Comcast could afford a hacker good enough to have stopped that right away...They work for the government.
Honestly Im just irritated people are trying to get free service out of something that if you think about rationally is no way their fault (as in Comcast didn't initially do this) Oh and I did state that I acknowledge you didn't ask for free month or anything.
Oh and I think we are on the same wavelength in a way...There are much worse things in this world for a kids to go through then seeing a penis. I do not have a child but I am pretty sure that I rather have my child seeing a penis then something about someone getting shot because someone tried to rob them...I guess I just don't see the big deal about a penis.
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All the outrage. This came on while you were watching a sport that glorifies violence, that's filled with plenty of T&A shots of "cheerleaders," that has been known for its ads that limit women to nothing more jiggle shots. And this is what you call a "family event"? Constant female near-nudity is fine for your kids; a single shot of male nudity has you enraged. Hypocrisy really knows no bounds.
You know why my kids weren't watching? Because my son was in the bedroom watching something more age-appropriate and my daughter has no use for the sex-and-violence spectacle that makes up a "regular" NFL broadcast. (We won't even talk about the way people behave at the actual games. If you take your kids to an NFL game, you really should get a visit from CPS.)
That this is what you consider "family entertainment" says a lot about your values. Violence and constant implied sexuality on the sidelines is great for your kids. The real thing? Is "obscene" and "outrageous," especially if it includes male nudity instead of female nudity. Funny sense of morality there.
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casey,
maybe you didn't see the size of it...lol, sorry had to
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Taking a kid to a football game is now worthy of CPS?
I don't even have anything to add to that.
Question...so when they go to junior high or high school and they play dodgeball or you know a sport with some kind of contact does that mean you are bad mother for allowing this?
Seriously if your kids go to gym in junior high there should be an investigation
PS just in case you didn't get it, im being sarcastic because that was the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. Since people act like idiots pretty much anywhere maybe you should lock your kids in their room so they are subjected to it.
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Anne,
Yeah actually I was watching it on Dish so I missed the show....Kicker is the girlfriend (who was watching it with her little sister and brother) sends me a text after the touchdown that says "did I just see what I think I did?" (and since I am a Cardinals fan and she loves to rip my teams I was assuming she was making a sarcastic remark about my team taking the lead) I then went on to call her many names that actually probably what she saw way better then the purpose of me calling her these things (jokingly of course) She had to call me to explain and to be completely honest I busted up laughing (then again her siblings aren't that young)
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LMAO Casey.....I had got to see it on u-tube before they took it down, it was well, pretty low budget, but straight to the point. I would have to say I am very glad I noticed the first hack and turned the TV off when the second happened. All the kiddos saw was a guy and girl on a couch....
Wow Kim,
I am happy for you that you don't have rambuctious boy that appreciates sports. As for me I feel lucky that I am able to direct mine towards Karate and Baseball. Boys be nice ;o)
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K night
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A post-game, gender specific survey was conducted regarding cable preference, and it was revealed that most women prefer Cox.
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Well people, looks like it made National AND International news already (Germany).
On another note, I am the mother of 5 ages ranging from 14-20 and this was an extremely unfortunate inappropriate, and awkward moment, BUT also an important moment for my kids to view how I as the parent, handled this situation. THAT is where the real learning is taking place. #251 you have the best response I read about all night. Fortunately we watched Comcast in HD, but I did see the clip on youtube when it was up, (without the kids present)and I probably would have blew milk out of my nose or something stupid like that if it happened on my big screen. I keep things light. Teenagers tend to respond and open up more with laughter than anger. At least that is what has worked for our family. Laughing about something such as this SITUATION, (not the porn) can spark a quite open and candid family conversation versus anger and panic which will have the teen shutting down and then going to friends the next day to talk and joke about it at school WITHOUT YOU Please remember I am referring to my TEENS about this and not a younger child.
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there was no malfunction under that wardrobe.
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All I can say is growing up I played baseball basketball and football...It taught me how to work as a team, be gracious in winning and losing, stick up for people, and to be honest, how to take frustration and pain out in a very productive way. You know Kim I never saw it before but I am going to have to have a talk with my grandparents (who raised me) They so should have had CPS all over them...I just realized the pain and suffering they have caused me.
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Dear Anne H.
You can never silence me, you devourer of Hostess snack cakes! Free speech lives on, in the hearts of the thin and attractive!
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i bet that porn ended better than the actual game.
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ironic that you could see it on comcast, but not cox
i'll be here all night
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There is only one language they seem to understand at Cable Companies, Media Outlets, etc.
Vote with your checkbook.
Subscription cancelation is a viable option. Comcast perhaps can hear that best.
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You guys are letting children watch the Super Bowl and you're upset about porn?
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LOL!!!!!!!!!!!! I love the two comments, "It should have been on Cox for obvious reasons," and "It's all Bush's fault." LOL!!!!!!!!!! It was weird for us cuz my mom and my two teenage sisters were all cheering, screaming and yelling out of joy, the porn comes on and we were like "what is this?" I thought it would be a commercial, but no. It was pretty funny though... I'm laughing at all the comments, this is so hilarious!!!
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Awesome!!!!
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Your schools are showing your kids worse books, pictures and probably films to complete the indoctination of the left's agenda anyway. Just be glad the porn clip was heterosexual. The hack didn't effect the high def feed. I guess you people need to upgrade.
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#290, thanks for saving me the trouble of typing a lot of text. Very well said!!
#315, you hit the nail on the head!! This was a great "teachable moment".
And they wonder why so many people have body issues!! Parents, kids feed off of your reaction. If you freak out and act humiliated, then they get the idea that one's naked body is something horrible, and something to be ashamed of. And, kids may be more likely to look for that big thrill of looking for porn and thrill of sneaking something "forbidden." If you act casual and say something like "yes, yes, that was a penis. Men have them. Big deal." You would then be able to have a conversation and say that while sex is a normal activity, it's always done in private and amongst grownups. You would have a big teachable moment in which to share your views/beliefs about sex and porn. "It's only done in marriage", "while sex is natural, I don't think movies should be made about it", etc. would be much more accepted by children/tweens/teens if you're calm about the situation.
And for the record, I'm a parent and while we have Directv, I wouldn't have freaked out if it did flash on our tv. I'm determined that my child not grow up with body issues. Being a parent isn't for the faint of heart, and you always have to be ready for that teachable moment. Yes, sometimes even during football games!!
And big kudos to those who pointed out the irony that violence is okay in our culture, yet a naked body is horrible.
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It was George Bushs' fault.
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I've just spent an hour reading all of these comments, my stomach hurts from laughing! Good job, everyone, for the "funnies" and the thought provokers....
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He could GO ALL THE WAY !!!
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LOL....funny #329! Too bad I missed it, I was watching it on satelite. Shucks!
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This is brilliant! I enjoyed reading all of the comments from uptight parents freaking out and believing that they are now owed some compensation. I hope you don't get a thing! No free month of cable and no silly little little letter from the company patting you all on the head after the big bad tv showed your little snowflakes what male genitals look like!
Not only do I have no sympathy for anyone taking offense here but I'm actually glad it happened. I am thrilled that a bunch of people got an unexpected D*** in the face. This is hilarious and things like this should happen more often! I hope next time it's during the view! Maybe some parents will have a talk about real life with their children now or heaven forbid, teach them to read but honestly, you should not find it awkward to talk about this sort of thing with your kids. They won't find it awkward at all tomorrow in home room with their friends.
