Apparent Labor Problems At Comcast -- N.J. Children Tune In For Disney Channel, Get Porn Instead
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Posted by Agent_C on May 2, 2007, 3:51 pm
Please log in for more thread options http://www.wnbc.com/news/13244429/detail.html?dl=headlineclick Could this be anything other than a malicious act by an insider? A_C --- Article --- N.J. Children Tune In For Disney Channel, Get Porn Instead POSTED: 2:47 pm EDT May 2, 2007 UPDATED: 3:00 pm EDT May 2, 2007 MIDDLETOWN, N.J. -- Children here got more than they bargained for when they tuned into "Handy Manny" on the Disney Channel this week. Now cable giant Comcast is investigating how hardcore pornography was broadcast during a popular cartoon program. Customer Paul Dunleavy would also like to know. He was stunned Tuesday morning to find his 5-year-old son watching something other than a cartoon about a bilingual Latino handyman, Manny Garcia, and his talking tools. "It was two people doing their thing, it was full-on and it was disgusting," the Middletown father of three told The New York Daily News for Wednesday newspapers. "I couldn't believe it," he said. "We try to do the right thing to protect our kids from this stuff, and then they broadcast it on children's TV." Dunleavy's phone number was unlisted when The Associated Press tried to contact him Wednesday. Comcast spokesman Fred DeAndrea confirmed the programming error occurred around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. He described it as an "isolated issue in a local New Jersey facility." "We automatically detected the issue and it was corrected promptly. We apologize to any customer who experienced an issue yesterday morning," said DeAndrea, who said the mistake was made by his company, not Disney. DeAndrea declined to provide the duration of the pornography broadcast, how many homes it reached, how the mistake happened and whether anyone will be disciplined for the X-rated error. A Disney Channel spokeswoman said the company has asked Comcast for assurances that appropriate measures were taken to prevent such offensive incidents from happening again. "We value the trust that parents have in our programming and certainly take yesterday's regrettable program disruption extremely seriously," said Disney Channel spokeswoman Karen Hobson. "Comcast has taken full responsibility for this situation, and we understand that they are currently working to determine the root cause of the incident." Dunleavy told The Daily News that he received an apology directly from Comcast. But he was still disturbed by the incident. "My son was extremely upset because he thought he'd done something wrong, and we're hoping what he saw doesn't become an issue for him." --END | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by David H. Lipman on May 2, 2007, 4:58 pm
Please log in for more thread options | http://www.wnbc.com/news/13244429/detail.html?dl=headlineclick | | Could this be anything other than a malicious act by an insider? | | A_C | | --- Article --- | | N.J. Children Tune In For Disney Channel, Get Porn Instead | | POSTED: 2:47 pm EDT May 2, 2007 | UPDATED: 3:00 pm EDT May 2, 2007 | | MIDDLETOWN, N.J. -- Children here got more than they bargained for | when they tuned into "Handy Manny" on the Disney Channel this week. | Now cable giant Comcast is investigating how hardcore pornography was | broadcast during a popular cartoon program. | | Customer Paul Dunleavy would also like to know. He was stunned Tuesday | morning to find his 5-year-old son watching something other than a | cartoon about a bilingual Latino handyman, Manny Garcia, and his | talking tools. | | "It was two people doing their thing, it was full-on and it was | disgusting," the Middletown father of three told The New York Daily | News for Wednesday newspapers. | | "I couldn't believe it," he said. "We try to do the right thing to | protect our kids from this stuff, and then they broadcast it on | children's TV." | | Dunleavy's phone number was unlisted when The Associated Press tried | to contact him Wednesday. | | Comcast spokesman Fred DeAndrea confirmed the programming error | occurred around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. He described it as an "isolated | issue in a local New Jersey facility." | | "We automatically detected the issue and it was corrected promptly. We | apologize to any customer who experienced an issue yesterday morning," | said DeAndrea, who said the mistake was made by his company, not | Disney. | | DeAndrea declined to provide the duration of the pornography | broadcast, how many homes it reached, how the