KTVU-TV has dismissed at least three veteran producers over
the on-air gaffe involving the fake names of those Asiana airline pilots that
became an instant YouTube hit - and a major embarrassment to the station.
According to sftgate.com, investigative producer Roland
DeWolk, special projects producer Cristina Gastelu and producer Brad Belstock
were all sent packing following an in-house investigation into the July 12
broadcast of four fake names of the pilots involved in the Asiana Flight 214
crash at San Francisco
International Airport
A fourth told colleagues
he was leaving for health reasons.
During its noon newscast on July 12, anchor Tori Campbell
announced that "KTVU has just learned the names of the four pilots who
were on board" the ill-fated plane - then proceeded to read from a
teleprompter while the phony names were displayed on a graphic.
Two days ago, blogs began posting that Cox Communications, KTVU's parent company, had sent copyright infringement notices to YouTube - demanding that the offensive video ofCampbell 's
newscast be removed.
Two days ago, blogs began posting that Cox Communications, KTVU's parent company, had sent copyright infringement notices to YouTube - demanding that the offensive video of
Sources told sfgate.com, the fake names - which had been posted on the
Internet at least two days before - came to the station via e-mail from an
expert source who had provided information to the station in the past.
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