
Pornography is very popular these days with the American working class (Woo! Stimulus checks!). But that does not make it FCC approved. And it certainly is not an acceptable mixer with children's rugby in New Zealand. But that's what parents and fans of the kid's sport were treated to while watching a live broadcast of "Grassroots Rugby" on the New Zealand television channel Prime.
A spokesman for Prime Television on Monday blamed a mixup in "distribution processes" for the error which inserted the hardcore segment in the regular program "Grassroots Rugby."
The segment was intended to air on an adult pay-per-view channel.
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Fans watch as a ball that popped loose out of New York Yankees' Johnny Damon's glove rests momentarily on the fence before dropping to the ground during the third inning against the Boston Red Sox in Major League Baseball action Friday, July 4, 2008 at Yankee Stadium in New York. Damon made a leaping attempt on a hit by Red Sox's Kevin Youkilis. Two runs scored on the play. Damon left the game after the play. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 05: Jockey Craig Durden rolls after falling from Toulouse Lautrec the first time around in the Cleanevent Grand National Steeplechase during the Cleanevent Grand National Steeple Day meeting at Flemington Racecourse on July 5, 2008 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Mark Dadswell/Getty Images)
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Chaunte Howard clears the bar during the women's high jump final at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore., Friday, July 4, 2008. Howard finished in first place to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Seattle Mariners center fielder Jeremy Reed dives to catch a fly ball from Detroit Tigers' Gary Sheffield in the second inning of a baseball game Thursday, July 3, 2008, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Elaine Thompson, AP
In this photo provided by Six Flags St. Louis, Robbie Knievel jumps 25 Dodge cars at Six Flags St. Louis, traveling at approximately 85 mph off of a 25-foot ramp and flying some 25-feet into the air on Thursday, July 3, 2008, in St. Louis, Mo. Robbie dedicated the jump to his Dad, Evel Knievel. (AP Photo/Six Flags St. Louis, James Visser)
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San Diego Padres' Michael Barrett, center, is helped by an unidentified trainer, left, and manager Bud Black after Barrett was hit in the bridge of the nose by a foul tip in the third inning of a Major League Baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in Denver on Wednesday, July 2, 2008. (David Zalubowski, AP)
David Zalubowski, AP
Serena Williams of the US., reacts after winning her Women's Singles semifinal match against China's Zheng Jie on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, Thursday, July 3 , 2008. (Kirsty Wigglesworth, AP)
Kirsty Wigglesworth, AP
BHP Billiton China President Clinton Dines holds a Beijing Olympic Games gold medal before an official handing over ceremony in Beijing July 3, 2008. The Beijing organisers took possession of the 3,000 medals for next month's Olympics in a ceremony near Tiananmen Square on Thursday, 36 days before the start of the Games. (David Gray, Reuters)
David Gray, Reuters
OMAHA, NE - JULY 02: Brendan Hansen competes in the preliminary heats of the 200 meter breaststroke during the U.S. Swimming Olympic Trials on July 2, 2008 at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska. (Donald Miralle, Getty Images)
Donald Miralle, Getty Images
This handout provided by the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. shows the baseball Barry Bonds launched for his record 756th home run, now branded with an asterisk, at the Hall of Fame, Wednesday, July 2, 2008. (National Baseball Hall of Fame/AP)
National Baseball Hall of Fame/AP
Yeah, so, um, whoops? On the bright side of things, at least it puts the whole Janet Jackson - Nipplegate thing in perspective. Because, apparently, this was not just a little side boob getting flashed, it was the full hardcore pornography.
The downside is parents are going to complain and steer their kids away from your station. The upshot, though, is that by combining kids' sports and porn, Prime has corned the market on the coveted "creepjob" demographic.
And now the totally work safe video (sorry...) of the not so thrilled parents being interviewed.
H/T: Steady-Burn











Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
7-07-2008 @ 6:45PM
Adam Jacobi said...