Just think, the cardinals first ever trip to the superbowl. This is something to remember for us Arizonans and now, that memory comes with unexpected d*** in the face! It's a superbowl miracle!
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I GUESS COMCAST HELPED MAKE IT A LIL EASIER TO EXPLAIN THE BIRDS AND THE BEES HUH?????
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I thought it was a joke at first. I could make a joke about it, but the reality is, there were a lot of kids watching. My 4 year old daughter happened to have come into the room at the time, and as soon as I saw the guy start to stand up, I covered her eyes and walked out of the room.
As a parent and a consumer, I'm outraged, but comment #46, hilarious.
There's no way this was an "accident". This had to be a person who thought it would be hilarious to do something like this during the most watched sporting event in the country. Probably made him/her feel powerful.
So, what's Comcast going to do about it?
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If someone did this intentionally - shame on that sicko! My eight year old daughter did not need to see that! Get your laughs in another way preferably in a way that doesn't harm others!!!
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#12 Vin, you are spot on.
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I thought it was in reference to the officiating.
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COX Communications trying to gain subscribers Disgusting commercial sabatoge.
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#315 says
I am the mother of 5 ages ranging from 14-20 and this was an extremely unfortunate inappropriate, and awkward moment, BUT also an important moment for my kids to view how I as the parent, handled this situation. THAT is where the real learning is taking place
OK but then I lean that you did not see it happen....... Fortunately we watched Comcast in HD, but I did see the clip on youtube when it was up, (without the kids present)
So if your kids and you did not see it happen how was it an important moment for my kids to view how I as the parent, handled this situation
You were the parent and "handled" it even though you and your kids did not see it as it happened?
How does that work?
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Re: 334
How is your 8 year old daughter harmed? Will she not be attending school today? Is she sitting in the fetal position, rocking and sobbing uncontrollably? Or was it you that was harmed? Will today not be a pleasant one for you? Are you going to spend all day with this image in your mind or will you manage to get by? I think your point is invalid. You and your daughter are fine and in no way damaged by this.
There are real problems in this world that need to be addressed. Sex has been around since that dawn of time and your crude notion that this is obscene is part of a common social affliction that you're already trying to perpetuate in the next generation. Shame on you for that!
I hope that this happens more often. I hope it happens so often that everyone becomes desensitized to it and no longer cares.
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Too funny. Lighten up people it's only a weenie on TV. Somebody make a mistake and look at the good part...You didn't even have to pay for it. I'm sure little Johnny will survive.
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"Uh, yeah, Marge, I think he did score a touchdown on that play." And don't think Comcast won't try to add it to this month's bill.
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Sorry but I think it's hilarious. You people will let your young children watc ha bunch of grown men beat the crap out of each other but god forbid that they should see a penis.
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79. Comment by Anne H. (berrygood22) — February 2,2009 @ 1:41AM
Ratings: -6 +0
Whom might I put the blame on the 278? Comcast is the provider who aired the porn. KVOA is saying it was clean when it left their port. What I am saying is that unlike you, I would like the COMPANY who I pay money to I.E. Comcast to make some statement so I know what they are planning to do to try to keep the HUNDREDS of unsatisfied and irate customers. I have heard NOTHING from them, therefore as a unsatisfied customer I will have to call Comcast so they know how many people were affected. Apathy like yours is what is making the country the place it is.
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Looks it's all about the money. How on earth is giving people free service going to make up for this? Does that erase it from your kid's memory?
If you want to punish them, maybe they should have to sit around and listen to the Express Flooring commercial a few hundred times. Ugh, now that's disgusting.
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HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Thank god I have DirecTV and not those good for nothing cable companies. I have had DirecTV for 2 years, never had that problem with some idiot pushing the wrong button and showing me a clip of Spice or Playboy. As for the 2 losers Cox and Comcast, pack you bags, and your ugly big buildings and get out of Tucson. You have made one mistake too many!
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I don't care who thinks its funny, i got a chuckle myself, but listen morons, if people with little children are upset, you have to understand and stop forcing your view of morality or the situation on them. You narrow minded sheep who just want to shrug it off with a flippant "big deal" are the real problem. Be a bigger person and support their right to not have to deal with this crap.
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Re #81 Jennifer W. " I'm not a prude just a parent." And you let you kids watch this "football" crap? It's a violent disgusting game. It amazes me how many people watch this garbage and let their kids watch it but protest against firearms. What a bunch of hypoctres.
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Funny how no one with those precious 4 and 8 year olds are condeming the Go Daddy commercials where a woman pulls her top down or stands naked in the shower. But then they are "legitimate commercials" aren't they. Just "soft porn" and "funny".
Heard of a woman that was so upset about the nudity that she had her little kids switch to "Ultimate Cage Fighting" instead. Or the parent who had the kids switch to "24" where Jack was torturing people. Or to "Desperate Housewives" where they were just jumping from bed to bed and guy to guy. After all that's just wholesome entertainment.
By the way mom and dad Comcast subscribers, check out , on sat. night around ten or 11, whats airing on HBO.
Your kids are getting an eyefull of what goes on in a whore house in graphic detail. No complaints there ????
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This really got a rise out of alot of people.
sorry if that was already said, I just don't have time to read 340 comments.
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My brother did get to the remote on time, warned by the previous porn credits hack, he instantly switched the channel. He switched it back a few minutes later, so we didn't have to see it. However, the incident is certainly a reminder to pray for the victims of pornography.
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/sarc mode on/
IT'S BUSH'S FAULT!!!
/sarc mode off/
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Re # 345 Steve G. Wow Steve I didn't realize that I forced anything on anyboby. I thought that Comcast did that. Stating an opinion is not forcing porn on people's kids.
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That was the best superbowl commercial ever!!!! I've seen more on European television, but I'm sure there were many shocked viewers in Tucson. Some disgruntled Comcast employee was probably behind all this----or in front of this. For all those Moms and Dads that allowed their children to view the porn----right on!
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Like most, we thought it was a commercial for the first second or two, but then realized the hack of the film credits earlier was probably a test for the second hack (or "accidental broadcast" of another "wardrobe malfunction".) Wonder if we'll ever hear if it was an accident or a hack? Anyway, interesting timing, with all the broadcast changes coming. And yes, you have to wonder how/why Comcast didn't realize they had a problem after the credits hack, or "accident".
Bottom line - yeah yeah, it was shocking and not what any of us expected, even with all the hoopla about both the game & commercials (why most of us kept watching til it was obvious it wasn't one) and I'm glad my teenage daughter wasn't in the room at that moment, altho she heard all about it. It WAS a good opportunity for some conversation tho - about why jerks hack, and create viruses, among other things.
But I have to say, she and I were both a little surprised at the Jack In The Box commercial earlier too. Seemed a little overboard in its own way, and we wondered how many little kids might have been a little freaked out about that one. Of course, as has been pointed out, if little kids were watching the game, perhaps the violence of Jack getting a cracked head from being hit by a bus is no big deal.
My husband, who isn't much of a "team sports" fan, believes the porn hack, while funny (to him), fits along with the overall criminal behavior of many sports figures. (His response to my outrage over Harrison's assault/foul too.)
Overall a historic game - in many ways.
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Now that was a super bowl commercial!!! Actually I thought I was hallucinating but I wasn't.
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We are mortified by last evening's Super Bowl interruption, and deeply apologize to our customers for the inappropriate programming. We are aggressively investigating the situation including the possibility of foul play.
