Porn Shown to Some Super Bowl XLIII Viewers

With only 2 minutes 48 seconds left in the 4th quarter, Larry Fitzgerald scored a touchdown. Arizona was now winning the Super Bowl and Comcast viewers in Tucson, Arizona, got quite a shock when porn appeared on their television. The Super Bowl porn accident was very brief lasting only approximately 10-20 seconds. The porn was form the SPICE network adult XXX station, Shorteez, and showed a woman unzipping a man's pants and then the man stood up and swung around his penis. I do not live in Arizona, but I have seen the video. I would have been mortified had it appeared while I watched the game with my 9-year-old son.

Comcast has been flooded with calls regarding the Super Bowl pornography. Comcast has released a statement: "We are mortified by last evening's Super Bowl interruption, and deeply apologize to our customers for the inappropriate programming. We are aggressively investigating the situation including the possibility of foul play," said Kelle Maslyn, Comcast Corporate Affairs Manager.

This is unfortunately not the first time Comcast has accidentally shown porn. In May of 2007, porn was accidentally shown on the Disney show "Handy Manny" by Comcast in New Jersey. Handy Manny is a very popular preschool television show that comes on the Disney channel daily at 9:30 a.m. Comcast did apologize for the isolated event.

In July of 2008 New Zealand rugby fans were also inadvertently shown pornography during a evening rugby match. The viewers were shown 4 minutes of a adult pay per view movie. In January 2009, a soft core porn movie was accidentally shown on the Hamas Al-Aqsa television station.

Parents need to always monitor what their children are watching on television. The most basic thing any parent can do is set the V-chip on your television set. Being on January 1st 2000, all television sets larger than 13 inches, sold in the United States were required by the FCC to contain a V-chip. Using the V-chip can help parents set limits on the shows kids can watch. To learn more about the V-chip please visit www.fcc.gov/vchip/ Having a V-chip installed would not have helped in the recent Super Bowl porn or when porn was shown on the Disney channel Handy Manny show but, it is a good start in setting guidelines for what your children watch.

Sources

http://www.kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=9769617

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/comcast-sorry-for-accidentally-showing-porn-footage-on-kid-tv.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/also_in_the_news/7493256.stm

http://current.com/items/89702823/polish_porn_on_hamas_television_nsfw.htm

http://www.fcc.gov/vchip/