Sum Ting Wong

[emsvitil]

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/07/12/bay-area-fox-affiliate-pranked-into-reporting-fake-names-of-sfo-plane-crash-pilots/

OAKLAND (CBS SF) – Bay Area Fox affiliate KTVU-TV was apparently duped into releasing fake names of the four pilots aboard Asiana flight 214 during Saturday's deadly crash.
In their Friday noon newscast, anchor Tori Campbell announced that Captain Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk and Bang Ding Ow were the crew members involved in the incident.

[Wainiha]

You have to be a moron or robot not to catch that on the teleprompter.

[Cheesemaker]

[Rocksurfer]

Just another news organization trying to get their news exclusive without really checking the source or the information given.

[emsvitil]

Here's the video

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/12/asiana-pilots-fake-names-racist_n_3588569.html

[Rocksurfer]

and on youtube

[junya92toy]

I got flagged on yahoo comments for say, asians cant drive, cant fly too it seems.

[junya92toy]

Ya well what idiot confirmed or not would actually believe those were the real names. The media is just as responsible it more than the ntsb

[HogCanyonHopper]

I thought it was hilarious  Say the names with your best accent and a little alarm in your voice 

[kneedownnate]

I saw this and thought there's no way anybody could be that dumb.  Then I just saw a report on a san fran station saying the airline will be suing.  Classic

[abnormaltoy]

there's no way anybody could be that dumb. 

You do realize this happened in California...right.



And it was in Frisco...right?


No offense...well not much anyway.

[HogCanyonHopper]

You do realize this happened in California...right.



And it was in Frisco...right?


No offense...well not much anyway.

you do realize those names were pre-approved by an intern at the NTSB in Washington.....right?

[abnormaltoy]

Shouldn't a professional journalist be able to outwit a beer swilling, barely post pubescent, summer intern? Not in da Cali!


(Washington is worse, imho, than Frisco...)

[David]

Then there is the bright person that typed it into the teleprompter for the news person to read. Talking heads only read whats on the screen, sorta like oblamer does.

[HogCanyonHopper]

 

[David]

What, you no likey my post?

[brainlessfool]

What, you no likey my post?

I do  I do

[David]

I thank you sir!

[Stocker]

Yup,  the airline is going to sue the TV station for 'damaging their reputation'.


Yeah, like their pilots didn't already do that for them....

[Rocksurfer]

..or that heap of burnt rubble sitting at the end of the runway.

[Prismo]

I really want to know who the person was who thought the whole thing up. One of the best practical jokes ever perpetuated. 

[HogCanyonHopper]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XtpYGHJ34w  this guy is funny. I always laugh heartily when I watch his stuff.