http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/KTVU-producers-fired-over-Asiana-pilots-fake-4685627.php
KTVU-TV has dismissed at least three veteran producers over the on-air gaffe involving the fake names of those Asiana airline pilots (SNIP) investigative producer Roland DeWolk, special projects producer Cristina Gastelu and producer Brad Belstock were all sent packing following an in-house investigation (SNIP) A fourth - noon news producer Elvin Sledge - told colleagues he was leaving for health reasons. (SNIP) Sources tell us 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. KTVU News Director Lee Rosenthal called newsroom staff into a conference room Wednesday and informed them of the dismissals. Rosenthal did not return our calls late Wednesday seeking comment. Colleagues said they were saddened, but not completely surprised by the dismissals (SNIP) Randy Shandobil, former KTVU political editor who left the station 2 1/2 years ago, because "people were working harder and harder and feeling less secure about what was hitting the air," said Wednesday the episode was emblematic of the pressure news reporters everywhere are under to get information out as quickly as possible. At Channel 2 and elsewhere, "People are overtaxed and have more responsibility sometimes than they can handle. And sometimes, in situations like this, terrible mistakes happen that are bigger than one person. It's systemic." -- -- 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.
