'Sum Ting Wong' named by news station as Asiana pilot

[wayne1218]

San Jose television news station KTVU reported the names of the flight crew of Asiana flight 214 that crash landed in San Francisco this week -- except they were fake.

KTVU reported the fake names were "confirmed by the NTSB." The list of racist names included a number of Asian stereotype names that sound like phrases when spoken aloud.

The station quickly apologized for the error, but maintained that the National Transportation Safety Board had confirmed the list of names.



"Earlier in the newscast we gave some names of pilots involved in the Asiana Airlines crash. These names were not accurate despite an NTSB official in Washington confirming them late this morning. We apologize for the error."


The list of clearly fake names included Captain Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk and Bang Ding Ow.

[wayne1218]

Is there a dumber TV Station out there than this? How do you not read those names and think twice before reporting that???


On a side note, it was kind of hilarious listening to her read those names out loud. What an idiot!

[jcindaville]

Bahahaha

[Ldawg]

Is there a dumber TV Station out there than this? How do you not read those names and think twice before reporting that???


On a side note, it was kind of hilarious listening to her read those names out loud. What an idiot!

The reporter got her Journalism degree from UMass! Maybe they don't know that many Asians on the eastside

Her favorite Asian style soup is, Cream of Sum Yung Gui

[wayne1218]

The reporter got her Journalism degree from UMass! Maybe they don't know that many Asians on the eastside

I take it you've never heard of China Town in Boston dawg?

[kbsooner21]

[Ldawg]

Wasn't that funny

[insidethe8thpol]

As funny as it is, its not funny.

With all of the people working in a news station, are you going to sit there and tell me not 1 of them didnt think something was up when they read the names ??

[NEJAKE]

This is actually unbelievable, all they are are talking heads. Sad really

[robby_morini]

As funny as it is, its not funny.

With all of the people working in a news station, are you going to sit there and tell me not 1 of them didnt think something was up when they read the names ??

What's even sadder is that the NTSB confirmed the names. The only problem was that it was a summer intern at the NTSB that confirmed the names. A tragedy like this and the NTSB lets a summer intern speak on their behalf.

I know it happened on a weekend but damn!

NTSB Intern Mistakenly Confirmed To KTVU Wrong Asiana Names, Statement Says

[garth]

It is inconceivable. What would be interesting to know is who actually initiated the debacle. Obviously, a lot of people fvked up along the way, but somebody had to dream it up and get the ball rolling.