[Sandwich]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqjlhtKIToo

KTVU done goofed.

[X3N0-Life-Form]

Oh dear ...

[Scourge of Ages]

That's probably the best thing.

[BloodEagle]

This is the most glorious piece of news ever broadcast. 

[watsisname]

That's some serious facepalm.gif-worthy material.  And I'd thought that kind of stupidness was confined to SNL skits.

[Dark Hunter]

I've heard the executives at that station are on the warpath over this, and someone (probably several someones) is going to end up fired, just as soon as they figure out who did it.

Me, I wonder how the newscaster managed to read those "names" with a straight face. Of course, she did mention that the names were "confirmed" (and indeed they were, apparently... someone at the NTSB is probably also getting fired), so...

[FlamingCobra]

[haloboy100]

I get the first and the third name, but what's the pun in the second and fourth ones?

[Lorric]

I get the first and the third name, but what's the pun in the second and fourth ones?

Second: we too low (plane crashing)

And the last one I think is just getting knocked around inside the plane. bang ding ow.

[Rodo]

So... which is the best one for u guys?
I think I'll go with Wi Tu Lo.
Also, I'm having an urge to know what she said afterwards, or if she ever noticed?

[Scourge of Ages]

Reminds me of this awesome tweet from a week ago:

"Sad day for Irvine. I will miss my friends who I must assume were incinerated in the localized apocalyptic weather."
Melanie (@sfgirl)

But I guess in more of a "typo" way than "somebody deliberately pranking the news" way.

[Klaustrophobia]

wi tu lo.  the others are pretty cliche. 

[deathfun]

The "Holy ****" one with the "We too low" one right after it

That's how it should have been read

[karajorma]

And now someone's getting sued

[BloodEagle]

The company whose plane just crashed, killing three people and injuring over one hundred others, is upset that the mistaken broadcast which was later retracted has harmed their reputation.

 

[Mongoose]

Colbert made that exact same joke tonight.  It's sad when you think about it.

[haloboy100]

Mr. Wishy Washy (Family guy) comes to mind.

[karajorma]

The company whose plane just crashed, killing three people and injuring over one hundred others, is upset that the mistaken broadcast which was later retracted has harmed their reputation.

 

To play Devil's Advocate for a bit, why should we let people get away with turning the death of three people into a racist joke?

Sure, in this case it seems like they're going after the wrong people. But if we're talking about the principle of the thing....

[Lorric]

I don't think it's a racist joke. They're just playing with the names, it's got nothing to do with the race. It's just juevenile garbage, though in disgustingly bad taste.

[StarSlayer]

The company whose plane just crashed, killing three people and injuring over one hundred others, is upset that the mistaken broadcast which was later retracted has harmed their reputation.

 

To play Devil's Advocate for a bit, why should we let people get away with turning the death of three people into a racist joke?

Sure, in this case it seems like they're going after the wrong people. But if we're talking about the principle of the thing....

Its pretty certain that the station is going to be hunting down and canning those responsible.  Heck if a third party wants to make an issue of it that's fine, but Asiana filling its coffers and trying to deflect attention after being responsible for a plane crash isn't really principled in my book.