Kelle Maslyn
Corporate Affairs Manager
Comcast
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RE: 334
Just pray and go to church, I'm sure that will erase the memory from your mind as well as your daughters'.
It worked for Ted Haggard...oops.
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Or, you know, we could just NOT get all worked up into hysterics over this so as not to traumatize the precious little snowflakes further?
Just a thought.
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I love these comments.
OMG..think of the children!!
You guys in Tucson are waaay too funny.
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what a bunch of prudes.
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HaHa,,was watching the news this morning and in the middle of them talking it switched to a commercial.
Talk about PARANOID!
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Dear,Kelle Maslyn
Thank you for the business.
Sincerely,
DirecTv
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Re #359 now now Steve Temper temper. No Ad hominem attacks remember? We wouldn't want to tick off Ms Kornmiller.
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Too bad you all don't get this riled up over the thieves in your government. Look at the tax dollars they are giving away to their families and friends and all the homeless we have. not to mention Rio never and the silver plated sewage plant.
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#363 Something tells me that I will skate. There is just something about a voice of reason against an onslaught of narrow minded anti-social blather that makes a few attacks in defense of decent people seem... not so bad.
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Don't worrry Steve I won't report you. Unlike you I beklieve that people have the right to state their opinions. Even when I don't like of agree with them. Happy First Amendment buddy.
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I don't know what was shown, sounds like a BJ maybe. Yes, it is shocking, but I would not exactly describe it as horrific. Bodies of dead kids in a war zone seen on the news would be more of what I would call horrific. They guy who put a shock collar on his kids would be horrific. While shocking and unexpected, sex between a man and woman is simply inappropriate. I don't think that a kid will be scarred for life. Especially since when you think about it, that type of behavior would actually be acceptable when they are older and in a committed relationship and in private. I just think it is kinda ironic that we watch a fairly violent game for fun and get all offended by sex. No it is not appropriate, but it is not the end of the world either.
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After reading all the comments here I am amazed by some of you. I know how easy it is to access porn on the internet and also on my TV if I so choose. I also know I can't always supervise what my 12 year old comes into contact with. However, when I turn on NBC to watch football with my son, I expect to see just that. FOOTBALL!. If I wanted to watch porn, I would subscribe to those channels, but I don't. When that little mishap occurred, I told my son that someone was messing around with the signal and hoped he had sense enough to turn his head. At which time he already did. No, my son is not sheltered from sex, but I also don't need to have him watch it because someone is a jerk and decides to screw around with hacking into the cable signal. (No pun intended). I found watching that stupid porn flick about as irritating as the godaddy.com ads where it told you to go to their website to view the unedited version of their ads that they had. I wonder how many parents/adults/kids are heading to their computers to see those ads fully on the website? There was a time where it was fun watching the Super Bowl for the new commercials, but this year was not one of them. Now I'll sit back and watch all the stupid people try to sue Comcast and waste taxpayers money in the court systems.
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#366 Happy First Amendment indeed. People can say any idiotic, vile, cruel, meaningless, needless thing that they want. And the confusion seems to be that just because they can, they should. No matter what! Enjoy your fruitless argument against these good people!
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I was watching at a friend's house and he has Cox (heh heh - oops, sorry), but I got it on TiVo at home. Oh damn, High Def didn't get it. Oh well.
I was personally more upset that Jack Box's had a massive head trauma. I don't mean he has a massive head, well, ok he does, but still...
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I was watching at a friend's house and he has Cox (heh heh - oops, sorry), but I got it on TiVo at home. Oh damn, High Def didn't get it. Oh well.
I was personally more upset that Jack Box's had a massive head trauma. I don't mean he has a massive head, well, ok he does, but still...
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My wife and I are appalled! My daughter was shocked and bewildered. She just turned to look at us with that blank expression. Now it's probably seared in her mind. Professional? Forget about it. And Comcast just raised my bill. Disgusted.
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Jackson and Timberlake strike again!
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We have DirectTV and did not see the clip under discussion.
The worst thing that happened over the weekend to kids and young people was the sneaky, middle of night, and unnecessary budget cuts made to both K-12 and universities by the GOP controlled legislature. GOP Governor Brewer signed these bills before she went to the Super Bowl. Our entire public education system will suffer. Teachers will suffer but most of all the students will suffer. What kind of businesses will come to AZ in this anti-education environment?
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Some families defend their culture with knowledge, but most families, particularly religious families defend their culture with ignorance. They think that is "smart" but kids are often smarter, so the ignorance tactic is futile.
Still they try, even to making porn the 21`st century version of Witchcraft with burning-at-the stake penalties and "catastrophic" viewings with alarm.
It won't work. Knowledge will win in the end...though it may take another thousand years.
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Now just think. If you had been a good parent and your kid had been doing something intelligent like reading a book instead of watching the world's most moronic game he wouldn't have seen a penis and you would have nothing to be "outraged" about!
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I think it is fair to sue comcast. If I stood in front of my work and showed my penis to kids I'm sure people would sue my employer
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378 comments and it's not even 9 AM!
Gotta be some kind of record!
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If only it had been a trailer for "Saw VI" instead!
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Re #376 Peter V.
Personally I could never figure out why people considered mastubation to be self abuse but boxing a "Sport".
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Strange BOTH incidents occurred right after major plays by the Cardinals. The first time only showed credits from a porn movie and the 2nd time mere seconds after the Cardinals touchdown unfortunately not just credits that time. Any chance a Steeler fan at Comcast having some fun? Not funny! We had a room full of children at our party and I am sure because of the ad push on the 3D commercials there were many children watching this time.
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All the parents with teenagers, yes it is bad that it happened but I am sure your teens know and do more than you think LOL. Don't be so dumb
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LOL - Good morning sunshine!! BEST Superbowl EVER!!
I too got it on TiVo. That was Evan Stone. A great actor, but in all his "glory" to be perfectly honest... not much to brag about. Sorry Evan. You know what they say about big stocky guys vs little skinny guys. It's twoo, it's twoo.
I miss the old stars like Buck Adams and John Leslie. sigh!!
To all you shocked and stunned victims who feel so traumatized... the best in life is just passing you by. LOL!! What a great game.
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MESSAGE TO OBLIVIOUS PARENTS
First of all if your kid who saw is like 5 years old... they are NOT going to remember it!
If you kid is in middle school or above THEY WATCH PORN! every kid does it, its part of growing up.
Its not ok that this happened but dont act like it scared your kids for life.
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And I thought the GoDaddy ad was a bit much.
Im glad my babies (6 & 8) were in out of the room.
We dropped Comcast just in time.
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Kind of funny "Fight Club" moment. Then again if I had kids watching I would be pretty mad.
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Answer to #374's question:
Probably a Circle K at every street corner.
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I can't help but wonder: was this George Bush's fault too???
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Your DVD copies of the great game and its notable interruption are already valuable. Don't trash them. Sell them.
It couldn't happen to a more deserving culture than the present one.
The reaction is pure 17thg century Witchcraft. They are already reaching for their torches and pitchforks.
Remember VIOLENCE is okay. SEX is not okay.
Otherwise good people are acting like Arabs rioting in the streets. Settle down. It's over.
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Andy C, You are all wet. 5 year olds remember everything, and maybe the middle schoolers you know all have seen porn. But not all of them.
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#367..No bj, just a "gentleman" with a large endowmenet getting some help with unzipping his jeans, then he stands up and shakes a bit.
