Memphis News Station Tweets a Link to Porn; Pornhub, of Course, Responds

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Max Knoblauch
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Memphis News Station Tweets a Link to Porn; Pornhub, of Course, Responds
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Oops.

Memphis-based news station WREG News Channel 3 tweeted a Pornhub link to their nearly 29,000 followers early Tuesday morning. Though the station quickly deleted the tweet, a few users managed to take screenshots first.

#rockbone in memphis pic.twitter.com/JBdEupd123

— kelly jean (@kjmeow) October 7, 2014

Either a rockbone front is on the way to the Memphis area, or somebody messed up bigtime. Either way, take cover.

@kjmeow we once got hit with a category 3 rockbone. the clean-up is a nightmare

— frankenmustard (@nice_mustard) October 7, 2014

WREG responded with an obligatory apology tweet.

We apologize for a tweet that went out earlier this morning.

— WREG News Channel 3 (@3onyourside) October 7, 2014

...And then went on to claim that the tweet was a result of a public Wi-Fi hacking.

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

Damn those hackers and their ceaseless attempts to share porn links with weather enthusiasts.

Pornhub's social team found out about the mistake and tried to create a dialogue with WREG.

Hey @3onyourside I hear you're a http://t.co/hz9DZSEbL8 fan!

— Pornhub Katie (@Pornhub) October 7, 2014

WREG has since sent out a call to donate to a charity group, apparently embracing its mistake.

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

It's okay, WREG. Walk it off. You'll go get 'em tomorrow.

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