Three KTVU Staffers Fired for Asiana Airlines Gaffe

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

KTVU Oakland has dismissed three veteran producers stemming
from the July 12 gaffe in which an anchor reported bogus, and racially
offensive, names related to the Asiana Airlines crash in San Francisco.

The blog Rich Lieberman 415 Media first reported the
dismissals, naming investigative producer Roland DeWolk, special projects
producer Cristina Gastelu and producer Brad Belstock as those who were let go.

Cox Media Group confirmed the dismissals.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.