From the replays I've seen, it looks more like someone jammed a digital signal at Comcast, then sent out their own personal video...any engineers here?
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This is better than any commercial they showed all night!
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Someone didn't get a raise.... or maybe hackers were holding hostages.... the truth will be interesting....some people may be fired over this!
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Was Janet Jackson anywhere in sight?
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Guess what, folks? It was seen here in Prague in central Europe, too... via Tucson!!! I was watching it in my home here with some Finnish friends, when it happeneded twice!!!
I watch Tucson cable TV channels on my computer via what is is called a Slingbox, and I immediately told my friends that some Comcast employee(s) probably flipped the wromg switch somewhere, and we all will be reading about it in a few hours on the internet!
Sure enough!!
I predict that some COmcast employees somewhere will soon be out of a job. [The most disturbing aspect of this is that many, many youngsters watching the Super Bowl saw this adult fare unexpectedly, and there was nothing any parent could do about it!] COMCAST may have some lawsuits on their hands soon!!!!
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how come comcast will not answer the phone this a. m. put on hold then disconected. wander why.
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To follow the "artistic graffiti" concept, the City of Tucson will probably be inspired by this incident to install a giant screen TV on an unused downtown wall, and invite "gifted artists" to show clips of "insightful porn".
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To all those saying " Your kids watch porn anyways."
NOT IN FRONT OF THEIR PARENTS AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS!
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It was nice of Comcast to do a little something for the ladies during the game!
This is hilarious! It's the movie "Used Cars" all over again (which ironically takes place in Arizona)
Heaven forbid the kiddies saw a little sex. As soon as the game is over the kids can go back to playing violent video games blowing peoples heads off! I would have used it as a perfect "sex ed" teaching moment if my kids saw it.
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Why didn't they show the porno on Cox? Because they showed a... cox!
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THERE'S MORE VIOLENCE AND WHAT NOT IN VIDEO GAMES. AND I'VE SEEN CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS 5 PLAYING GRAND THEFT AUTO AND OTHER GAMES. HOW COME PARENTS DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT???
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#75 "Ignorance, like Abstinence, fails to produce healthy minds."
Couldn't resist, could you? Are trying to say that there is something wrong with a teenager who ISN'T having sex?
Talk about ignorance and an unhealthy mind. It's one thing to say there is nothing wrong with sex, it is quite another to say there is something wrong with those who aren't having it. If this is the prevailing attitude among the public, THEN WHY IN THE WORLD ARE WE GETTING UPSET ABOUT A PENIS ON TV ANYWAY? After all, it's what all the little girls (and boys) are supposed to want.
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384 Belly - Agreed, I always enjoyed the older porn too. There is some creative stuff these days, but not like when porn was in its hayday. Gotta agree withya, this event will tramautize some adults for weeks and months I'm sure. Yet they won't bat an eye or worry at all about the things people should be worried about. Certainly, a little sex is good for everyone!
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Did anyone try watching this with their 3 D glasses?
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#403
Yeah,,how sick does that sound.
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Defenders of ignorance are leaving themselves and their families vulnerable to the double-edged Sword of Truth.
Ask any Baptist-----or Muslim.
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IS THIS MY REWARD FOR JUST SENDING THEM A CHECK? DISGUSTING! I WISH I HAD NEVER SIGNED UP NOW! I WILL MAKE CHANGES IF THEY FAIL TO MAKE IT RIGHT. I'M NOT PAYING FOR PORN IN MY LIVING ROOM.
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A few comments.
First, KVOA's feed to the two cable companies was clean. They know this, because they record their feeds. So this happened at Comcast.
Turns out, this is not the first time this has happened to Comcast. This was no hack, just a mistake. People don't understand how cable TV works. There are no actual people there putting their broadcast together. You couldn't hack them if you wanted to. Computers put everything together. Sometimes the computers get confused, and begin mixing signals. Their timing gets off.
Since Comcast offers porn, if you want to pay for it, sometimes the porn gets mixed in. Sometimes other things get mixed in. The computers check themselves about every 30 seconds, so they fix these sorts of things pretty fast.
You can see this just about every day on the cable channel MSNBC. Often, when returning from a string of commercials to the regular program they will show you a few seconds of other material. Bits of other commercials, mostly, but sometimes other things. Their timing is off, and that's all it is.
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Can someone sue Comcast over this?
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My 16 year old ran into the room when she heard me say OMG since I had said something about the credits that ran earlier. She has more than a few class mates who have to use the schools day care for their kids at 14 and 15 which I find FAR more upsetting than some guys junk bouncing around on my TV screen.
So your choice is to explain and have open communication with your children and enjoy life with them, or lock them in a bunker and let them out when they turn 18.
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#408 then can I have it?
I'm outraged and disgusted too - I have Direct TV and missed the whole thing. Talk about an interesting ball game! From the descriptions I've read it sounds like she must have been a wide receiver.
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If someone could hack into Comcast cable,what could prevent them from hacking in Internet connections?.It will be more than porn you have to worry about.....
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I found it far more complicated to explain to my kids why my miniture dachshund was dangling off the back end of my German shepard.
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Now that I have viewed it, It could of been worse.
But dang, what a big surprise to those unsuspecting viewers. I would bet far fewer ****tail wieners were consumed after that display. It probably started so great and much need frank discussions.
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Was this to arouse the Cardinal fans?
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#36: Right on, right on, and ...right on.
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I hope all of you who are SO traumatized by this (and what it "did" to your children) are as dilligent about not letting your children see graphic violence, racism, sexism, ageism, and hate in general.
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#63 . . . FUNNIEST COMMENT I'VE EVER READ ON HERE!!!!! YOU ROCK!!!!
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This is a complete outrage despite all the rationalizations and justifications. The entertainment industry has gradually pushed back the boundaries on so called adult entertainment be it either sex or violence. Some call this sophistication, others call it freedom. It simply comes down to creating stimulation to make money. Comcast needs to be held responsible and brought to account.
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Better switch over to Cox...
Well, maybe not such a good idea...
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Come on, folks. Yeah, it was bad, but kinda funny. I'd rather my kid get a glimpse of a nude body than a dead body.
Geez, by the way some people make it sound, their kids may have been traumatized forever and will have nightmares. Get over it, it was a naked man with a penis. Half of the world has one.
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Listen on a serious note here.. If you sit down and watch a blood and gore movie with your kids CPS don't think twice about it. But...if you sit down and watch a porn with your kids,,they have your kids in their custody before you can say porn and your butt is sitting in prison.
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This was a simple and honest mistake people!!! Please have some sympathy for the minor mis-communication at Comcast...
You see, Comcast has a bandwidth load-sharing agreement with their rival cable provider. After the big Cardinals score, Comcast was running very low on bandwidth, and their Operations manager yelled across the room to the feed technician "Hey, can to switch over to Cox for 30 seconds?..."
Oops... simple misunderstanding, see?...
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All my kids now know is that Channel 4 = porn. I can't seem to "unexplain" that to them.
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I watched the game in high definition, digital over the air broadcast, so didn't know about it until I read about this morning.
Sounds like another good reason to move ahead with the digital only broadcasts.
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The story says they're working on a plan to compensate viewers?? I was appalled what happened but this seems unnecessary. The manpower they put into figuring out how much to compensate and who to compensate (after all, not every Comcast customer was tuned in) would be better utilized in finding the goofball who did this - and closing the hole in their system that allowed it to happen in the first place.
