The Fox News local affiliate in San
Francisco that stupidly allowed a racist joke to be reported as fact regarding
the Asiana Airlines plane crash is now reportedly trying to scrub the Internet
of all video and audio recordings of the embarrassing faux pas.
But in their attempt to ask You Tube
users and news organizations to take down any links to the miscue, KTVU-TV has drawn
renewed attention to the on-air incident and has apparently caused some
websites and bloggers to counter the effort.
If you haven’t heard this one, KTVU
fell for a gag when they somehow thought a prank was inside information on the
names of the four Korean pilots aboard the plane that crashed upon landing. For
example, the anchorwoman reported with a straight face that one pilot was named
“Sum Ting Wong.”
So far, no one from the station has
been fired. But the airline plans to sue and online commentators have
speculated that it may serve as the worst on-air mistake ever made by a TV news
outlet.
If you want to see just how
ridiculous this error was, you can watch the clip here.