"These names were not accurate, despite an NTSB official in Washington confirming them late this morning.
When I was in college, we sort lived for these moments...
er... not that we would actually do somthing like this.
Nope... wouldn't dream of it...
Somebody at KTVU must have been “researching” the OFST this morning. (See TADSLOS’s post #6)
this is making the rounds....freaking hysterical....
"These names were not accurate, despite an NTSB official in Washington confirming them late this morning.
Well, actually, considering the quality of local TV news programs across America these days, I believe!
Evidently, Fuk Mi was grounded
That is some pretty funny stuff there.
Hats off to the people that did it.
Surprised that Ba Ba Bui wasn’t on the crew.
What a prank. The perps are legends now.
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Was their research man named Michael Hunt?
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/ktvu-apology-friday-noon-report/nYpSg/
KTVU Apology for Friday Noon report
KTVU’s Noon newscast on Friday, July 12th, the station misidentified the pilots involved in the Asiana Airlines crash at SFO.
Prior to air, the names were confirmed by an NTSB official in the agency’s Washington, D.C. office. Despite that confirmation, KTVU realized the names that aired were not accurate and issued an apology later in the newscast.
The correct names of the pilots in the cockpit were Lee Gang-guk and Lee Jeong-Min. “We sincerely regret the error and took immediate action to apologize, both in the newscast where the mistake occurred, as well as on our website and social media sites,” said Tom Raponi, KTVU/KICU Vice President & General Manager. “Nothing is more important to us than having the highest level of accuracy and integrity, and we are reviewing our procedures to ensure this type of error does not happen again.”
I heard this on the Michael Berry radio show. It is hilarious and I can’t believe that it wasn’t picked up by someone before the announcer blurted it out. :D
Why not put the clowns on CBS national news? CBS’s anchor Dan Blather fell for Baba-booies teeth!
It’s bad enough that they were so dumb as to put these names on the screen. But then for the infobabe to actually READ THESE NAMES ON THE AIR. . . ! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! How stupid ARE these people?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VqjlhtKIToo
ME bad..Me LOL!
The producer’s name is Sum Dum Guy and the anchor is Long Yung Dong. These folks really Fupped Duck.