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#424, That was pretty good. LOL
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TV stations and cable companies have a fiduciary responsibility to serve the public. In the case of over-the-air TV stations it's actually written into law. They do this few ways. The easiest way to do this is simply throw up a little box once in a while which has the temperature in it. Theyv'e just served the public interest.
Another thing they do is have a local news show. Stations don't like to do this, because nobody watches them, and because of that they can't sell their ad space for much.
Even another thing they do is run a bit of educational content once in a while. They also run public service announcements (PSA's) telling you not to start forest fires and such. They usually run these in the middle of the night, when nobody is watching.
So, all Comcast did was run a
PSA, and it had some educational content in it as well.
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#427 Do you think you will be compensated by getting a lower cable bill?
Me neither.
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Now everyone wants to sue comcast!! Get a life why don't you sue for a snickers candy bar or because you were robbed by a dollar store clerk!!
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Oh no nudity!!! I didn't see it because I don't live in the stone age and I have an HDTV and was watching the digital broadcast but I wish I had. It would have really livened up our Super Bowl party.
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good one #424 (no pun intended) but i thought Cox had something to do with it. honestly!!
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How can you just let this happen, COMCAST?? Stupid idiots!!
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Somebody's idea of a crank call.
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Tucson is once again making "head" lines all over the world! This is all over the national news sites MSN, CNN etc etc
It makes the rest of the world think things are really swingin down Tucson way!
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This is all the fault of CFR and the Rotschilds. Possibly the Freemasons too.
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LOL Awesome #438! We're famous all because of a weenie. :-)
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Comment from peter(#438), cracks me up!
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I suppose Tucson is going to be flooded with more low lifers then ever. But who cares as long as real estate picks up. After all the bottom line is all that matters that's why everyone sinks to the bottom to make money.
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OH MY GOSH!! My kids are scarred for life!! They will never recover from this!!
Give me a break.
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I didn't see this I guess people that watched it on HD must have missed it, because I a bunch of people and if it was shown there there would some definite responses.
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Wow Tucson; 441 comments at it even isn’t noon yet in the Old Pueblo. Does it seem like your added extra entertainment has struck a nerve in the people. I bet there are many sex deprived guys and gals residing in Tucson that are just starting to get excited by such viewer enhancement, entertainment enticements. Take a cold shower, take two aspirin and then call the love doctor in the morning.
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I'll explain exactly how this works, and why it happened.
Radio, TV, and cable stations operate off of very complex set of timing signals. There are bunches of them. There are "hard breaks" which you have to take. Then you stick your commercials in there. They happen at about the bottom and the top of each hour.
In between every pair of hard breaks are usually at least two "soft breaks." You can stick your commercials in there too. You just need to know when they happen.
As an example, the radio host Don Imus broadcasts in Tucson. He's in New York. He is notorious for missing his soft breaks. So when he takes one, a computer in his station sends a timing code to the station in Tucson saying they are about to break. The station in Tucson starts to look for the break, because they are going to get another timing code right when it starts, telling them how long the break will be. Then the local station feeds it's local commercials, instead of those from New York.
This is all done automatically. There is actually a special computer sold to radio and TV stations which only reads timing signals. They all have one of those.
Since there had just been a big score, NBC probably sent a timing signal to KVOA saying they were about to take a commercial break. KVOA sent this timing signal to Comcast. Comcast wants these timing signals because then they stick in some of their own commercials.
NBC didn't break. They notified KVOA they hadn't broken with another timing signal. So KVOA didn't break. They sent a timing signal to Comcast telling Comcast they weren't breaking. Comcast missed it. It happens.
Comcast broke. Now they had dead air. Dead air is terrible for a station. It causes all sorts of technical problems, like resynchronizing their signals. So all stations have a computer which looks for dead air and when it finds it, it sticks "something" in there. In the case of a cable company, that will be some of its other programming.
In the case Comcast just picked a wrong "something" to stick in there. It never lasts for more than 30 seconds anyway, since that's the minimum amount of time it's incoming time signals release, and then take control again.
Others have mentioned it, MSNBC has mentioned it, and it's been written about previously. This is not the first time this has happened to Comcast-Tucson. It very well might be that their porn channel is the easiest one to latch when they need a signal. A simple technical problem, and an easy one to fix. I bet it now gets fixed.
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Peter V.
I think that in your zeal to trash "ignorance" you are going a bit too far. In your comments on this thread today you have expressed the idea that practicing abstinence makes you ignorant and possibly mentally ill - just like all those "muslims and baptists."
SHOW ME THE DATA that backs up your ridiculous idea that promiscuity PROMOTES mental health!
Once again, I will say that there is nothing wrong with sex, or even teenage sex - other than the fact that most kids are irresponsible and ill-equipped to deal with the possible consequences.
I agree with you that repression can lead to issues down the road, but to simply assume that one is a puritanical basketcase because he isn't hosting "rainbow parties" is a bit off base, don't you think?
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#405 and #438 LOL u guys are awesome!!
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Darn, I knew I should have subscribed to Comcast!
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#442 Elizabeth M.
You are so right on with your analysis of the Tucson economy. Low life is not just the half of it. The past easy money in the real estate run up bubble was just too much for any real estate agent to exhibit the traits of honesty and integrity in dealing with clients. Lying, cheating, and stealing from the unsuspecting and the elderly was just standard operating procedure for the greedy to pad their bank accounts. Why just ask Fran Epsen, Pam Treece and Suzie DeConcini of Long Realty how they left their morals by the wayside when the almighty buck was in question.
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The excitement of Larry Fitzgerald's stunning touchdown was dimmed by this "break in regular programming." Apologies need to be made to the Cardinals, whose fantastic plays were interrupted by some loser's prank.
The Cardinals outplayed the Steelers, were much more honorable in their performance and I believe hold the moral victory. I look forward to their return in 2009/2010. Warner, Fitzpatrick, Wissenhunt . . . you've converted me! Congratulations on an exciting game.
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Would there have been such an outcry if instead of porn it had been something violent?
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God Tucson; you have “seen” your politicians lie to you like dogs, your sons and daughters slaughtered in distant land wars that have been waged for the expectation of cheaper oil, acts of people rendition and then followed by tortured in your name to third world countries, your civil rights eroded, your telephone and e-mails monitored by ATT&T/Verizon, your economy decimated by the thieves and frauds on Wall Street, foreclosure and home values eroded by help from your local real estate and mortgage companies such as LONG Realty and defunct First Magnus; and now, you are finally really and truly upset from the thought of having your holy day, Super Bowl Sunday moment visited by a mistaken thirty second clip from a “B” porn movie. Well thanks for finally waking up Tucson. Did you have a nice sleep? Why have the good people of Tucson waited until now to have an honest melt down moment with displays of indignant behavior about an issue that involves such a world important event like a 30 second sex mistakenly directed porn video? My.... my; will wonders never cease to exist. You need to relax your puritanical inhibitions Tucson.
But why Tucson did you not express such indignation for the more important past offenses that have truly affected our nation? Why did you not express righteous anger for the above offenses or when people have been losing their homes to foreclosure because of defective building, predatory lending and outright fraud? No worries! Just pretend that everything is okay.
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The votes are in. The weiner of the Best Superbowl Commercial trophy is: Oscar Meyer! What a sight to see while choking down a hunk of bone dry sausage and pepperoni pizza!! I had to grab a stiff drink! You really gave Tucson the shaft, Comcast.
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#451, "The Cardinals outplayed the Steelers."
What game were you watching?