mistake happened and | whether anyone will be disciplined for the X-rated error. | | A Disney Channel spokeswoman said the company has asked Comcast for | assurances that appropriate measures were taken to prevent such | offensive incidents from happening again. | | "We value the trust that parents have in our programming and certainly | take yesterday's regrettable program disruption extremely seriously," | said Disney Channel spokeswoman Karen Hobson. "Comcast has taken full | responsibility for this situation, and we understand that they are | currently working to determine the root cause of the incident." | | Dunleavy told The Daily News that he received an apology directly from | Comcast. But he was still disturbed by the incident. "My son was | extremely upset because he thought he'd done something wrong, and | we're hoping what he saw doesn't become an issue for him." | | --END Yeah... That's MY Cable TV provider's office in NJ ! C O M C A S T S U C K S ! -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by mogator88 on May 2, 2007, 8:01 pm
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wrote: You spelled it wrong. Its: C O M C O $ T | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by David H. Lipman on May 2, 2007, 9:32 pm
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| | You spelled it wrong. Its: | | C O M C O $ T I stand corrected LOL -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by on May 4, 2007, 11:29 am
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I wouldn't consider this to be a problem. I'd consider it something to boost ratings. | ||||||||||||||||
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> |http://www.wnbc.com/news/13244429/detail.html?dl=headlineclick
> |
> | Could this be anything other than a malicious act by an insider?
> |
> | A_C
> |
> | --- Article ---
> |
> | N.J. Children Tune In For Disney Channel, Get Porn Instead
> |
> | POSTED: 2:47 pm EDT May 2, 2007
> | UPDATED: 3:00 pm EDT May 2, 2007
> |
> | MIDDLETOWN, N.J. -- Children here got more than they bargained for
> | when they tuned into "Handy Manny" on the Disney Channel this week.
> | Now cable giant Comcast is investigating how hardcore pornography was
> | broadcast during a popular cartoon program.
> |
> | Customer Paul Dunleavy would also like to know. He was stunned Tuesday
> | morning to find his 5-year-old son watching something other than a
> | cartoon about a bilingual Latino handyman, Manny Garcia, and his
> | talking tools.
> |
> | "It was two people doing their thing, it was full-on and it was
> | disgusting," the Middletown father of three told The New York Daily
> | News for Wednesday newspapers.
> |
> | "I couldn't believe it," he said. "We try to do the right thing to
> | protect our kids from this stuff, and then they broadcast it on
> | children's TV."
> |
> | Dunleavy's phone number was unlisted when The Associated Press tried
> | to contact him Wednesday.
> |
> | Comcast spokesman Fred DeAndrea confirmed the programming error
> | occurred around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. He described it as an "isolated
> | issue in a local New Jersey facility."
> |
> | "We automatically detected the issue and it was corrected promptly. We
> | apologize to any customer who experienced an issue yesterday morning,"
> | said DeAndrea, who said the mistake was made by his company, not
> | Disney.
> |
> | DeAndrea declined to provide the duration of the pornography
> | broadcast, how many homes it reached, how the mistake happened and
> | whether anyone will be disciplined for the X-rated error.
> |
> | A Disney Channel spokeswoman said the company has asked Comcast for
> | assurances that appropriate measures were taken to prevent such
> | offensive incidents from happening again.
> |
> | "We value the trust that parents have in our programming and certainly
> | take yesterday's regrettable program disruption extremely seriously,"
> | said Disney Channel spokeswoman Karen Hobson. "Comcast has taken full
> | responsibility for this situation, and we understand that they are
> | currently working to determine the root cause of the incident."
> |
> | Dunleavy told The Daily News that he received an apology directly from
> | Comcast. But he was still disturbed by the incident. "My son was
> | extremely upset because he thought he'd done something wrong, and
> | we're hoping what he saw doesn't become an issue for him."
> |
> | --END
>
> Yeah... That's MY Cable TV provider's office in NJ !
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> C O M C A S T S U C K S !
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