Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Video Gem: Porn Interrupts the Superbowl in Tucson; viewers "shocked"

Editor's Note: You have may have already heard about this, but we have some reaction to go along with the viewers in Tucson who got porn instead of the Superbowl. It's another kind of "wardrobe malfunction" we best guess.
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Tucson, NBC affiliate KVOA is investigating pornographic material viewed during the Super Bowl by some Tucson area Comcast viewers.

Just after the last touchdown by the Cardinals, approximately 30 seconds of pornographic material was shown. It appears this material was only viewed by some Comcast customers.

Cardinals fan Lorraine Ferrick, caught more than her favorite team on TV last night.

"I almost wanted to turn it off, but I didn't, I thought it must be a joke," she says.

During the 4th quarter, after Larry Fitzgerald's 64 yard touchdown catch, Ferrick saw the unthinkable.

"It almost made me sick to my stomach," she says, after watching about 30 seconds of pornography, "it was a shock, why am I looking at this? I don't want young people to see this."

With viewers like Lorraine angry, both KVOA and Comcast are investigating how it happened.

KVOA General Manager Gary Nielsen explains," what we do know is that it didn't happen at KVOA, and it didn't happen to subscribers of Cox, DirecTV, or Dish, or any over the air subscribers, it only happened to Comcast subscribers."

Comcast released this statement to News 4:

"We are mortified by last evening's Super Bowl interruption and we apologize to our customers. Our initial investigation suggests this was an isolated malicious act. We are conducting a thorough investigation to determine how this happened."

While that's some relief for Lorraine, she has a message for who ever is responsible.

"I say you need to go to jail. You've done damage to young people."

News 4 also put a call into the Marana Police Department. They'll get involved once Comcast completes its investigation, to determine if criminal charges will be filed.