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>> 11 MINUTE PAST THE HOUR AT
CITI FIELD IN NEW YORK, HOME OF
THE ALL-STAR FAME TOMORROW
NIGHT.
ASIANA AIRLINES PLANS TO SUE A
TELEVISION NEWS STATION IN SAN
FRANCISCO FOR MISTAKENLY
REPORTING FAKE AND RACIALLY
OFFENSIVE NAMES FOR THE PILOT IN
THE DEADLY PLANE CRASH.
THE STATION IS KTVU, FOX 2 FOR
THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA.
IT'S APOLOGIZED FOR AIR THE FAKE
NAMES AND FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS
ALSO APOLOGIZED, SAYING THAT
WHEN THE STATION CALLED IN TO
VERIFY THESE NAMES THEY HAD,
WHICH WERE OBVIOUSLY WRONG, A
SUMMER INTERN ANSWERED THE PHONE
SAID, YES, THOSE ARE THE NAMES.
THAT ANYONE COULD HAVE THOUGHT
THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE NAMES
IF THEY READ THROUGH THEM,
THAT'S ANOTHER MATTER.
BUT KTVU SAYS OUR ANCHORS HAD
NEVER READ THIS UNTIL THEY WERE
READ LIVE.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THEM HERE.
YOU, UNDERSTOOD WHY EVERYBODY
INVOLVED IS EMBARRASSED.
AFTER THE VIDEO NEWSCAST WITH
THE NAMES WENT VIRAL, APOLOGIES
EVERYWHERE.
IT WAS ON THE NOON NEWS THERE IN
THE BAY AREA, AND TRACE
GALLAGHER HAS BEEN WATCHING THIS
FROM THE WEST COAST NEWSROOM.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A LITTLE
DISINGENUOUS TO SAY THAT YOU SEE
THOSE NAMES AND YOU REALIZE,
THAT COULD BE OFFENSIVE TO
SOMEBODY, BUT THE WAY THEY CAME
TOGETHER THERE AND -- IT WAS
TOUGH SITUATION, TRACE.
>> AND YOU KNOW WHAT, SHEP?
WE STILL DON'T KNOW THE
ORIGINATION OF THE GENESIS HOW
THEY GOT THE NAMES BECAUSE THEY
WON'T REVEAL THEIR SOURCE BUT
ACKNOWLEDGE, ONCE THEY GOT THE
LISTS OF NAMES, THEY MADE A
SERIES OF MISTAKES.
THE FIRST ONE IS NOBODY SOUNDED
THEM OUT.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHAIN OF
EVENTS, SOMEBODY HA TO SPEAK
THEM AND WRITE THEM OVER AND
OVER AND YET NOBODY PICKED IT UP
AT ALL.
AND THEN WHEN THEY CALLED THE
NTSB TO CONFIRM, THE STATION DID
NOT REALIZE IT WAS TALKING TO A
SUMMER INTERN AND NOW KTVU IS
PROFUSELY APOLOGIZING SAYING,
AND I'M QUOTING, WE HAVE A LOT
OF GOOD PEOPLE AT KTVU CHANNEL
2.
WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON GETTING IS
RIGHT AND HAVING THE HIGHEST
STANDARDS AND INTEGRITY.
ON FRIDAY THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
SO FROM EVERYONE HERE AT KTVU,
YOU'RE OFFER OUR SINCEREEST
APOLOGIES.
THE NTSB HAS APOLOGIZED BUT NOT
REVEALED THE SOURCE OF THE
NAMES.
>> Shepard: THE AIRLINE SAYS
THIS CAUSED HARM TO OUR PILOTS
AND AIRLINES. THEY JUST HAD A
CRASH.
SO THERE HAD ALREADY BEEN SOME
HARM.
THE APOLOGIES UKEEP COMING AND
COMING.
SEEMS LIKE THIS IS TOOTHPASTE
YOU CAN'T BET BACK IN THE TUBE
YOU YOU HAVE SOME GROUPS VERY
IRATE.
THE ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN
JOURNALIST ASSOCIATION WHICH
SAYS THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE,
RELEASING A STATEMENT SAYING,
THOSE NAMES WERE NOT ONLY WRONG
BUT SO GROSSLY OFFENSIVE THAT
IT'S HARD FOR US AT THE ASIAN
AMERICAN JOURNALIST ASSOCIATION
TO FATHOM HOW THOSE NAMES MADE
IT ON THE BROADCAST.
WE'RE NOT RERIOT PEATING --
WE'RE NOT REPEATING THE NAMES.
ASIANA SAYS THE REPUTATION OF
THE FOUR PILOTS AND THE COMPANY
HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY DAMAGED BY
THE REPORT.
BUT WE SPOKE TO A FWYER WHO SAYA
SUCCESSFUL LOFT LAWSUIT IS A
LONG SHOT.
>> THE COURTS MAKE IT DIFFICULT
TO PREVAIL IN A DEFAMATION
ACTION.
YOU HAVE TO SHOW SOME
INTENTIONAL MALICE OR RECKLESS
IF DISTANCE, SOME REAL INTENT TO
HURT THE AIRLINE.
>> AND YET WE BELIEVE THE
LAWSUIT IS GOING FORWARD.
ASIANA ALSO CONSIDERING SUING
THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION AND
SAFETY BOARD AS WELL.
>> Shepard: IF NOTHING ELSE IT'S