KTVU News station ****ed up

[averagejo]

The local news station here in Bay Area made quite the mistake today during the noon news while covering a recent plane crash of an Asiana 777 plane at SFO.

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How stupid!! :


NTSB Apology: Intern Confirmed Racist Names to TV Station https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/ntsb-apology-intern-confirmed-racist-584718

 

[CelticPredator]

Funniest thing i've seen all day.

 

[Solidus]

Omg... how in the world didn't they check over those names before going on air.

 

[jstep13]

Lucy, you got some 'splainin' to do!

 

[Solidus]

This was such an obvious prank. They're just stupid for not seeing through it.

 

[CelticPredator]

It wasn't a prank. At least not by the whole party. It was an intern who ****ed with his co-workers.

 

[EVILFACE]

Some reporters.

 

[xjamiex]

Hahahahahaha

 

[Deckard]

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[BadMoon]

It wasn't a prank. At least not by the whole party. It was an intern who ****ed with his co-workers.

Um yeah, a prank. And a dumb immature one at that.

 

[averagejo]

...Great Odin's raven!!

"We made several mistakes when we received this information. First, we never read the names out loud, phonetically sounding them out.

 

[Eli26]

https://www.ktvu.com/news/news/ktvu-apology-friday-noon-report/nYpSg/

lol

 

[The Ween]

It wasn't a prank. At least not by the whole party. It was an intern who ****ed with his co-workers.

The dummies took a call from someone they didn't verify.

 

[Lejuan]

Reminds me of that Chinese pilot who was killed after his jet collided with a US plane a few years back. Initial reports in local papers changed his name from Wang Wei to Wong Wei.

 

[K1LLJOY]

I can't believe she didn't stop halfway through reading that.

 

[cokebabies]

When I saw that, first thing I thought of...

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[CelticPredator]

Um yeah, a prank. And a dumb immature one at that.

I meant it wasn't a prank by the news team. Only one idiot. That's all.

EDIT: https://blog.sfgate.com/matierandross/2013/07/12/1937/

However, in a subsequent phone interview with the SFGate’s Jeff Elder, NTSB spokeswoman Kelly Nantel made clear that the names “originated at the media outlet” and that the intern — unaware of the offensive names — was “acting in good faith and trying to be helpful” by confirming names he didn’t know.

Bull****.

 

[Deckard]

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[UTtoyfan]

I see those insulting names and many more all the time being Chinese. Never in my life would I believe that a news station would actually say some of those on air. Classic!!! I had a good laugh.

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

Total Burgandy moment.