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LMFAO

 

The names were supposed to be a joke.

 

Only this joke wasn’t funny. It was offensive, insensitive to the victims of Asiana’s plane crash, and indicative of a major problem in a government and journalism institution.

 

The only joke was how it got on the air at KTVU in San Francisco. On July 12, the news station rushed a report on air with what it thought were the names of the four pilots of Asiana flight 214.

 

KTVU, a local news organization, did not realize until after the segment that it had been punked. It had reported made-up, Asian-sounding names — broken English exclamations about a crash landing at San Francisco International Airport that killed three and seriously injured many.

 

“Captain Sum Ting Wong” was one the names. “Wi Tu Lo” was another. Another incorporated an obscenity. To make the hoax even worst, an summer intern at the National Transportation Safety Board erroneously, and without apparent authorization, confirmed the fake names before KTVU’s broadcast.

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