Intern for NTSB confirms list of racist joke names for crashed plane pilots

[enhanced_deficit]

and those are broadcasted by TV channel :

Summer intern for NTSB apparently confirms list of racist joke names for crew members of crashed plane (http://www.boston.com/news/source/2013/07/summer_intern_for_ntsb_apparently_confirms_list_of _racist_na.html)


http://www.boston.com/news/source/2013/07/summer_intern_for_ntsb_apparently_confirms_list_of _racist_na.html



https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BO_xJi7CcAA1HJE.jpg

[Matt Collins]

Are these really racist?


And besides, this is however just further proof that the media just parrots what the government feeds it without any sort of independent research.

[Brian4Liberty]

As reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, it soon became clear that the names were fakes and possibly meant to make fun of the fact that many of the passengers on Saturday's crash were Asian:

Oh, FFS. This PC bullshit has become insane. They were punked, and now they are trying to make it into some kind of racist hate crime. The name of the airline is Asiana, from Korea. Should a person doing a hoax have used Scottish names?

[Brian4Liberty]

The real question is whether the intern thought it was funny or was in on the joke, or if the intern was just that incompetent. If it's the latter, they may have a future in management.

[kcchiefs6465]

Oh, FFS. This PC bullshit has become insane. They were punked, and now they are trying to make it into some kind of racist hate crime. The name of the airline is Asiana, from Korea. Should a person doing a hoax have used Scottish names?
The names were actually the entire reason it was funny. May the dead rest in peace but let's be honest, that was hilarious. Mainly at how damn dumb the anchor/editors were.

Occam's Banana had a very good post in the other thread that should be transferred. Matt touched on it a little but this is very troubling to have happened.

[ClydeCoulter]

The names were actually the entire reason it was funny. May the dead rest in peace but let's be honest, that was hilarious. Mainly at how damn dumb the anchor/editors were.

Occam's Banana had a very good post in the other thread that should be transferred. Matt touched on it a little but this is very troubling to have happened.

Here it is:


It's got nothing to with perceptiveness. It's got everything to do with the deliberate and willful supression of perception in favor of what some "government official" told them (in this case, a "summer intern," no less!).

Notice that the professional teleprompter reader went out of her way to pronounce "Ho Lee Fuk" as "Holy Fook" instead of "Holy Fuck." There is just no way that was accidental - or that it did not prompt any "hey, waitaminnit" reactions in the minds of the producers, etc.

The problem is not that they do this because they are dumb. They are not.

The problem is that they do this despite the fact that they are not dumb. That is a much bigger and more serious problem.

IOW: They know better - but they do it anyway, because the government told them so. "We're gonna repeat this as if it were serious, despite our perception that it is stupid & fake - because it is what some bureaucrat told us."

[enhanced_deficit]

Are these really racist?


And besides, this is however just further proof that the media just parrots what the government feeds it without any sort of independent research.

Headline also is telling.

"
Summer intern for NTSB confirms ...incorret joke names"

as opposed to

"TV channel broadcasts ...incorret joke names"



In other media journalism quality headlines:

"Summer interns at CIA apparently confirmed that Iraq had WMDs"

[juleswin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MXBm93jQNk

Video of the fake names read on TV. Do not watch it with food in your mouth :)

[enhanced_deficit]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MXBm93jQNk

Video of the fake names read on TV. Do not watch it with food in your mouth :)

How could the news anchor miss second name on list "we too low" while she was reading it?

[Occam's Banana]

How could the news anchor miss second name on list "we too low" while she was reading it?

She didn't miss it. Just as she did not miss Ho Lee Fuk / "Holy Fuck" (deliberately pronouncing Fuk as "Fook" rather than "Fuck").

But they thought it was a government-approved list. Some "official" (actually just a summer intern, it turns out) at a government bureaucracy had "confirmed" the names. Therefore, the producers put it on her teleprompter and she read it - all of them knowing full well how ridiculous it sounded.

