One of the worst blunders in American recent journalistic history took place last week at the San Francisco Fox News television affiliate station KTVU, a blunder so wonderful it leaves you breathless. For those few who haven't seen it after it went viral on Youtube, some blow-dried bimbo gravely but excitedly announced the station had learned the names of the four pilots aboard Asiana Flight 214, which crashed at San Francisco International Airport on July 6, killing three and injuring 181. The real names of the pilots had actually been released earlier by the US National Transport Safety Board and reported by everybody, but never mind - KTVU had them as Captain Sum Ting Wong, flight officers Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk and Bang Ding Ow.
Blank Screens, Blank Minds: TV News in America
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Blank Screens, Blank Minds: TV News in America
One of the worst blunders in American recent journalistic history took place last week at the San Francisco Fox News television affiliate station KTVU, a blunder so wonderful it leaves you breathless. For those few who haven't seen it after it went viral on Youtube, some blow-dried bimbo gravely but excitedly announced the station had learned the names of the four pilots aboard Asiana Flight 214, which crashed at San Francisco International Airport on July 6, killing three and injuring 181. The real names of the pilots had actually been released earlier by the US National Transport Safety Board and reported by everybody, but never mind - KTVU had them as Captain Sum Ting Wong, flight officers Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk and Bang Ding Ow.