C-SPAN Says It's Investigating Bizarre RT Interruption Of Its Online Broadcast

[deminks]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/rt-interrupts-cspan-online-feed?utm_content=buffer3aec8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

C-SPAN confirmed Thursday afternoon that its online feed had been temporarily interrupted by the Kremlin-backed news outfit RT, formerly known as Russia Today.

"This afternoon the online feed for C-SPAN was briefly interrupted by RT programming," the network said in a statement. "We are currently investigating and troubleshooting this occurrence. As RT is one of the networks we regularly monitor, we are operating under the assumption that it was an internal routing issue. If that changes we will certainly let you know."

Deadspin's Timothy Burke posted video of the moment the interruption occurred on Twitter, writing that it went on for about ten minutes before C-SPAN programming came back online.

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This has been a test of the Orange One's emergency broadcast system...

edited to add link to video:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/rt-interrupts-cspan-online-feed?utm_content=buffer3aec8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. Nothing to see here, folks.

We all know Russia doesn't do anything like this. They said so themselves!

[Tatiana]

2. You can't make this $hit up!!!!!!!

Honestly, I don't know how I'm going to make it.

This is a full-scale takeover of our nation by a hostile foreign power and people are like... nahhh Russia's cool. Putin's strong. Heil Trump!

[sarcasmo]

7. Cyber War and we're getting our A$$es kicked.

[annabanana]

3. alarming!. . . . n/t

[Laf.La.Dem.]

4. oops - this was scheduled for the 21st not today!!

[world wide wally]

5. We are under cyber attack from Russia 24/7

Seems like it qualifies as cyber "war" when it comes to treason charges against…. guess who.

[sarcasmo]

6. C-Span needs to get with Trump for "hacking defense"

[Skittles]

8. now THERE'S the DU hackers

[LaydeeBug]

9. but they did NOT hack our voting machines. Never happened.

[FiveGoodMen]

10. Yeah.

People need to think that through.

[LaydeeBug]

11. seriously. They would *never* even TRY

it's *impossible*.

Holy fuck