That's my theory, anyway.

[CPUd]

These local news stations seem to be vulnerable when it comes to social media. It gives me some good ideas about how to get some messaging across when the internet gives them some love:

- show people how dependant the press is on govt.
- give the local stations a good reason to go back to real journalism

[Don Lapre]

I'm calling BS on the "summer intern" dealie.

So what is the name of the supposed intern who fooled the TV station?


Not buying it.

[donnay]

I'm calling BS on the "summer intern" dealie.

So what is the name of the supposed intern who fooled the TV station?


Not buying it.


Lei Ying Lo Dum Gai

[A Son of Liberty]

I'm calling BS on the "summer intern" dealie.

So what is the name of the supposed intern who fooled the TV station?

Hoo Flung Poo?

[angelatc]

edited - sorry for dupe thread. Searched "NTSB" and "fake names" but couldn't find it.

[phill4paul]

And between the bullshit PC and the tragedy will be lost how the MSM is nothing more than mouthpieces of the alphabet agencies.

[angelatc]

And as a result, at least one station aired this graphic:



https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BO_xJi7CcAA1HJE.jpg

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/13/19447725-ntsb-says-intern-mistakenly-confirmed-racially-offensive-fake-names-of-asiana-pilots

[DamianTV]

Couple other threads on this...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YU2m3xf99R4

[pcosmar]

Everything I have come to expect from the Media and Government agencies.

and some bright kid has just been saved from a career in government service.

[Contumacious]

And as a result, at least one station aired this graphic:



https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BO_xJi7CcAA1HJE.jpg


LOL. Funny shit.

.

[nobody's_hero]

Take the point about media just parroting the gov't and run with it. I say that's the most relevant lesson to take away from this.

Forget the alleged racism, or whether it was tasteful or not. All you need to know is that media laps up everything the gov't throws at them and never gives it a second look.

*Activating the Ben Swann bat light.*

[Tod]

racist?

http://www.bored.com/namehumor/

Aaron D. Tires

Anita Alibi

Barb Dwyer

Eileen Dover

[pcosmar]

More,, MOHR

http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/photos/18-horrible-real-names
http://www.happyplace.com/3683/fagley-dork-man-has-worst-name-of-all-time

[Dr.3D]

racist?

http://www.bored.com/namehumor/

Aaron D. Tires

Anita Alibi

Barb Dwyer

Eileen Dover




Dick Lapin
Sherwood Likit

[Jackie Moon]

Are these really racist?

And besides, this is however just further proof that the media just parrots what the government feeds it without any sort of independent research.

Agree. Maybe it's because I'm not Asian, but I don't see that as racist.


She didn't miss it. Just as she did not miss Ho Lee Fuk / "Holy Fuck" (deliberately pronouncing Fuk as "Fook" rather than "Fuck").

But they thought it was a government-approved list. Some "official" (actually just a summer intern, it turns out) at a government bureaucracy had "confirmed" the names. Therefore, the producers put it on her teleprompter and she read it - all of them knowing full well how ridiculous it sounded.

That's my theory, anyway.

That's what I thought too. As much as we make fun of news anchors they still had to have known that those names didn't sound right.

I'm guessing that they all talked to each other about how those names were ridiculous and couldn't be correct, but they went with it anyway because it was "confirmed by the NTSB".

[Tod]

Peter Bender

[puppetmaster]

Names are inherently racist are they not?

[Antischism]

I must admit, those names made me laugh.

[Peace Piper]

And now for breaking news we switch to the other side of the Pacific.

From the Irradiated Zone around Fukushima, here's our reporter on the spot, Wai-Yu So Tan...

[oyarde]

Ho Lee Fuk sounds legitimate to me , I have meet him a few times.

[enhanced_deficit]

Names are inherently racist are they not?

They can be.

[Dr.3D]

Now I understand, the airline is thinking about suing over this.