Once Again....the U.S Media steps on it's own D*ck

[Bobcat]

Some seriously stupid folks behind the cameras..

[Buoy]

I love it!!!

New motto is report "news" first, accuracy is optional.

[fund razor]

Yeah, I dropped this on the post ho thread last night. Here they are reading them on air.

Worst On-Air Mistake Ever? News Station Falls For Prank When Reporting Asiana Crash Pilot Names | Radar Online

[poncho]

Saw the post in the Ho thread! Sad that the news can be so stupid but also funny as well.

[Bobcat]

A few years back, someone in Texas , swindled a million bucks out of people....using the law firm name of "Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe" classic 3 Stooges.

[fund razor]

SEOUL, South Korea Associated Press — Asiana announced today that it will sue a San Francisco TV station that it said damaged the airline’s reputation by using bogus and racially offensive names for four pilots on a plane that crashed earlier this month in San Francisco.

An anchor for KTVU-TV read the names on the air Friday and then apologized after a break. The report was accompanied by a graphic with the phony names listed alongside a photo of the burned-out plane that had crashed at San Francisco International Airport on July 6, killing three and injuring dozens.

Video of the report has spread widely across the Internet since it was broadcast.

The National Transportation Safety Board has also apologized, saying a summer intern erroneously confirmed the names of the flight crew.

Asiana has decided to sue KTVU-TV to “strongly respond to its racially discriminatory report” that disparaged Asians, Asiana spokeswoman Lee Hyomin said. She said the airline will likely file suit in U.S. courts.

She said the report seriously damaged Asiana’s reputation. Asiana decided not to sue the NTSB because it said it was the TV station report, not the U.S. federal agency that damaged the airline’s reputation. Lee did not elaborate.

Tom Raponi, KTVU Vice President & General Manager, said in a statement that KTVU would not be making any further comment because of the airline’s threat of a lawsuit.

Neither the station nor the NTSB has said where the names originated.

The four pilots, who underwent questioning by a U.S. and South Korean joint investigation team while in the United States, returned to South Korea on Saturday. South Korean officials plan to conduct separate interviews with them, South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said.

[fund razor]

So the news report seriously damaged Asiana's reputation.

(Apparently even more than having a training pilot stuff the plane into a seawall tearing the plane apart and killing people.)

[fund razor]

An Asiana spokesman said the company could not comment while the investigation is ongoing. In a presentation to the Korean government that was shared with reporters on Monday, Asiana said it would enhance training for pilots seeking to fly new aircraft and take other measures in response to the crash.

The government told them not to stall.

[Bobcat]

Randy Ott posted a story on FB about how awful their training is. I'll see if I can find it.

[poncho]

Media being closer to this threads title!

[Bobcat]

LMAO!

[old377guy]

HAAAA!