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Thanks to WREG in Memphis, Tenn., you’ll never look at the name #Rockbone the same ever again. OK, so you probably weren’t looking at #Rockbone that much to begin with. But still.
That’s because this morning, with thunderstorms peppering the greater Memphis area, the news station sent out the above tweet with a link to a Pornhub profile. It was deleted hastily, but the Internet never forgets.
The station was quick to apologize for the miscue:
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We apologize for a tweet that went out earlier this morning.
— WREG News Channel 3 (@3onyourside) October 7, 2014
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Then they went for the oldest internet trick in the book: the “it wasn’t me, I got hacked!” tactic.
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Have you you changed your passwords recently? Take it from us... Do it now. Also, resist public WiFi. For real... http://t.co/pqTNJFZveW
— WREG News Channel 3 (@3onyourside) October 7, 2014
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Nice try. You know who else wasn’t buying it? Pornhub:
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Hey @3onyourside I hear you're a http://t.co/hz9DZSEbL8 fan!
— Pornhub Katie (@Pornhub) October 7, 2014
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At least WREG got something positive out of it with all the media attention, adding this to their timeline a short while later:
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Since we have your attention today... Consider clicking this link and doing some good :) http://t.co/QEK9X3vXAn
— WREG News Channel 3 (@3onyourside) October 7, 2014
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The lesson to be learned here: be careful about which tabs you keep open on your web browser, and with how you use the “ctrl + C” function. You never know when you’re going to accidentally share what you do in your private time with the world.
[via Mashable]