Did She Really Just Say That?
FAIL – She Really DID Just Say That!
Are you kidding me? Yes this news anchor really said this on national TV.
‘Ho Lee Fuk’ Someone (who might no longer have a job) pranked San Francisco TV station into reporting fabricated names of Asiana pilots!
A Fox affiliate, the San Francisco powerhouse station KTVU, is dealing with the fallout of a major error on Friday. During their noon broadcast, a report on the deadly Asiana Airlines crash took a turn for the unintentionally offensive when they broadcast the names of pilots in charge of that flight. The mangled Asian-sounding names were, in fact, thinly-disguised expletives mocking the sentiments expressed by the crash victims and their families.
The supposed names of the crash victims broadcast on KTVU included “Sum Ting Wong,” “Ho Lee Fuk,” and “Bang Ding Ow.”
A KTVU anchor later apologized for the error. She said that the names were inaccurate in spite of the fact that a National Transpiration Safety Board spokesperson confirming them.
Related articles
- ‘Ho Lee Fuk’: Someone Pranked San Francisco TV Station Into Reporting Fabricated Names Of Asiana Pilots (mediaite.com)
- Fox Affiliate KTVU Apologizes For Racist Asiana Airlines Reporting Error (deadline.com)
- Anchor Fail: KTVU Gives Glaringly Wrong Asiana Pilot Names (newsy.com)
- San Francisco TV Station, NTSB Issue Apologies Following Asiana Airlines Prank (newyork.cbslocal.com)
- Asiana Airlines considering legal action over fake pilot names (kgw.com)
- KTVU pranked during SFO crash, reports Captain’s names ‘Sum Ting Wong’ and ‘Wi Tu Lo’ (pix11.com)
- KTVU apologizes after on-air gaffe of Asiana pilot names (usatoday.com)
MLB Team Values
Major League Baseballs Team Values Posted by Forbes
These are the most current Team Values for each Major League Team calculated in March 2013
| Rank | Team | Current Value ($mil) | 1-Yr Value Change (%) | Debt/Value (%) |
Revenue ($mil) | Operating Income ($mil) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
New York Yankees |
2,300 | 24 | 2 | 471 | 1.4 |
| 2 |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
1,615 | 15 | 26 | 245 | 3.2 |
| 3 |
Boston Red Sox |
1,312 | 31 | 18 | 336 | 23.9 |
| 4 |
Chicago Cubs |
1,000 | 14 | 58 | 274 | 32.1 |
| 5 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
893 | 24 | 20 | 279 | .6 |
| 6 |
New York Mets |
811 | 13 | 53 | 232 | -2.4 |
| 7 |
San Francisco Giants |
786 | 22 | 12 | 262 | 17.6 |
| 8 |
Texas Rangers |
764 | 13 | 48 | 239 | -8.7 |
| 9 |
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim |
718 | 9 | 3 | 239 | -12.9 |
| 10 |
St Louis Cardinals |
716 | 21 | 38 | 239 | 19.9 |
| 11 |
Chicago White Sox |
692 | 15 | 6 | 216 | 22.9 |
| 12 |
Seattle Mariners |
644 | 10 | 0 | 215 | 12.9 |
| 13 |
Detroit Tigers |
643 | 35 | 28 | 238 | -.4 |
| 14 |
Washington Nationals |
631 | 31 | 40 | 225 | 28.4 |
| 15 |
Atlanta Braves |
629 | 24 | 0 | 225 | 12.4 |
| 16 |
Houston Astros |
626 | 14 | 36 | 196 | 24.7 |
| 17 |
Baltimore Orioles |
618 | 34 | 24 | 206 | 30.1 |
| 18 |
San Diego Padres |
600 | 31 | 50 | 189 | 29.9 |
| 19 |
Arizona Diamondbacks |
584 | 31 | 24 | 195 | 7.6 |
| 20 |
Minnesota Twins |
578 | 13 | 17 | 214 | 10.8 |
| 21 |
Toronto Blue Jays |
568 | 38 | 0 | 203 | -4.8 |
| 22 |
Milwaukee Brewers |
562 | 25 | 21 | 201 | 9.0 |
| 23 |
Cleveland Indians |
559 | 36 | 20 | 186 | 22.9 |
| 24 |
Cincinnati Reds |
546 | 29 | 9 | 202 | 20.9 |
| 25 |
Colorado Rockies |
537 | 16 | 13 | 199 | 18.7 |
| 26 |
Miami Marlins |
520 | 16 | 29 | 195 | -7.1 |
| 27 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
479 | 43 | 27 | 178 | 26.8 |
| 28 |
Oakland Athletics |
468 | 46 | 19 | 173 | 27.5 |
| 29 |
Kansas City Royals |
457 | 29 | 11 | 169 | 16.3 |
| 30 |
Tampa Bay Rays |
451 | 40 | 26 | 167 | 10.0 |
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- Forbes: MLB teams see historic surge in values (espn.go.com)
- Shrewd Business Decisions Drive Baseball Values Up 23% (breitbart.com)
- 2013 Predictions and Useless Guesses (thebaseballhaven.mlblogs.com)
- MLB Twitter Handles and Follower Counts (sportsnetworker.com)
- Forbes: Yanks are MLB’s most valuable franchise (sportsillustrated.cnn.com)
- Forbes survey ranks Cubs as most-profitable team in MLB (suntimes.com)
- The List: 2013 Forbes MLB Teams Value (everyjoe.com)
- Evan Roberts’ 2013 MLB Season Preview And Predictions (newyork.cbslocal.com)
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