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Fox Affiliate Airs Racist Joke When Reading Asiana Pilot’s Names

KTVU 2 Fox (San Fransisco) claims they were pranked

By ReamWorks SKG

US News • July 2013 • Views: 3,355

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The station has issued an apology

KTVU Channel 2 is apologizing for an on-air gaffe that the station — or viewers – won’t soon forget.

During the noon newscast Friday, co-anchor Tori Campbell, announced that “KTVU has just learned the names of the four pilots who were on board” Asiana flight 214 when it crashed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday.

She then read from a teleprompter while a TV graphic displayed four fake names that clearly were someone’s idea of a joke.

The first name — “Captain Sum Ting Wong” — should have been a give-away that something really was wrong. But Campbell kept reading… “Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk, Bang Ding Ow.

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10 comments

Skip Intro Fri, Jul 12, 2013 3:27:31pm

Newsreaders have to be the dumbest people in the media. Then there are Fox news readers.

On the positive side, the person who made up the graphic has a bright future working on messaging for the GOP.

Shiplord Kirel Sat, Jul 13, 2013 7:16:12am

The FCC can, and should, fine the station for this. They apparently didn’t originate the prank, but there are such things as due diligence and common sense.

Buck Sat, Jul 13, 2013 7:18:05pm

You sure ktvu.com is FOX right?

I mean the word FOX does not seem to appear on the video, and on the website it says Cox Media Group.

However there might be two KTVU channels in San Francisco.

That would be confusing for sure, but there is no way you are just saying FOX because you assume that the bigotry came from FOX, or that you are just slandering FOX.

No way. There must be two channels with the same call sign (in San Francisco)

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Oh ya, and you misspelled San Francisco in your snark line (San Fransisco)

Skip Intro Sat, Jul 13, 2013 8:03:57pm

They’re a Fox affiliate, Bucko. And it’s not my “snark line”. Maybe Charles added San Francisco, but I didn’t.

Looks like they might have some job openings for assholes at KTVU/Fox 2. Check Employment Opportunities

You must be a happy man tonight, seeing that one of your own just got away with murder.

Dancing along the light of day Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:04:06pm

And the funniest part of the story, is they confirmed the pilots names NTSB! Supposedly with an intern!

Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:10:06pm

re: #3 Buck

Yep, they’re fox.

ktvu.com

You kind of look like an idiot now.

palomino Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:12:26pm

re: #3 Buck

You sure ktvu.com is FOX right?

I mean the word FOX does not seem to appear on the video, and on the website it says Cox Media Group.

However there might be two KTVU channels in San Francisco.

That would be confusing for sure, but there is no way you are just saying FOX because you assume that the bigotry came from FOX, or that you are just slandering FOX.

No way. There must be two channels with the same call sign (in San Francisco)

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Oh ya, and you misspelled San Francisco in your snark line (San Fransisco)

Your dickishness is only rivaled by your schoolmarmishness (spelling errors? really?) and your utter toolness (defending a Fox affiliate like you’re their attorney). Bottom line: you’re a clown.

Skip Intro Sun, Jul 14, 2013 3:18:48pm

re: #2 Shiplord Kirel

The FCC can, and should, fine the station for this. They apparently didn’t originate the prank, but there are such things as due diligence and common sense.

They certainly came up with the names, which they then checked with an NTSB intern.

The point is, who at KTVU wouldn’t have spotted those names as bogus in the first place? That had to get past at least a couple of people to make it on the air.

They’ve got some ‘splainin to do, and so far they’re just digging the hole deeper.

Varek Raith Sun, Jul 14, 2013 8:09:53pm

re: #3 Buck

5 seconds of searching shows it’s a fox station.
Why so quick on the defense? I mean, this is something we could all agree on as being stupid on their part and the NTSB’s intern.

wheat-dogghazi Mon, Jul 15, 2013 10:46:51pm

Asiana Airlines is suing KTVU-TV for defamation. latimes.com

Meanwhile, Erik Wemple at the Washington Post calls the lawsuit “idiotic,” because, you know, everyone could tell it was only a joke. Wemple does justly point out that the airline should be worried about the three kids who died and many other passengers injured than some dumb cluck’s idea of a joke.

washingtonpost.com

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