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NTSB summer intern blamed for ‘confirming’ joke names of Asiana Airlines pilots
Twitchy ^
| 07/12/2013
| Twitchy staff
Posted on 07/13/2013 7:20:23 AM PDT by Rusty0604
How could KTVU get something so wrong? The San Francisco TV station was the joke of the Internet today when it fell for a prank and broadcast the names of the four pilots on Asiana Air Flight 214. Youd think names like Captain Sum Ting Wong and Wi Tu Lo would have raised a red flag or two, but the station insisted it had verified the names with the National Transportation Safety Board.
It turns out that might be true. ABC News Steven Portnoy is reporting that an NTSB summer intern is responsible for confirming the obviously fake names.
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To: duckworth
I take it as arrogant and demeaning. And these are the same people that mock slow talking Texans.
To: Ditter
Reminds me of a sign outside a wedding hall:
"Congratulations Mr. and Mrs Frank Sippi!"
That's right folks, her married name was Mrs.Sippi (if you don't get it, say her name out loud)
CC
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posted on
07/13/2013 7:50:26 AM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
To: Rusty0604
Our government loves interns (just ask Klintoon) they are free labor but remember you get what you pay for.
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posted on
07/13/2013 7:53:38 AM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again,")
To: Rusty0604
Here’s the difference. If I say “Chink in the armor” I lose my career.
If a station allows “Wi Tu Lo” broadcast, what is the recourse?
There isn’t any. What controversy would ever get a station off the air?
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posted on
07/13/2013 7:56:07 AM PDT
by
cicero2k
To: Cowgirl of Justice
“Has anyone seen Mike Hunt?”
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posted on
07/13/2013 7:58:32 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
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To: Blue Devil Reaganite
“Mahlexa Krost and Ihav Tapee”.
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posted on
07/13/2013 8:01:19 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: ConservativeStatement
During the first day of news coverage, one news channel had a conversation on what to call the NTSB chairman Deborah
Hersman. One said Chairwoman and then a reporter said I know her, she prefers to be called a Chairman... Another channel called her a Chairwoman and a third Chairperson... That was the only comic relief regarding this crash....until this latest entry.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Deborah Himsman?
Deborah Itsman?
Pat?
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posted on
07/13/2013 8:02:39 AM PDT
by
Eccl 10:2
(Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
To: windsorknot
My favorite name from the Lamont and Tonelli radio show is ‘Howie Feltersnatch
To: Celtic Conservative
There used to be a liquor store in Santa Fe NM named Peter Handler Liquor in large letters over the store. I always thought it was a joke name but then I saw a picture in the SF newspaper of Peter himself.
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posted on
07/13/2013 8:07:32 AM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Kevin in California
LOL! That reminds me of the Three Stooges Law Firm: Dewey, Cheatam, & Howe.
To: ClaytonP
Makes the person at the station look incredibly stupid Naaahh.....that person at the station accomplished that all by their lonesome.
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posted on
07/13/2013 8:12:01 AM PDT
by
Roccus
To: Conspiracy Guy
So it was just a Former Rogue Low Level NTSB Summer Intern that gave the confirmation? Yeah...something about something flowing downhill....
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posted on
07/13/2013 8:14:08 AM PDT
by
Roccus
To: Rusty0604
“Would Ima Dick please report to the front desk?”
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posted on
07/13/2013 8:29:52 AM PDT
by
Safetgiver
( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
To: Rusty0604
No one has mentioned Seymore Butts, the famous writer on board who hid under seats..
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posted on
07/13/2013 8:29:59 AM PDT
by
WKB
To: windsorknot
Mike Hunt has been involved in many a prank, too.
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posted on
07/13/2013 8:38:55 AM PDT
by
JPG
(Obama Does Egypt.)
To: Safetgiver
Reminds me of the Dicken's Cider routine
Maternity Shirt...
To: JPG
Yes. Mike Hunt really gets around.
To: WKB
What about Eileen Dover and her brother Ben?
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posted on
07/13/2013 8:49:59 AM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(If global warming exists I hope it is strong enough to reverse the Big Government snowball)
To: Rusty0604
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posted on
07/13/2013 8:50:28 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: Rusty0604
Anyone with the
slightest familiarity with Asian names (and in the San Francisco Bay Area, that should be just about 100% of the population) would have seen right through this prank immediately - certainly long before they got read on the air. I don't blame the NTSB intern - the individual probably thought the TV station was pulling a prank on
him so he or she went along with it.
Either KTVU hires monumental idiots, or the staff got the joke but thought management had approved telling it on air.
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posted on
07/13/2013 8:51:32 AM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
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