KTVU officials have said that they did not sound out the names before airing the report, nor did they carry out adequate fact-checking. One of the pilot names reported by KTVU, for instance, was "Wi Tu Lo." KTVU on Friday reported what it thought were the names of the Asiana pilots, but the names were clearly fabrications intended as crude phonetic jokes. But the airline is considering legal action against the two organizations, CNN reports. I hope they get them, and with those answers, an enduring belief that their voice matters.īoth the National Transportation Safety Board and KTVU-TV of Oakland, Calif., have apologized for a mistake that led the television station to broadcast incorrect – and racially insensitive – names of the pilots of Asiana Flight 214, which crashed at San Francisco airport July 6, killing three. Closer to home, teenage volunteers at the Hyde Square Task Force – a group focused on uplifting Boston’s Latin Quarter – made a similar impact when they discovered that prices at a major regional grocery chain were 18% higher in a working-class, minority neighborhood than in a nearby suburb. The teens have since been on the local media circuit, demanding answers. But hopelessness can give way to curiosity and action.
One reporter, Lucia Lopez, told The Boston Globe that their story taught Amherst a valuable lesson: “We’re not perfect, and our system can fail, too.”For me, this is a reminder of the power that young people can wield when they’re tuned in to their community.Many studies paint a picture of increasingly depressed and disengaged American youth. It explored why the behavior continued for years despite complaints by staff and parents. A Title IX investigation is underway, and several school officials have been put on leave. But here’s a heartening piece of the story: The exposé was written by high schoolers.The nearly 5,000-word report came from a team of Amherst Regional High School seniors under the guidance of their journalism teacher and the Student Press Law Center. Then came the bombshell report.Sources allege that three middle school guidance counselors routinely identified trans students by the wrong gender, failed to curb bullying by classmates, and on one occasion, led an anti-LGBTQ+ prayer before school. The university town had long been seen as a haven for LGBTQ+ families – liberal and open-minded. The news shocked Amherst, Massachusetts, to its core.
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