Comments on: Wow: KTVU Anchor Thinks Fake, Racist Names Were Asiana 214 Pilots

By: Ander

Ander — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 11:04:29 +0000

The station said they fact-checked the names with the NTSB.
They in turn blamed it on an unpaid intern.
Major fail at every point~

By: Ander

Ander — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 11:02:19 +0000

It was Fox News, after all~

By: bag-o-dicks

bag-o-dicks — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 01:14:16 +0000

It’s not political correctness because nothing on that front page referred to Asians. It’s frustrating that you can’t see that.

By: Jonathan Alpart

Jonathan Alpart — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 11:59:01 +0000

Tao posts about everything and besides, he wasn’t the only person talking about that headline.

By: Anthony Tao

Anthony Tao — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 10:30:05 +0000

Yeah, I get what you’re saying, I’ve written as much in the past (above, the “for worse” link, and there’s a piece in our archives about AAJA/racism), but you’re really a bit too passionate about this issue, don’t you think? Political correctness can be taken too far, but 1) it’s not THAT terrible, and 2) you can exploit it for a chuckle, as I tried (“and failed,” as I suppose several of you commenters would say) with the “subliminal racism?” headline.

By: bag-o-dicks

bag-o-dicks — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 08:58:57 +0000

You KNOW you thought it was racism. That’s why you wrote the blog post!

If I wrote about that, the angle would be “How much of a persecution complex would you have to have to think this headline was about Asians”?

You were like, “Uh oh. This looks bad!”.

By: Anthony Tao

Anthony Tao — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 07:20:15 +0000

You’ll have to highlight where I said Sun-Times was racist. “Subliminal racism, question mark,” I believe was where I came closest, but there’s a big difference between that bit of cheekiness and a sanctimonious demand for an apology.

By: bag-o-dicks

bag-o-dicks — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 06:42:59 +0000

Those names aren’t racist.

And the Sun-Times wasn’t racist either, so you were wrong about that too.

By: Ken

Ken — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 16:57:17 +0000

Someone has to be seriously retarded to believe those names are real. The fact that they’re trying to cover their ass by saying it’s a “mistake” is yet another insult to the audience who they think are too stupid to realize they were trying to pull a fucking lame joke.

By: Youku Dreamz

Youku Dreamz — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 12:37:23 +0000

I guess the Western media falls for shit now and then, too.

By: Amanda R.

Amanda R. — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 08:14:47 +0000

That is totally unacceptable. I hope they track down whoever game them that information and make sure they are fired. But the station also needs some accountability. Those names are obviously fake and the anchor should have realized it the moment they started coming out of her mouth.

By: Jay K.

Jay K. — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 07:52:05 +0000

now this one is fucked up and within reason for the media affiliated to this to issue a statement of apology and dismiss those directly involved.