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A helicopter pilot who once flew news choppers for several San Francisco television stations was arrested Tuesday for allegedly providing false information to federal aviation officials.
YouTube has restored at least two videos depicting an erroneous report delivered by San Francisco-based FOX affiliate KTVU-TV that had been the subject of scrutiny and comment in the recent weeks.
“Multiple people” handled an erroneous report before it was aired by Oakland, California-based FOX affiliate KTVU on July 12, an advocacy group said Monday.
The Asian American Journalists Association said on Friday it had met with manager at KTVU in the wake of the station’s embarrassing report on four a plane that crashed at a San Francisco airport earlier in the month.
KTVU admits it is actively seeking the removal of videos from the website YouTube that shows an unfortunate and embarrassing mistake reported in a newscast on July 12.
KTVU has started filing copyright infringement notices with YouTube ordering the removal of several videos depicting the station’s misidentification of four pilots aboard Asiana Flight 214
Brad Belstock, a seven-year employee with Oakland-based FOX affiliate KTVU-TV, was supervising the station’s noon broadcast in which a newsreader misidentified the names of four pilots aboard Asiana Airlines Flight 214, two sources have told The Desk.
KTVU has placed a gag order on all employees in the wake of an investigation over an embarrassing newscast gaffe that went viral online.
As an investigation permeates between KTVU and their parent company Cox Media Group regarding last week’s Asiana Airlines gaffe, the search is on for the staff member who will take the blame for the mistake.
Next Media Animation, the Taiwanese animation studio known for its hilarious YouTube recreations of worldly events, has produced its take on the KTVU pilot identification gaffe that went viral last week.