are they hot? jcpenney. do you like donald trump? yes. hillary clinton basically is an extension of obama. who are you going to vote for? clinton s wife. clinton s wife has a name. what is it? oh, man. i forget it. snap out of it. this kind of shtick was played out and racist decades ago. today lawmakers and civil rights organizations are expressing anger over the segment. the asian american journalist association is demanding an apology from fox news. quote, it s 2016. we should be far beyond tired, racist stereotypes and targeting an ethnic group for humiliation and objectification on the basis of their race. sadly, fox news proves it has a long way to go in reporting on communities of color in a respectful and fair manner. interestingly enough, fox news has not defended the segment. in fact has not commented on the matter. as for the comment he commented
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
had no malicious intent. you had groups like the asian journalist association issuing a statement that in pretty much scathing style that reads, in part. quote: 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 to the broadcast. asiana airlines is also not buying the apology saying, quote: the reputation of the four pilots and of the company had been seriously damaged by this report. but we spoke to a first amendment lawyer earlier who says a successful lawsuit based on these phony names is a long shot. listen. the courts have made it fairly difficult to prevail as a plaintiff in a defamation action. you would really have to show something beyond the fact that the television station got the story wrong or printed the wrong names. you would have to show some intentional malice or reckless indifference. some real intent to hurt the airline.
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
lynn? they are calling it jeremy madness. it is over the improbable rise over the fourth string hair harvard alum. i know nothing of what i say including 38 points on friday against kobe bryant and the lakers. that night a fox sports columnist, seen here, perhaps tried too hard to be funny tweeting this unfortunate tweet. quote, some lucky lady at nyc is going to feel a couple of inches of pain tonight. shockingly the unlucky shock, the normal unshockable who fired off the following demand to anyone who would pay attention again, outrage doesn t begin to describe the reaction of the asian american journalist association to your unnecessary and demeaning tweet. of course the writer took the bait and on sunday wrote the following mea-culpe, quote, i