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NTSB Intern "Erroneously" Confirmed Racist Asiana Pilot Names to KTVU Station
Business Insider ^ | July 12, 2013 | Pamela Engel

Posted on 07/12/2013 7:55:57 PM PDT by informavoracious

The National Transportation Safety Board has released a statement revealing the source of Friday afternoon's embarassing KTVU hoax -a summer intern for the agency who "acted outside the scope if his authority" and "erroneously confirmed the names of the flight crew" on the Asiana plane that crashed in San Francisco.

The Bay Area TV station read the racist crew names on air: Captain Sum Ting Wong, We Tu Low, Ho Lee Fuk, and Bang Ding Ow.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: asiana; bangdingow; holeefuk; ktvu; ntsb; planecrash; sumtingwong; wetulow; witulo
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To: informavoracious

This is the time of year when much of the country is run by interns.


61 posted on 07/13/2013 5:27:40 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: Bikkuri

It’s in the excerpt. Read the flight crew names. Out loud. They are NOT the real named of the pilots. E.g., Sum Ting Wong = Some Thing Wrong. These names were actually read on air by a newscaster in San Francisco. The play on Asian names is taken by some as “racist.” Most of us just think it’s pretty funny.


62 posted on 07/13/2013 7:13:57 AM PDT by informavoracious (We're being "punished" with Stanley Ann's baby. Obamacare: shovel-ready healthcare.)
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To: informavoracious

Ah, ok :)

Yeah, the shame is overbearing with these types :/

Lots of the ‘NON-checking’ of those ‘journalists’ is brought out right here on FR :D


63 posted on 07/13/2013 8:59:58 AM PDT by Bikkuri (Molon Labe)
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To: Born to Conserve

Wang Wei. Close enough.

Well, OK, actually too close...


64 posted on 07/13/2013 9:32:26 AM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of oppression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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To: ImNotLying
TMI...

...funny though.

65 posted on 07/13/2013 9:34:22 AM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of oppression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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To: Right Wing Assault
This is the time of year when much of the country is run by interns.

The sad part is that the interns are an improvement...

66 posted on 07/13/2013 9:35:14 AM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of oppression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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To: informavoracious

It’s way funnier in real life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrJ5YGkIp-4

(Fired intern: It was worth it!)


67 posted on 07/13/2013 3:22:03 PM PDT by servo1969
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To: informavoracious

The only thing that could make this a greater blooper would be if Dan Rather was the announcer.


68 posted on 07/14/2013 7:17:56 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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