Texas News Station Accidentally Tweets Gay Porn

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A news station in Austin, Texas raised some eyebrows when whoever mans the Twitter account accidentally tweeted some hardcore gay porn images instead of the morning traffic report.

 

We’re willing to bet that someone at TWC News lost their job for this slip up (or intentional hack), after the station tweeted out a collage of nude men in provocative positions instead of live traffic updates.

 

The station was quick to delete the offending images and posted an apology on their Twitter.

 

 

 

Well, that’s embarrassing…

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