# Oh God- Anchor straight reads racist joke names of Asiana pilots **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 13, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-anchor-straight-reads-racist-joke-names-of-asiana-pilots/663380 "2013-07-13T01:59:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-anchor-straight-reads-racist-joke-names-of-asiana-pilots/663380/81 "2013-07-17T14:49:07Z")
All I know is we’re gonna sue **somebody** for **something** here! – I. Fordham Mainchance, Esq. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-anchor-straight-reads-racist-joke-names-of-asiana-pilots/663380/82 "2013-07-17T14:50:13Z")
This is as good a time as any to mention that I am the rightful Emperor of China. My reign-name is Dong Hang Lo. Of the Wang Dynasty. When the monarchists inevitably and soon come to power, then, by Our Vermillion Rescript, the new national anthem of the most ancient and illustrious Middle Kingdom shall be “Mr. Wong Has the Biggest Tong in Chinatown.” Let all men tremble, respect this, and obey without negligence. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-anchor-straight-reads-racist-joke-names-of-asiana-pilots/663380/83 "2013-07-17T16:25:18Z")
I knew it! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-anchor-straight-reads-racist-joke-names-of-asiana-pilots/663380/84 "2013-07-17T19:47:24Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > KTVU says the names were confirmed by NTSB. NTSB says they don’t release pilot names and that a summer intern is responsible. Why would someone go to the trouble of getting an internship at the NTSB and then pull a prank like this? (If this is really what happened.) If I’d been that intern, I wouldn’t have released the joke names; but, if somebody else did and I were called to **confirm** them . . . I don’t think I could have resisted. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-anchor-straight-reads-racist-joke-names-of-asiana-pilots/663380/85 "2013-07-17T20:22:27Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > . . . I’m sure Peter Jennings of \*\*\*ABC World News \*\*\*would NEVER have been fooled by a Howard Stern fan who called in with a blatantly phony “Amos and Andy” black accent, claiming to be witnessing OJ Simpson in his white Bronco. [Somehow I missed this.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZIKe6ROu8I) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-anchor-straight-reads-racist-joke-names-of-asiana-pilots/663380/86 "2013-07-17T20:30:11Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > > [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > > > KTVU says the names were confirmed by NTSB. NTSB says they don’t release pilot names and that a summer intern is responsible. Why would someone go to the trouble of getting an internship at the NTSB and then pull a prank like this? (If this is really what happened.) > > If I’d been that intern, I wouldn’t have released the joke names; but, if somebody else did and I were called to **confirm** them . . . I don’t think I could have resisted. 😃 I read somewhere that the summer intern is no longer working at the NTSB. And my guess is that he can expect not to receive a job offer from them after he graduates. ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-anchor-straight-reads-racist-joke-names-of-asiana-pilots/663380/87 "2013-07-17T21:56:58Z")
The intern probably thought it was a prank call. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-anchor-straight-reads-racist-joke-names-of-asiana-pilots/663380/88 "2013-07-18T02:19:19Z")
Listen to Howard Stern. It’s trivially easy to prank TV news organizations during major news events. The urge to be first trumps accuracy. This was true before TV (Dewey Beats Truman), but newspapers had more time to fact check. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-anchor-straight-reads-racist-joke-names-of-asiana-pilots/663380/89 "2013-07-18T02:22:55Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I read somewhere that the summer intern is no longer working at the NTSB. And my guess is that he can expect not to receive a job offer from them after he graduates. _Job offer?_ Who needs a fucking job offer when talk shows are clamoring for him? I hear _The Onion_ is looking for writers. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-anchor-straight-reads-racist-joke-names-of-asiana-pilots/663380/90 "2013-07-18T17:28:43Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > It is NOT the fault of the Internet. The Internet has only revealed what’s been true all along. > > “Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.” —Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Norvell (June 11, 1807) > > Knoll’s Law of Media Accuracy: Everything you read in the newspapers is absolutely true—except for the rare story of which you happen to have firsthand knowledge. —Erwin Knoll, editor, “The Progressive” > > “… it was the first time that I had seen a person whose profession was telling lies—unless one counts journalists.” —George Orwell, “Homage to Catalonia” (1938)… Or, as my dad likes to say, “Another great story spoiled by an eyewitness!” > [@Enright3](#): > > From that famous law firm Dewey, Cheatem & Howe. Can’t wait to see them square off against the lawyers for the TV station, Dilly Dalley Doolittle & Stahl. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-anchor-straight-reads-racist-joke-names-of-asiana-pilots/663380/91 "2013-07-18T19:29:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Or, as my dad likes to say, “Another great story spoiled by an eyewitness!”\ Heh - I’m going to have to remember that one! ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-anchor-straight-reads-racist-joke-names-of-asiana-pilots/663380/92 "2013-07-25T21:24:19Z")
three producers at the station have been fired. Me So Wong, Wat Da Fuk, Wi Tu Dumb. 3 KTVU Producers Fired for Asiana Airlines Reporting Fiasco > **[3 KTVU Producers Fired for Asiana Airlines Reporting Fiasco](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/news/3-ktvu-producers-fired-asiana-airlines-reporting-fiasco-050000054.html)** > > Roland De Wolk, Cristina Gastelu and Brad Belstock took the fall for an anchor reading offensive, phony names of the ill-fated flight's pilots. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-anchor-straight-reads-racist-joke-names-of-asiana-pilots/663380/93 "2013-07-26T00:21:45Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > _Job offer?_ Who needs a fucking job offer when talk shows are clamoring for him? I hear _The Onion_ is looking for writers. He didn’t write it. But they might have a job for him handling calls from North Korea and confirming stories. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-anchor-straight-reads-racist-joke-names-of-asiana-pilots/663380/94 "2013-07-26T00:30:17Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > He didn’t write it. But they might have a job for him handling calls from North Korea and confirming stories. Shit. I wish I could get into the confirming racket. I’ll confirm _anything_ for a price. ---
**Author:** ![Girlundone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Girlundone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlundone)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-anchor-straight-reads-racist-joke-names-of-asiana-pilots/663380/95 "2013-07-26T01:51:45Z")
Has anyone seen Mike Hunt? ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-anchor-straight-reads-racist-joke-names-of-asiana-pilots/663380/96 "2013-07-26T04:30:13Z")
> [@Girlundone](#): > > Has anyone seen Mike Hunt? I went to school with him. He preferred “Michael”. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-anchor-straight-reads-racist-joke-names-of-asiana-pilots/663380/97 "2013-07-26T07:26:56Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Shit. I wish I could get into the confirming racket. I’ll confirm _anything_ for a price. Are you sure about that? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-anchor-straight-reads-racist-joke-names-of-asiana-pilots/663380/98 "2013-07-26T08:13:20Z")
> [@FeAudrey](#): > > The pilot was senior to his supposed instructor. This was dealt with on an episode of _ **Mayday!** _ A KAL flight came to grief because the first officer was so intimidated by the pilot (who was very senior to him) that he didn’t dare contradict him, even though he knew what he was doing was wrong. It’s apparently a Korean cultural thing… ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-anchor-straight-reads-racist-joke-names-of-asiana-pilots/663380/99 "2013-07-26T11:26:46Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > _Job offer?_ Who needs a fucking job offer when talk shows are clamoring for him? I hear _The Onion_ is looking for writers. Kevin Smith (the movie maker) does a podcast about Hollywood. His partner mentioned the story of the TV Station and pilots names. When he got done laughing he wanted to know who the intern was so he could hire them. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-anchor-straight-reads-racist-joke-names-of-asiana-pilots/663380/100 "2013-07-26T11:48:27Z")
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