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KTVU producers fired over Asiana pilots' fake names
KTVU-TV has dismissed at least three veteran producers over the on-air gaffe involving the fake names of those Asiana airline pilots that became an instant YouTube hit - and a major embarrassment to the station. (www.sfgate.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Fact-checking isn't that hard, but it seems failing to properly vet stories can cost a lot.
I guess I am insensitive and refuse to try and be PC anymore, but I though it was funny; not so much because of the nameplay, but because news media was trying to get all the latest info, without even checking, and just breathless, like a druggie needing a fix. Loosen up a little bit people, and enjoy life a little.
What made the whole episode funny was the stark seriousness with whcih she rhymed off the names...like her station had just scooped CNN and the rest of the world :)
Yes, KTVU's Producer's rush to get the names they were given by a "trusted source" verifed by the NTSB, and then on-air, was to simply "scoop" other media outlets. Haste Makes Waste. The "Perfect Storm" of bad info from a "trusted source", the poor judgement of a "Proverbial (NTSB) 'Intern'", and a 'Team Player" News Anchor, allowed this to happen, with the complicity of the station "Producers", of course !
I thought it was hilarious. But the reason heads needed to roll for this is that it suggests severe incompetence on many levels. Everyone knows that you can's say that kind of thing on a "real" news broadcast, somehow it slipped by the guy who took the names from the NTSB, the guy who wrote the script, the producer who approved the script, the guy who typed it into the teleprompter and, oh yeah... the professional broadcaster who read it on television.
This little incident almost transcends political correctness. Even if the names weren't offensive to a huge number of people... They thought that those were real names! What..... Who... How did they...?
If I owned that station I would be very interested in what the hell the people I'm paying are doing over there.
This little incident almost transcends political correctness. Even if the names weren't offensive to a huge number of people... They thought that those were real names! What..... Who... How did they...?
If I owned that station I would be very interested in what the hell the people I'm paying are doing over there.
With ya all the way Preacher :)
No news no job syndrome. I once read that a good journo wants three independent sources. I don't agree on the lighten up a little. If there were no deaths or injuries then fine. No..cannot agree with you.