*This such a classic, this will be around the internet for decades !!!!*****
*This apparently is for real, and the TV station fell for it hook, line and sinker. See retractions to the story below from the TV station and from the NTSB***** *Ron Burgundy, eat your heart out!!!!!!***** *D***** http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VqjlhtKIToo#at=13**** **** KTVU has *apologized profusely*, but nothing’s really going to make this one go away.**** The Oakland, California station reported that there were four pilots on the Asiana Airlines flight that crashed at San Francisco International. Here are the names they aired:**** **** [image: null]**** **** Here’s the KTVU anchor writing, signing and stamping her one-way ticket to the *Ron Burgundy* <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sABVhW1tc14> Hall of Fame:**** **** http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VqjlhtKIToo#at=13**** **** Bonus points: KTVU claims the NTSB confirmed those names, though I’m guessing the “officials” the station spoke to in D.C. were named Hugh Jass and Pat McGroin.**** **** **** Posted: 3:39 p.m. Friday, July 12, 2013**** KTVU Apology for Friday Noon report**** **· ** http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/ktvu-apology-friday-noon-report/nYpSg/**** On Friday evening, KTVU Channel 2 issued the following on-air apology.**** On Friday, July 12, during the KTVU Channel 2 Noon newscast, we misidentified the pilots in the Asiana Airlines crash. **** We made several mistakes when we received this information. First, we never read the names out loud, phonetically sounding them out.**** 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.**** We heard this person verify the information without questioning who they were and then rushed the names on our noon newscast. **** Shortly before 6 p.m. Friday, the NTSB issued the following statement:**** *The National Transportation Safety Board apologizes for inaccurate and offensive names that were mistakenly confirmed as those of the pilots. A summer intern acted outside the scope of his authority when he erroneously confirmed the names of the flight crew on the aircraft. We work hard to ensure that only appropriate factual information regarding an investigation is released and deeply regret today's incident. Appropriate actions will be taken to ensure that such a serious error is not repeated.***** The full NTSB statement can be found here<http://www.ntsb.gov/news/2013/130712.html> .**** Even with this statement from the NTSB, KTVU accepts full responsibility for this mistake.**** We issued an apology later in the noon newscast, and we also apologized on our website and on our social media sites.**** We have a lot of good people here at KTVU Channel 2. We pride ourselves on getting it right and having the highest of standards and integrity.**** Clearly, on Friday, that didn't happen. So again, from everyone here at KTVU, we offer our sincerest apology.**** **** NTSB Press Release**** National Transportation Safety Board *Office of Public Affairs***** ------------------------------ NTSB statement on erroneous confirmation of crew names **** July 12**** http://www.ntsb.gov/news/2013/130712.html**** The National Transportation Safety Board apologizes for inaccurate and offensive names that were mistakenly confirmed as those of the pilots of Asiana flight 214, which crashed at San Francisco International Airport on July 6.**** Earlier today, in response to an inquiry from a media outlet, a summer intern acted outside the scope of his authority when he erroneously confirmed the names of the flight crew on the aircraft.**** The NTSB does not release or confirm the names of crewmembers or people involved in transportation accidents to the media. We work hard to ensure that only appropriate factual information regarding an investigation is released and deeply regret today's incident.**** Appropriate actions will be taken to ensure that such a serious error is not repeated.**** Office of Public Affairs 490 L'Enfant Plaza, SW Washington, DC 20594 (202) 314-6100 Kelly Nantel**** ** ** __._,_.___ __,_._,___ -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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