Sad... But funny at the same time!

Robert Lofgren

Robert Lofgren

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Asiana Pilots names from KTVU News - YouTube 8O~8-O~:shock:

On today’s Noon newscast on KTVU, the station claimed it had “just learned the names of the 4 pilots on board” Asiana flight 214 which crashed last Saturday. But the station was given bad information that made it all the way into the newscast. If you read the names it becomes immediately clear this is a joke, which went unnoticed by the newsroom, producers and the anchor.

You’ll recall earlier this week, KTVU touted its coverage as being not only first, but “100% accurate.”

“Being first on air and on every platform in all aspects of our coverage was a great accomplishment, but being 100% accurate, effectively using our great sources and social media without putting a single piece of erroneous information on our air, is what we are most proud of as a newsroom,” said News Director Lee Rosenthal at the time.
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Randy Gartner said:
How is it that no one in that news room caught something that obvious?
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Yes, but hear this what the station then says to excuse themself:
“First, we never read the names out loud, phonetically sounding them out,” he said. “Then, during our phone call to the NTSB where the person confirmed the spellings of the names, we never asked that person to give us their position with the agency.
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Did they use telepathy to communicate those names?!
 
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John Roberts said:
The airline is reportedly suing the station over defaming the airline. Not to mention their lack of cultural sensitivity.

JR
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This lawsuit is an opportune diversion for Asiana airline to deflect attention away from the fact that they defamed themselves by having pathetically incompetent pilots who crashed a perfectly good 777 in fair weather.
 
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John Norris said:
This lawsuit is an opportune diversion for Asiana airline to deflect attention away from the fact that they defamed themselves by having pathetically incompetent pilots who crashed a perfectly good 777 in fair weather.
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I think it will take more than this to change the subject. It is clear the pilots did not have much time on that platform. Some argue that the increasing automation in flying the big planes these days causes a deterioration of "seat of the pants" flying skills. I'll wait for the final report on this one too.

JR
 
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