Three KTVU Staffers Fired for Asiana Airlines Gaffe

By
( )
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 is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.