CNN has denied reports that its affiliate in Boston aired 30 minutes of pornography on Thanksgiving night during a broadcast of the show “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.”
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the false reports were based on a tweet from user @solikearose, who said the offending content aired Thursday evening.
The story was picked up by Fox News, the New York Post and Variety.
Instead of “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown,” CNN viewers got an eyeful of transsexual film star Riley Quinn https://t.co/Polb6yCsiT
— New York Post (@nypost) November 25, 2016
“We are in the process of researching this incident but see no evidence our CNN network feed was compromised last evening in Boston,” Jeff Carlson, general manager for RCN Boston, said in a statement to website.
Added CNN spokeswoman Barbara Levin: “Despite media reports to the contrary, RCN assures us that there was no interruption of CNN’s programming in the Boston area last night.”
