Pranked TV Station Reports “Ho Lee Fuk,” “Wi Tu Lo” As SF Crash Pilots

[DwightShrute]

http://deadspin.com/pranked-tv-station-reports-ho-lee-fuk-wi-tu-lo-as-758955806

Pranked TV Station Reports “Ho Lee Fuk,” “Wi Tu Lo” As SF Crash Pilots

Bay Area Fox affiliate KTVU purportedly learned the names of the flight crew of Asiana flight 214, which crashed last Saturday at San Francisco International Airport, killing two. These—"Sum Ting Wong," "Wi Tu Lo," "Ho Lee Fuk," and "Bang Ding Ow"—are not their names. The newscaster's credulous reading puts it over the top.
This aired just after noon, local time. Via Gawker, the station read a statement later in the broadcast:

Earlier in the newscast we gave some names of pilots involved in the Asiana Airlines crash. These names were not accurate despite an NTSB official in Washington confirming them late this morning. We apologize for the error.

[daneault23]

see this all over the internet now. All I can think of is Anchorman.

[tony_come]

Bang Ding Ow have my vote

[GamblerSpirit]

Ho Lee Fuk Captain Bang Ding Ow Sum Ting Wong Wi Tu Lo

[Kermit]

You have to be fukking kidding me. That can't be real.

[downsouth]

Wow. Just shows how stupid media can be at times. Funny shit though

[MoneyLineDawg]

So fukkin funny.....

[DwightShrute]

You have to be fukking kidding me. That can't be real.

someone lost their job or got demoted for airing that I am certain

[DwightShrute]

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/13/19447725-ntsb-says-intern-mistakenly-confirmed-racially-offensive-fake-names-of-asiana-pilots?lite

[swordsandtequila]

Post of the year.

[Ghenghis Kahn]

lol she can't be that dumb. i mean seriously, is she a robot?

[lesterdymond]

That's a page out of Howard Stern's book!

Nice.

[Art Vandelay]

Hilarious! Even more so since it actually was read as a serious story on the news in our nations 4th largest TV market (SF/Oakland)! And now Asiana has wind of it and is looking to sure the station and the NTSB. If this skit was put on SNL the cast would nix it for being too corny, yet it actually made the air as a real story! You gotta love it!

[Mikail]

You have to be fukking kidding me. That can't be real.

Oh it's real. Real fukkin funny! lol

[Kermit]

Oh it's real. Real fukkin funny! lol

Definitely funny


Just seems a bit odd that they would give out the names of the pilots in the first place. When do you ever see that?

[Kermit]

Uh Oh.

Wi Su Yu

[Roadtrip635]

Here is the full on air apology from the TV Station

[CarpeDime]

its kind of their fault though, for having fuked up names to begin with

i mean look, if your whole fukin country is named ching chong dong ching wang tong ming, then yeah your gonna get people fukin making fun of you on the national stage

you dont want to get made fun of? have normal names

you want to keep your freaky weird-a*s names? dont complain when people make fun of you

common sense

[Kermit]

Those names are about as racially slanderous as someone named Jack Mehoff or Willy Phister.

[TheMoneyShot]

Ho Lee Fuk

She says Holy Fooooook

Just say FUK!!!

[rkelly110]

It was funny as hell when reading the names, but having a serious news caster say it, had me rolling.

[Bluehorseshoe]

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Hysterical

[Kermit]

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Hysterical

Ha Yu Lan Dis Tang

[CarpeDime]

Ha Yu Lan Dis Tang

[stevenash]

That's a page out of Howard Stern's book!

Nice.

Opie and Anthony did a 15 minute bit this morning on this.
Can't believe they fell for the oldest third grade prank in the book.
Even a third grader doesn't fall for that.

[DwightShrute]

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Hysterical

[Sledge187]

I was the first to post this in players talk.

[Kermit]

I was the first to post this in players talk.

Yeah, 3 days after this thread was created. What is your point?

[The Kraken]

real life trolls

[chipper]

I think my favorite is "Captain Sum Ting Wong".. too funny !!!

[Fidel_CashFlow]

u could tell she hated readin those names off