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Ya, this was not cool, seeing a wang right after a TD. But understand this - Kvoa Sends the feed to cox & then cox sends the feed to comcast, so there is a lot that has to be looked at. Save the poor people (comcast CAE) who do the billing & services the ear full and just e-mail the GM. I saw above (252) that Joe A is gunna do what he can - so just let him do his job, voice your opinions to him not the people on the phone at the local comcast office - they dont care about you calling.
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No ones lives were ruined...young or old. If a little male nudity ruins anyones lives...NEWS FLASH...your/their life was already ruined.
Parents - quit trying to raise your kids in a bubble...it will be a laugh for a week and then it will go away. Quit stressing!
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Peter V -
Just one more thing:
There is a difference between teaching abstinence and PREACHING abstinence. Perhaps this is the distinction that has us at odds. Teaching someone that saying "no" can be as valid a choice as keeping a box of condoms in your purse is not ignorant. IMHO, it's far more sane than "Abstinence is Ignorance - don't listen to your momma, sex is goooood, here's how to use a condom, now get out there and have fun!!"
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Re: 389. Comment by Colleen L.
"I can't help but wonder: was this George Bush's fault too???"
George Bush? No, I think this is more likely the work of Watergate Special Prosecutor, Archibald Cox!
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#448 Maryanna - What would you expect from a couple of guys named "Peter". We know all the "peter" jokes!
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While I agree that the unscheduled porn sequence was inappropriate for most audiences, I'm more bothered by two other aspects of what I see in the comments posted here. First - sex and nudity are not the ultimate evil in the world. A thirty second glance will not destroy the minds of our youth. In fact, parents teaching kids that sex and nudity is evil will do more damage than the TV segment will.
Second, more disgusting by far than the nudity sequence is the unfortunately predictable reaction that so many people have expressed here today - "I saw something naughty! I'm offended! Gimme money, gimme free services, gimme something to compensate me for my imaginary sufferings!" Note that not one of the people above who felt somebody owed them something even suggested that what they needed was counselling, comforting or anything related to correcting the perceived damage/injury that was done. All they asked for was money, free TV, etc. The truth is that low-life types will happily look forward to "accidents" as means to get free handouts or prizes. Plenty of that attitude reflected in messages above.
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Amazing how many applaud this action. If you ask me, and no one did, only a person with low self-esteem and no morals whatsoever enjoys this type of garbage - porn.
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A few months of free porn stations should sweep this under the rug.
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#455 "The Cardinals outplayed the Steelers." They out penaltied them too, hence the outcome.
Good game!!
As for the Porn, we were deprived on DirecTV, would have made the party that much more fun.
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Come on Tucson; do I hear five-hundred response; going once, going.....
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Get a grip Tucson and you should all laugh at the righteousness of your hypocritical behavior. You choose to get upset about such frivolous things. They have been using sex to sell products on television since it was invented. Many of you are not as holy as you think you are. Who among you says grace at your table in the evening and then the very next day chooses to discriminate, steal and defraud in acts against your fellow man for profit?
Wasn’t it just a few years ago that you and the nation had another indignant melt down moment with the Janet Jackson planned commercial of titillation? Did you forget that your own Arizona Company, Go Daddy Inc., in wonderful Caucasian yuppie land of Scottsdale uses silicon enhanced breast as its main prop to sell web site domains names? Now how does a woman’s blown up breast to epic proportions, and electrons on a computer screen, have anything to do in common other than the use of a great number of atoms and electrons that are needed to offer such services; they don’t? Sex sells anything, at anytime, to anyone.
And then, how many of you went from your television to online to watch the next installment act after NASCAR dad snagging queen, Danica Patrick stopped showing her Go- Daddy enhanced breast; covered of course, except for the sneak peak look at the top of the heap for the obvious size enhancement operation? Ah... there is nothing like a tease.
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time for comcast to pay for this, financially to make certain they hire good techs who know how to prevent, no more low budget tech ops.
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What would Dick Vitale say? He delivered the rock, baby? Seriously sports is already full of this smut. There's hardballs, throwing a frozen rope, getting to first base, second base, etc. Making passes, dribbling before they shoot, holding, dunking, waxing the surfboard, being tied, handcuffed by a short hopper, and of course scoring, scoring and more scoring. Unless of course you strike out. Smut smut smut. It's all part the game.
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Pro football: muscular men wearing tight fiting outfits engaging in physical contact - not dissimilar to porn.
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If you ask me, and no one did, only a person with low self-esteem and no morals whatsoever enjoys this type of garbage - porn.
No one asked you but since you decided to tell us. What a silly silly remark. Porn is absolutly friggin fantastic. Did you know that even in the tough economic times that we are in, the Porn industry is booming. Essentially DVD's were created because of the demand to sell porn movies.
I always laugh at people who say that porn is the devil and what not because usually they or their significant others have a nice hidden "box" of movies and magazines.
If you are gonna give "your two cents" you at to at least head to the local video store and watch some of the "garbage" before you say how bad it is!
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Did you know that silicone breast first clients were members of the adult entertainment industry and hookers? Personally I will take the natural breast any day over these inflated basketballs of bounce that could easily cause bodily harm to the user with back strain or blunt trauma injury for others unlucky enough to be in her way when an Italian show store goes on sale. But the question should be asked when medically science will begin increasing the size of the brain for both women and men and not just the size of women’s breast. But tell me, how many of you actually continued to watch the Super Bowl game after it ended to catch a possible glimpse of another mistaken identity 30 second porn preview wandering across the post game show involving Tammy does Tampa in a weekend? Now tell the truth.
If anything, this country is more uptight than ever with the idea of sex while the country continues to crumble and implode under the weight of its greed.
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I didn't see any of that "nekked" stuff with my rabbit ears.
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Re comment by 446 Don M. (saffronbindy) , Thanks for the info.
So your saying the inserted clip was likely a random pick in some automated process? I.e. not purposely done?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3VKxEkcWys
For those of you that want to watch it again
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Jeff L. (Homo Ninny) If you indeed work for Comcast you should be fired, too. You are a jerk. Off with you. (Homo Ninny). Go make your own self a sammich and ckoke on it. Induldge yourself
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I have a female friend, comcast subscriber, she gave me a quick ring yesterday and asked if I had scene it knowing I am a devoted Sports freak, I said scene what, I'm a dish person. She being quick witted and plenty of political savy proceeded to give me the all but brief episode in great detail.
After receiving her desertation on what had transpired, I asked whad ya think, her rersponse, Now Thats a Stimulus Pkg.
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A graphic murder every night on CSI and this thread has 474 comments.
What a nation of violent prudes!
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#446: Quit disseminating truthful sounding information! This is a blog on the net, and wild accusations and hysteria should be ruling the day. I personally like mad hacker theories, or that it was a tribute to Bill Bidwell.
Thanks for the funny comments from those with a sense of humor. For those that don't, keep hitting that Report comment button and the censor Nazi will keep oppressing the voice of the people.
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What Governor Brewer and the legislature just did to the children of Arizona is a lot worse than this porn vision! Let's get worked up about what really matters to our kids!
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Actually, Comcast would have been better served by just showing five hours of free porn than a football game. I tend towards the classic porn myself. You could even combine the two. For example, "Debbie Does Dallas" very nicely combines women (who happen to be neekid) with football players (who also happen to be neekid).
You may not like this. Where do hotels make their money off of their pay per view services? From porn. What is the part of a cable TV company that makes the most money? Porn. What is the number-one moneymaker on the Internet? Porn. People like porn. Most of them, at least.
