Lilith
03-16-2007, 09:44 PM
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MESA, Ariz. - A cable news program was temporarily
replaced with hard-core pornography, shocking viewers
who had been watching a health show featuring former
NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw. The incident Monday night
on KPPX-TV was "an act of human sabotage" at the
Phoenix-area station, said ION Television, which
operates the station.
"We have launched a rigorous investigation, and any
implicated employees will face strict disciplinary
action and termination," ION Media Networks
spokeswoman Leslie Monreal said in a statement.
Brenda Schodt, of Chandler, said she was shocked to
look up and see graphic sex acts on her television
screen.
"Maybe five or 10 minutes into the show there was no
volume," Schodt said. "I thought it was the TV, but
when I looked up, there were these images."
ION Television, based in West Palm Beach, Fla.,
declined to say whether the pornography aired beyond
the Phoenix market.
MESA, Ariz. - A cable news program was temporarily
replaced with hard-core pornography, shocking viewers
who had been watching a health show featuring former
NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw. The incident Monday night
on KPPX-TV was "an act of human sabotage" at the
Phoenix-area station, said ION Television, which
operates the station.
"We have launched a rigorous investigation, and any
implicated employees will face strict disciplinary
action and termination," ION Media Networks
spokeswoman Leslie Monreal said in a statement.
Brenda Schodt, of Chandler, said she was shocked to
look up and see graphic sex acts on her television
screen.
"Maybe five or 10 minutes into the show there was no
volume," Schodt said. "I thought it was the TV, but
when I looked up, there were these images."
ION Television, based in West Palm Beach, Fla.,
declined to say whether the pornography aired beyond
the Phoenix market.