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    San Francisco plane crash:

    TV station apologises for broadcasting fake racially offensive pilot names

    Tori Campbell, a presenter on KTVU, a San Francisco Bay Area station, read the fake names on air on Friday. Her report was accompanied with a graphic listing the fake names.

    “KTVU has just learned the names of the four pilots who were on board the flight,” Ms Campbell said.

    “They are
    Captain Sum Ting Wong,
    Wi Tu Lo,
    Ho Lee Fuk
    and
    Bang Ding Ow.

    And the NTSB has confirmed these are the names of the pilots on board flight 214 when it crashed. We are working to determine exactly what roles each of them played during the landing on Saturday.”

    The report was read out despite the names of both pilots being confirmed earlier this week as Lee Jeong-min and Lee Gangguk, both from South Korea.
    How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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    KUATB

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      #3
      I can see why some people might consider that prank offensive, but why is it _racially_ offensive?
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        #4
        Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
        I can see why some people might consider that prank offensive, but why is it _racially_ offensive?
        Fuk Nos?

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          #5
          Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
          I can see why some people might consider that prank offensive, but why is it _racially_ offensive?
          Because it mocks Chinese/Korean names. I can't imagine most Koreans would actually be offended though.

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            #6
            Originally posted by mudskipper View Post
            Because it mocks Chinese/Korean names. I can't imagine most Koreans would actually be offended though.
            So, South Park can be done for it as well?

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              #7
              The only place the word "racially" is used is in the Telegraph story. It's not in the NTSB statement nor in the TV station's apology.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Judge Fred View Post
                Fuk Nos?
                Fuk Nos doesn't know either. His friend Nos Ere Ting does though..

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                  #9
                  It's not as if these names don't exist in real life

                  Kim Yoo-Suk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

                  http://www.oddee.com/item_96755.aspx
                  Coffee's for closers

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                    Prof. Wan King - United Kingdom | LinkedIn
                    "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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