Nobody, adults, children, whatever, has ever been harmed by seeing 30 seconds of porn. Children will just forget it. Children younger than about 7 or 8 years old have exactly about 18 hours of short-term memory. They have already forgotten it.
Here's what happened here. When a cable station is facing dead air, they stick in other programming. The other programming they usually pick is the second most popular program being watched. Yesterday, most all people watching TV were watching the Super Bowl. The rest were watching porn. So, when the Super Bowl went dead, we got to see some porn.
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All your foreigners calling us a nation of prudes are right. It sucks, and I'm ashamed of this country for that reason. It's unfortunate we were founded by a bunch of religious puritans.
And for those saying Comcast is at fault for "allowing" this to happen: EVERY TV STATION, MEDIA STUDIO AND CABLE SERVICE IN THE COUNTRY HAS HAD THIS HAPPEN AT LEAST A FEW TIMES. You just normally don't hear about it. It really is unstoppable, without applying certain checks and balances to the system. But doing that would make them slower to respond than Congress. That would be bad.
Oh, and SUP /b/, I see what you did there...
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an earlier story said the Star newsroom was flooded with calls about this.
Why in the world would TV viewers call the newspaper?
Like they are even going to know anything about it.
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One minute I'm watching Fitzgerald, then next minute I'm looking at Johnson.
You need a scorecard to keep up.
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Comcast was probably just trying to give us something to talk about to keep our minds off of how horrible the next two minutes of the game would be.
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Another good reason for just turning off the TV.....
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[cue jaw harp sounds here] "All your foreigners calling us a nation of prudes are right. It sucks, and I'm ashamed of this country for that reason."
Boioioioinnnnggg!!!
Hint: the above makes no sense as I, for one, have no foreigners personally. I suppose we can guess what you may have meant but you need to learn to write slower or something.
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This was AWESOME ! Lol cheers to the guy or girl that came up with that, it came up at the PERFECT TIME !!!!!!!!!!!! and everyones upset about their kids seeing this ? Um, I think its time to have the old "birds and bees" talk with your kids, and let them know how THEY got here. You people are so uptight..
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My issue is that if it happened before in New Jersey (see links in 255), perhaps they could have come up with a way to prevent it in the future.
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#487: Boohoo, an extraneous 'r'. This site has a bug on Chrome that causes a few characters to disappear on the left side of the text entry screen.
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DirecTV - No such problem.
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This is all Obama's fault.
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If this country wasn't so prudish, this wouldn't be a big deal.
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OK, I must admit...my jaw hit the floor. I then proceeded to laugh hysterically.
Unfortunately, until they put porn in a box (separate one) the chances of this happening again are pretty good. It would be very easy to just send out a cable box capable of picking up porn stations (to those who wish to view it) and a different one for people who wish to not have the evil temptation in their home. :)
It might be a solution for Comcast and other cable/satellite companies to think about vs the possible sanctions and out cries as seen here today.
All that being said, I might think that someone dropped the ball when it came to oversite of the largest viewed program every year. I can understand the uproar from people with younger children. Yet, I somehow feel these children will survive this catastrophic event. BTW, some of the commercials were just about as bad as the topic we are currently discussing.
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#490 - HUH ???
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500 posts??
WOW!
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Which is more disturbing: The sex act that was about to be depicted during the game? Or the gentle soft balls Matt Lauer gave Obama during the pregame interview?
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This is not good news for comcast or the whole industry ... shows how easy it is for someone to switch signals....probably never know who....
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..And it used to be people complained about NBC showing "Heidi"..
to #491 and others...My DirecTV feed DID lock up for about 30 seconds, at about that same time. Not sure if there is/was a connection of not.
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And I do find it fascinating that mothers and fathers in Tucson who let their children watch thousands of images of murders, beatings and violence on television and the computer are the ones most likely to cry foul and are possibly the ones demanding to be monetarily compensated for there children seeing a thirty second image of a misguided, errant wang.
Please Tucson; get a grip on what is really important and not just your little world that contains church lady morals that are created and enforced around the Sunday television sermons of commercial Capitalism.
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Here's an interesting note for younger readers.
Back in the day, and not so long ago, maybe 30 years, there was a hobby which sprung up. People just took over TV and radio stations. You could do that, because stations at that time didn't broadcast with much power (they all have powerful broadcasts today). You just needed a transmitter with a little more power than they had. Then you took over the part of the radio spectrum they were using. You could do this for maybe a few hundred dollars.
Once you did that, you could broadcast whatever you wanted. These were known as “clandestine” stations. Some of them did, indeed broadcast porn. Not most of them, though. Mostly they just broadcast test patterns over what the actual network was trying to broadcast. Sometimes they broadcast parodies. So instead of the “CBS Evening News” you would be getting “Kim's Evening News.” Kim's news was not at all the same as CBS's. You never knew, watching TV, when this switch was going to happen.
The networks were not at all amused by this. They called the government in. The government found them, and told them they couldn't be here. So they found another “here” to go to. The put their transmitters on ships, and parked them right outside of our territorial waters. So they broadcast from there.
Then an interesting thing happened. Viewers started calling the networks demanding that the clandestine programming be run, instead of the usual stuff. The networks just didn't like this at all. So they mostly put the clandestine broadcasters out of business. Although there are still a few, anchored off the east coast, mainly close to NY City.
There is a website, which I don't remember the name of, which posts video clips from the clandestine broadcasters. They are pretty good. Better than anything that network TV is going to give you.
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raymond m.
You are upsetting me!
Ironic
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Wow Tucson; you have provided 500 plus comments. I am impressed with such civic interest.
Wouldn’t it be helpful because of the Tucson’s real estate and home construction meltdown crisis that the city is experiencing, Tucson could one day becomes know around the world as the porn capitol of the world because of your 30 second segment with destiny? Obviously, there are enough sleazy people from the real estate and home building industry that defrauded good families to fit right in so easily in this new endeavor. Integrity and honesty anchored individuals need not apply.
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I'd think more people would be mad at the regular grease monkey ad that was shown (I even thought, "Oh, we are going to hear the religious radicals tomorrow on this one." Boy, was I wrong!!! Of course, I didn't realize what was 'about to happen' to comcast users.
I didn't get to see it until one of the above comments had a youtube clip on it. Funny stuff! I can imagine the gasps from viewers. But getting monetary compensation seems a bit overboard. You did have service. 30 seconds of interruption just doesn't seem that bad.
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#494, Carolyn "All that being said, I might think that someone dropped the ball" So to speak :)
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116 your utube was removed good grief
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Actually there was a previous interruption to this porn channel earlier, only a few seconds. I saw the offensive interruption until I looked away. It seemed more than 30 sec to me, like more than a minute. Comcast will lose my business over this. But as disgusting as the incident is, the reader comments on this report laughing off the porn is even more upsetting, a sad statement about our city.
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It truly is sad that porn on TV incites far more outrage, and discussion than any number of truly serious issues on this website.
We have economic shortfalls, budget cuts, stimuli, war, poverty, erosion of civil liberties, etc, but what really riles people up? A penis, on TV.
What does that say about us as a society?
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508 Kay - I think most people think there are just ALOT more damaging things to children than a little sex and porn which is easily explained to a child or teen that sex and nudity is part of being human. Blowing peoples heads off and other filthy dastardly things people do isn't.
Hope you get over your trauma!
