JamesG
03-20-2014, 11:01 PM
Malaysia Airlines Flight: Local News Station Apologizes for "Lost" Poster Tweet
3/20/14
by Debbie Emery
A television news station in Omaha, Neb., issued an apology on Thursday for a tweet that compared the missing Malaysia Airlines flight to "Lost".
ABC affiliate KETV posted a reenactment of the iconic promotional image for the long-running series, but changed the title to "Flight 370" to represent the Boeing 777 that disappeared on March 8 with 239 passengers and crew aboard.
"What do YOU think happened to Flight 370?" read the tweet, with a link to the station's site covering the latest theories.
The offending tweet has since been taken down, and the station has apologized, but not before it was captured in a screen shot on NYMag.com.
"We apologize for the post. While it was not intended to be insensitive, we can see how it would be viewed that way in light of such a tragedy," read an e-mail statement to The Hollywood Reporter.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/malaysia-airlines-flight-local-news-690090
3/20/14
by Debbie Emery
A television news station in Omaha, Neb., issued an apology on Thursday for a tweet that compared the missing Malaysia Airlines flight to "Lost".
ABC affiliate KETV posted a reenactment of the iconic promotional image for the long-running series, but changed the title to "Flight 370" to represent the Boeing 777 that disappeared on March 8 with 239 passengers and crew aboard.
"What do YOU think happened to Flight 370?" read the tweet, with a link to the station's site covering the latest theories.
The offending tweet has since been taken down, and the station has apologized, but not before it was captured in a screen shot on NYMag.com.
"We apologize for the post. While it was not intended to be insensitive, we can see how it would be viewed that way in light of such a tragedy," read an e-mail statement to The Hollywood Reporter.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/malaysia-airlines-flight-local-news-690090