Media being a very competitive business seldom gives you a chance to go wrong. For once you know you have messed up, the next thing is you being fired from your job. But it is hysterical when you end on the wrong side, just like CNN did yesterday.
A Boston viewer claimed that CNN aired 30-minutes of hardcore porn instead of Anthony Bourdain's 'Parts Unknown' - spicing up Thanksgiving night. The viewer took to Twitter to share images of the screen, talking about how she went on to watch the Anthony Bourdain’s show but instead ended up with explicit images of porn star Riley Quinn on the broadcast.
As the viewer claimed:
At around 10:30, the Boston viewer checked in to watch the show but soon switched to another channel as CNN was telecasting porn. She further added that she kept switching back to check if CNN was finally telecasting the episode. The channel telecasted porn for about half-an-hour, and then blacked out at 11. She then also contacted the cable provider, RCN, to issue an explanation for the same.
What followed?
The news of the porn telecast soon spread like wildfire! And while CNN was left investigating into the matter, the other opportunistic media houses went on to report the glitch. CNN along with RCN swung into action to find out what went wrong in the broadcast. CNN spokesperson also issued a statement saying, “Despite media reports to the contrary, RCN assures us that there was no interruption of CNN's programming in the Boston area last night.” RCN too posted about the same on their social networks.
The positive:
It later turned out that the news was fake! Media channels who went on the report the news later updated the channel's innocent claims. While everybody was now talking about the channel not goofing up, Riley Quinn rendered a thank you for the free air time.