The story here is, this station’s lack of checking facts has been exposed.
Yes, it’s funny. But this only proves what we all know.
I also believe that is where the humor is. The names were semi-humorous but the fact that those at the station were too dim to get it EVEN AS SHE READ IT! I find hilarious. :-)
When I was in the journalism business, the reporters carried notebooks and asked people to spell their names.
Printing machines spit out news releases on paper, wire service copy was hung on hooks. When foreign names were in the stories we got syllabic pronounciation for the names.
We had something to refer to when we wrote news stories to be read on television.