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This has been getting a lot of national recognition. They were talking about it on the Stephanie Miller show this morning AM 1330.
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Great! Comcast is scrambling to figure out a way to compensate us for viewing this wonderful display of Art. I just hope it's not five dollars off our next adult movie rental. I think if more of us speak up, we'll get it for free!!!
#462: If you don't want your free adult "art" movie, can I have it?
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It was some idot yakking on the phone about how they are worked too hard for what they get paid while they played with the buttons on the control board.
Fire the lazy loser.
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512 - "This has been getting a lot of national recognition"
Makes everyone else think that everyone is havin a good time down Tucson way!
Who said retirees don't have any fun! 80 is the new 60!
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Au contraire Kay 508, Tucson's truly appropriate humorous comments on the cultural incident last night are a sign that articulate intelligence is alive and well in Tucson Arizona -- that church zombies in moral lockstep haven't dominated the town's culture.
Arizona is NOT Kansas, thank God.
It is especially amusing that the local paragon of literary morality, Ch-4 KVOA of library censorship notoriety, takes a hit for this incident. Condign chastisement I'd say for a policy of censorship that is long of nose and short of brains.
Peek onto peoples' privately viewed monitor screens will they?! Explain this! out in public! with a big numeral four in the corner. ROTFLMAO!
Not yer fault?? That's exactly what your victims said, and you laughed. Fate has a bizarre sense of humor.
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YouTube has spent all day trying to delete video posts of “what actually happened.” They capture and delete them pretty quick. They employ a bunch of people to do this. Since these people aren't really making anything, only deleting things, they are a drain on our economy. We don't need them.
I saw the video, in a split second when YouTube let it through. Nothing anyone over about 15 hasn't done. And even then, it was only implied.
This is Obama's fault. He has a YouTube account. In fact, if you want to watch his weekly Saturday morning address, you are going to have to go to YouTube. He's thrown in with them, big-time.
Obama wants us all to be lewd, crude, lecherous people. That way we have more sex. Then he gets some more kids. Kids grow up to be taxpayers, which is exactly what he wants. More people to pay the bills we are creating even now, for our kids.
And that's sort of how these things work.
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This whole thing has been hilarius! They must have gotten the idea from the comedy movie "Used Cars" that came out 25 years ago! Rent it tonight!
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The "defense of ignorance" is NOT about regulating behavior, although that is the impression its advocates prefer.
In fact the Defense of Ignorance is about regulating Knowledge and Ideas. THAT, is what the world's Bad Guys do. So it is meet and right that you answer to the question: "Whose side are you on?"
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It sounds like an ex-employee still had access for dialing into the switches, and had a 'woody' for getting even. We will probably start seeing more of this with other companies in the future...
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Someone telling me how I should feel about porn is pretty hilarious.
All these folks here complaining about last nights peep show probably have a nice collection in a "box" somewhere.
Porn is porn! Like it, Love it, Hate it...but do not tell me what I should think. And certainly do not call me a "sicko" or any sort of "perve" because I like to watch porn every once awhile.
In the U.S. as soon as you turn 18 years old you can watch, rent, make, and search the internet for porn!
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to avoid my kids having body issues i told them that he was subject to nuclear testing when he was young. then their mom explained the length vs. girth argument.
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I want to heart fully thank all concerned Tucsonans for the many comments that were made on both sides of this issue. No, no one wants unannounced and unwanted porn coming on your television sets at any time of the day but don’t you feel that it was just a simple mistake in switching content. Is it possible that many of the Christian right people took this issue a little too seriously? There is time to be born, a time to die and there is also a time to chill over issues that are obviously lower on the totem pole of importance in life.
Why did you not take the issue of death, dying and cost in Iraq with such interest? When Tucson consumers were being swindled by First Magnus and the construction industry, why did they not object when their neighbors were losing their homes to this fraud?
No one seemed to care and in turn the community began a slow death that will only accelerate in intensity. You cannot ignore your neighbor concerns and expect your society to continue in its past state of prosperity. Greed kills everything. But a thirty second porn slip and your ready to go to the mat and fight. I don’t get it.
My point is that there have been many issues that have failed interest the minds of the American people and Tucsonans in general. Why has there been so much interest in a sex flick hiccup when issues like a three trillion dollar war in Iraq, civil rights erosion, wire tapping Americans, banking bail out of Wall Streets crooks and frauds, illegal alien labor and the real estate and construction fraud that has continued to exist for years in the Tucson economy. Why now the concern for such superfluous issues? No one seemed to care when other people were getting shafted and pilfered, losing their homes and self respect while real estate prices climbed, but now everyone is experiencing the ambiance and effects of Capitalism darker side; destruction of capital and wealth because of the act of greed.
If you can get your dander up and write the FCC or your congresswoman about a thirty second sex issue, you can take the time to stay awake and writer or email these same people and others about the more important issues that are really harming you, your neighbor, your children and your grand children’s lives because the wolf is now upon yours and your neighbors doorsteps. If you all had been paying attention for the last eight years we would not find ourselves in the predicament that we find ourselves in today.
Sex issues should be the least of our problems during this perilous time in our history.
I'd better be careful here with friends watching. These local moral authorities ARE "bad guys" in the grimmest sense of the word, except only for the Kalishnidovs, RPGs and Suicide Belts, which does make a difference worth giving them some credit for.
Our culture such as it is, has become a laughing stock worldwide. Even Africans can laugh at us, though not too hard or too often. It's the Europeans who tick me off the most, because on a topic like this, they're right.
Have you noticed that nobody gets madder than when they've been called correctly in an unflattering position? That's us on this. Even Germans? ach!
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I thought it was a natural male reaction to a Cardinal's score?
No?
CH
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In my opinion, #516 by my good friend Peter V. was one of his best comments ever.
One thing you have to realize when you read one of Pete's posts is he is a writer. A fairly good one. Now you and I are not writers. When we post something we sort of just write nonsense. When Pete writes a post he has thought about it some. He will deny that. But he has thought about it. And he's going to write it technically very well, and very clean.
In #516 Pete is writing on three levels. Good writers do this. As an editor, I can see it. He's going to make three points. He buries those in his post. And he crafts some wonderful phrases, such as “that is long of nose and short of brains” and “church zombies in moral lockstep.” Those alone make it a good read.
Aside from that, Pete is usually wrong on things.
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We need to be sure we cast our stones in the right direction.
"Some mainstream corporate giants, allured by immense profits, have reached a new low
trying to reach a new high on Wall Street":http://www.cwfa.org/images/content/wcp-report.pdf
*Profiting from porn-peddling is a dirty ring around the
white collars at AT&T, MCI, Time-Warner, Comcast, Echo Star Communications, GM’s
DirecTV, Hilton, Marriott, Sheraton, Radisson, VISA, MasterCard and American Express*
http://www.cwfa.org/images/content/wcp-report.pdf
This link is from the Concerned Women of America web site
I am not passing judgement on anyone, but porn doesn't just exist in some back alley anymore.
The big communications companies need to decide whether they are going to provide family entertainment or porn.
Apparently mixing the two on the same satellite feed has its problems.
Some of the high rollers involved in porn will probably be getting bail out money.
BTW AT&T has a patent on the only equipment that can broadcast porn in high definition.
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Hot link for #527 Concerned Women for America
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Guys bashing their heads together is OK for kids to watch but sexuality is not. Granted, that was a dumb mistake for the cable company to make, but sheesh. It's not the end of the world.
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