In article >,
says...
>
> Just how dumb can the news media be when the San Francisco TV station
> listed the names of the pilots of the crashed aircraft.
>
> One of many links
> http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...v-over-2056462
> San Francisco's KTVU Channel 2 news incorrectly named the crew of the
> doomed Boeing 777, which crashed killing three people, as Sum Ting
> Wong, Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk and Bang Ding Ow
>
>
> Didn't anyone look at the copy? No one thought it was a joke? The
> talking head just read the names as if they were real. Another person
> had to actually type the names to appear on the screen too.
>
> I can understand the joke when we were in junior high about Won Hung
> Lo, but this takes it to a much higher level of dumbness.

I saw it on one of my RSS feeds. I did get a slight chuckle out of it
but here's what I know about news media:

They'll do the LEAST amount of checking on a story, particularly
televison news media. They're pretty easy to game too. Don't ask me how
I know that.