Fox News used images of 'random sad Asians' in South Korea ferry report

[kpete]

"Fox News has admitted that it mistakenly used the wrong footage of grieving people in its coverage of the South Korean ferry disaster, which killed more than 260 people last month. ... The broadcaster said it regretted the mistake, in which images of devastated people mourning the deaths of 16 Sherpa guides killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest were used in a broadcast about the South Korean ferry disaster.

Fox News had faced criticism from the Korean Cultural Centre, an auxiliary of the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea, which claimed the broadcaster had used "footage of random sad Asians instead of going to Korea".


MORE HERE:
http://www.smh.com.au/world/fox-news-used-images-of-random-sad-asians-in-south-korea-ferry-report-20140507-zr63g.html

[oldandhappy]

1. amazing. FN admits a mistake.

I am stunned.

[pacalo]

4. I'm stunned myself, but the fake news network got quite a lot of feedback...

Rick Phillips, from the Korean Cultural Center in Los Angeles, said a Korean reporter from a Los Angeles television station first tipped him off about the Fox News footage, before other people began complaining.

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He wrote a letter to Fox News pointing out the error.

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Fox News faced a barrage of criticism on Twitter, where users said the mistake was "disrespectful" and "unbelievable".

IamKoream.com, a blog which reports on the Korean American experience, also claimed: "Fox News’ motto is 'fair and balanced', but it may want to add 'ignorant' and 'racially insensitive' to that self-description."

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/fox-news-used-images-of-random-sad-asians-in-south-korea-ferry-report-20140507-zr63g.html#ixzz316VGLgeP

[oldandhappy]

7. Thanks!!!

[Rex]

2. It is strange how Foxnews is not racist, but is loved by racists.

I mean, I would never accuse Foxnews of pandering to a certain male archetype.

[JHB]

6. You would leave that to The Simpsons...

[HeiressofBickworth]

3. Fox News = sloppy journalism.

Proof # 1,000,001.

[pampango]

5. Fox News: Asians all look alike (as do Blacks and Hispanics and every other minority group) so

what does it matter if we used the 'wrong' Asians. Asians are Asians.

[UTUSN]

8. And here's Faux's face of random compassion: