On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 7:45 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If I contacted the FAA and they confirmed the names, I would have >> reported it myself. What's being overlooked here is that an FAA summer >> intern apparently thought it would be funny to punk the news station. >> > > No. It's been pretty much agreed that KTVU called the FAA with the names > and the intern said "Yep": KTVU has said "they had the names confirmed" and > the NTSB presser said the intern "erroneously confirmed" the names. If you > want to argue that the intern, having heard these names, thought "how dumb > are these people?" and decided to play along, I can buy that (though, > again, the intern should still be in deep trouble). > Part of what I meant by their apology being genuine is that KTVU acknowledged that they made multiple mistakes, one of which was not asking what the position was of the person they were talking to on the phone. The implication of that is if they had known they were only talking to an intern they would not have relied upon it as a confirming source. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
