My thought is that this all ties into the 24/7 news cycle and all the competition local stations are getting from cable and internet news outlets.
So in their zeal to be first with information, they are seldom the best
A government agency confirmed it so it must be accurate? Really. And the best part-the station just leaves logic and common sense at the door in order to get the pilot's names out to the public first....
Journalism is a lost art, and I really fear it will never be re-discovered.
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You probably remember KTVU’s royal eff up with reading obviously fake Asian names for the pilots of the Asiana crash. Names like “Wi To Lo” and “Ho Lee Fuk”.
It looks like a Korean news agency is having some fun at KTVU’s expense. After the landing gear failure of the Southwest flight at LGA they showed this graphic with American pilot names “Captain Kent Parker Wright”, “Co-Captain Wyatt Wooden Workman”.
They even went as far as making up fake names for people to interview. Flight instructor “Heywood U. Flye-Moore” and skeptical passenger “Macy Lawyers”.
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I thought it was very funny. How stupid do you have to be to believe the names are real!
I'm sure the guy at the NTSB thought it was a joke. The joke is on the press that act as if they know more then us little people. What a bunch of chumps!ut:
And before some one tells me not to laugh at this or I'm insensitive. I fly large aircraft for a living. I've had friends hurt in aircraft and lost a couple in accidents. My heart goes out to the passengers and crew. Excepcaly to the pilots who's life will be a living hell from now on.-
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Have to ask, do you look for these in your idle moments or do folks send you the links.
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Hella funny & very sad all at the same time. The stupidity it took for that to get on air is beyond my comprehension.
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