Will, I know we've got standards and everything here, but the next time you're in this situation, you post that pornography, damn it.
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7-07-2008 @ 8:29PM
Ryan said...
"parents surprisingly not thrilled"
That doesn't quite make sense, to make sense it would need to say, "Parents surprisingly thrilled"
http://www.collegefastbreak.com/
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7-08-2008 @ 8:05PM
jessica said...
i think they were being sarcastic with the headline....
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7-08-2008 @ 8:09PM
Roland Esquivel said...
adam jacobi and ryan ,
Both of you are idiots, one can't spell and the other has no knowledge of syntax !!
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7-08-2008 @ 8:44PM
Bill said...
It obviously an honest mistake. However unfortunate, the tv station apologized. I hope there is not a lot of complaining. After all that is New zealand not The usa. The kiwi's are not babies like americans
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7-08-2008 @ 8:57PM
melissa said...
if i were a parent i would be pissed off too! no child needs to see porn! our world is already messed up enough as it is..
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7-08-2008 @ 8:52PM
Jman55a said...
That's really vulgar, ignorant, unnessasary, and uncalled for.
It's putting a bad influence on kids and other people, so why do it?
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7-08-2008 @ 8:57PM
Pamela said...
Well, I am sorry that the kids had to see that, but I can betcha most of the men there were totally thrilled, lol. Parents don't be so much in a huff over this, they made a mistake.
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7-08-2008 @ 8:59PM
5 STARES said...
OK KIDS TIME TO BACK TO YOUR COMPUTER GAMES ANS KILL SOME PEOPLE,WHAT IS NORMAL SEX OR KILLING?
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7-08-2008 @ 9:07PM
5 STARES said...
OK CHILDREN GO BACK TO YOUR ROOM'S AND KILL SOME PEOPLE ON THE COMPUTER,WHAT IS NORMAL SEX OR KILLING'S,
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8-01-2008 @ 1:55PM
jdl86 said...
I have kids (10 and 8) and while I would not expose them to porn, it would not be that big of a deal. Parent's reactions to most things sets the tone for the child. If the parent does not over react the kids usually will not be damaged by exposure to things sexual.
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7-09-2008 @ 12:24PM
B said...
I think it is part of the network's plan to get young children hooked on porn. Now that they've seen that 3 mins, they will want to see more. That network is smart...they want to make money.
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7-08-2008 @ 9:15PM
Former sailor said...
Roland Esquivel: Who's the spelling idiot? I find no spelling error in either of their posts. Yours, however, is greatly lacking in proper punctuation. Again, I ask: "who's the idiot?"
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7-08-2008 @ 9:18PM
Former sailor said...
Roland: "Syntax:" isn't that the price one pays for being an idiot?
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7-08-2008 @ 10:01PM
Bobby said...
This wasn't a mistake, this is the second time I've heard of this happening in the past yr.
I never see programming mixups happen but these two times it happens to be "porn" that is the substitute.
Some sick bastard did it intentionally to get his jollies & subjected the viewing public to it.
It doesn't take but a moment of this kind of screwup to distort perceptions of a kid hitting puberty. This just doesn't happen by mistake, it should be investigated. It's not a lighthearted mishap....
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7-08-2008 @ 10:59PM
Larry Willard said...
The only spelling error I can find is in the article itself. I noted that CORNED is used instead of CORNERED the market.
As to the spelling in various blogs, it looks OK to me. We just have to remember that the web is worldwide and some may be using different variations of spelling
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7-08-2008 @ 11:03PM
Mike said...
Warning to all...Don't go to the site listed on #5. You will be sent malicious virus'.
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7-08-2008 @ 11:14PM
The Ween said...
I'm sure it didn't hurt them any. They were probably like...."ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww......a man's butt" or something. lol
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7-09-2008 @ 4:44PM
Jace said...
Bill - jealous of USA much? :)
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7-08-2008 @ 11:48PM
r earley said...
so its only poor working class people that watch porn??? shut up please,, why would AOL post something like that
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