Perhaps I was a bit premature when I accused KTVU TV in San Francisco of not checking the facts before reporting that the names of the pilots on board the Asiana airlines flight that recently crashed in that city were “Sum Ting Wong,” “Wi Tu Lo,” Ho Lee Fuk,” and “Bang Ding Ow.” Apparently, the station got that false information directly from the National Transportation Safety Board (“NTSB”).
Within less than thirty-six hours after the incident not only had KTVU’s management apologized (multiple times), but so also had the NTSB. The NTSB also admitted that a “summer intern” had “acted outside the scope of his authority” and had quite intentionally provided false information to the news agency.
It’s convenient to blame this all on a “summer intern.” But we are talking about the NTSB, an agency of our government that we trust in times of crisis to investigate such things, and we presume that the information they give us is accurate and will be helpful.
So once again, trust in our U.S. federal government has been violated. It fits a pattern. It’s similar to the U.S. Department of Justice, an agency that we trust to investigate and prosecute crimes fairly and equitably, having spent our tax dollars to fund “protestors” at the trial of George Zimmerman. It also falls in line with the IRS using its power to target and harass religious and educational groups who articulate opinions that are different from President Obama’s. It is despicable and it is should not be tolerated.
Follow up to follow up
SEOUL, South Korea
(AP) — Asiana said Monday that it will sue a San Francisco
TV station that damaged the airline’s reputation by using bogus and racially
offensive names for four pilots on a plane that crashed earlier this month in
San Francisco.
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