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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUnbelievable!!! SF Fox affiliate KTVU reads the names of the pilots on Asiana 214
If you need any proof that we get news that are biased and less than accurate
http://sfist.com/2013/07/12/ktvu_names_asiana_pilots_ho_lee_fuk.php
I wonder how many viewers caught this!!
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Unbelievable!!! SF Fox affiliate KTVU reads the names of the pilots on Asiana 214 (Original Post)
judy
Jul 2013
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Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)1. Oakland, California
Auggie
(31,173 posts)2. Doesn't anyone check for dupes anymore?
No, I didn't check
Happy Saturday
Cirque du So-What
(25,941 posts)3. I'd bet balls to biscuits
that the Asian and Asian American viewers took notice. Hell, I'm offended, and I'm not even within that demographic - either ethnically or geographically.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)5. It's a dupe and somewhat racially insensitive but I don't care
I could see it a hundred times and still think it was funny. Plus it points out how incompetent the "news" bidness is.
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)7. I'm going to hell right along with you