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by woliveirajr 3496 days ago
> (...) after a grave error by RCN, a local cable TV provider based in New Jersey that provides CNN's broadcasting all down the east coast.

> Apparently, only viewers in Boston experienced the mistake on Thursday night as one viewer voiced her concerns on Twitter.

According to these lines from [1], it was a localized problem, and wasn't from the CNN stream, but from the RCN replaying a wrong feed to subscribers.

[1] http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/cnn-...

1 comments

I wonder if someone found and exploit on their network and did this for kicks, or maybe a disgruntled employee with enough access left in a time bomb before he or she was let go.
I think it is more likely that "parts unknown" was part of a porn title.
Why would they have a porn in the studio?
Some providers have PPV or subscription adult channels.