Maqane Posted July 13, 2013 Hahaha, i think they're pranked! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warsamaale Posted July 13, 2013 the newscaster pronunciation is priceless, she must have figured the prank half way through :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tillamook Posted July 13, 2013 My local news channel got pranked silly by a summer intern at the NTSB....lol:D:D:D ******************************************************************************************** KTVU Channel 2, a Fox affiliate in the San Francisco Bay Area, has issued an apology on Friday after an on-air blunder by an anchorwoman that involved fake names of Asiana flight 214 pilots. "KTVU has just learned the names of the four pilots who were on board" the flight that crashed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, co-anchor Tori Campbell told viewers during the noon newscast Friday. She proceeded to read the names that may have originated as a racially insensitive joke online — "Sum Ting Wong," "Wi Tu Lo," "Ho Lee Fuk," and "Bang Ding Ow"— while a TV graphic displayed the names next to a photo of the charred cabin. "We made several mistakes when we received this information," KTVU's apology on its website read. "KTVU accepts full responsibility for this mistake." In seeking to verify the names with the National Transportation Safety Board, an unidentified KTVU reporter who made the call to the government agency's public affairs office didn't read the names out loud. KTVU didn't clarify how the names were conveyed to the NTSB representative, who turned out to be a summer intern. The KTVU reporter also failed to ask for the identify of the NTSB intern who confirmed the spellings of the names. "We heard this person verify the information without questioning who they were and then rushed the names on our noon newscast," KTVU's note read. The NTSB also issued its apology late Friday afternoon for "inaccurate and offensive names that were mistakenly confirmed as those of the pilots." "A summer intern acted outside the scope of his authority when he erroneously confirmed the names of the flight crew on the aircraft," its statement said. "The NTSB does not release or confirm the names of crewmembers or people involved in transportation accidents to the media. We work hard to ensure that only appropriate factual information regarding an investigation is released and deeply regret today's incident. Appropriate actions will be taken to ensure that such a serious error is not repeated." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kickz Posted July 13, 2013 Ahaha, I am dying from this Walle they made them look like morons Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kickz Posted July 13, 2013 Apology from them, they are now blaming a summer intern. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ug5zKwJuWbU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Che -Guevara Posted July 14, 2013 Classic, you would think they read it out phonetically. Captain, Something wrong We are too low, Holy F how could they miss that haha Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tallaabo Posted July 14, 2013 Somalia;968477 wrote: ;) This is absolutely hilarious. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reeyo Posted July 14, 2013 Aaah Americans! lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Libaax-Sankataabte Posted July 15, 2013 That was funny! I guess the producer of this news segment is none other than Stew Pitt Mann. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
