White house controlling TV stations

[Tony2X]

LOL @ ppl. just now realizing they have this ability.

 

[abbygrace10]

That is why we have the 2 amendment, our fathers knew something we are just learning. Power wants more power.

 

[oldmetlfan]

AT&T goofed. The good news is they are likely to be fined heavily by the FCC for throwing an EAN by mistake. (What you are describing sounds like an Emergency Action Notification type of alert... the seriously bad one.)

In a real emergency, there would have been an audio and or video feed from the White House on that channel to which you were force-tuned.

This is going to cost AT&T...

As someone suggested, you can often bypass an EAN by power-cycling the box.

That system has never been activated for real, since its development in the 60's. If it ever is activated, you'll probably want to hear why...

No fines. Just testing for what happens after the Ferguson police officer doesn't get indicted.

 

[Tony2X]

Were we supposed to riot when OJ got off?

 

[smokey30725]

Were we supposed to riot when OJ got off?

We couldn't. The verdict came during the middle of the work day.

 

[mkdhotrod]

wtf?

 

[DixieDoug]

Channel 2 came out and interviewed us. News at 4:00. They said this was country wide. Hacker??

 

[kuduman]

It has been done by hackers before-- a couple of years ago in Montana. It seems that a lot of radio and TV stations had their EAS gear on the internet-- with the default password. Doh.

But I doubt it's a hacker in this case, since it was nationwide. I think somebody fumble-fingered something, and is now looking for another job.

 

[MilSpec308]

We couldn't. The verdict came during the middle of the work day.

hahahahahahahaha

 

[georgia357]

But I doubt it's a hacker in this case, since it was nationwide. I think somebody fumble-fingered something, and is now looking for another job.

Not with the new AT&T, he'll get promoted to higher management.