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http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/8916988/News-show-falls-for-racist-Air-Asiana-joke

 

  



A TV station in the US has apologised after making a jaw-dropping error while reporting on Asiana Flight 214.

The mistake? KTVU told viewers the names of the pilots onboard the crashed plane were

  • "Sum Ting Wong,"
  • "Wi Tu Lo,"
  • "Ho Lee Fuk" and
  • "Bang Ding Ow",

names that were obviously fake and racially offensive.

 

Minutes later, the channel realised it had fallen for a prank.

The producer in charge of the San Francisco show, Brad Belstock, simply tweeted: "oh s***." His Twitter profile then disappeared.

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11 hours ago, Limeaid said:

 

11 hours ago, NoSaint said:

Welcome to 2013. 

 

From the future, I’ll tell you to get excited- the internet has a lot in store for you as you catch up 

Beat me to it.  

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