Fox News used footage of random sad Asians instead of actual Koreans mourning the ferry

[onehandle]

One sad Asian is as good as the next it seems. At least according to Fox News.

In the clip below about the tragic sinking of the Sewol ferry in South Korea, from a few weeks ago, Fox appears to have swapped in footage of random sad Asian people in place of mourning Koreans.



At about minute 1:40, the narrator talks about how relatives of the missing passengers believe there would have been more survivors had people been ordered to evacuate the sinking ship.

The problem? The corresponding footage is not of the mourning relatives, or even Koreans, but rather "people presumably from another region of Asia," according to KoreAm, a blog covering the Korean American experience. Another blogger suggests the footage is actually of Tibetans crying after the recent avalanche at Mt. Everest.

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/south-korea/140504/fox-news-swaps-random-sad-asians-mourning-south-koreans

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. the woman doesnt look Korean

[SidDithers]

2. Random Sad Asians would be a great name for a band...nt

Sid

[spanone]

5. just thinking the same

[okaawhatever]

3. OMFG. Are you kidding me? They couldn't be bothered to film the family members after this

tragedy? When it became more expedient to substitute generic grieving families for the real ones they gladly did so? Have they no shame? Rhetorical question.

[Blue Owl]

4. From the Murdoch stock footage collection

n/t

[jberryhill]

6. They should have used North Koreans mourning Kim Jong Il

Come to think of it, given how well the North Koreans do mass anything, Fox should contract out to them to provide footage of GOP rallies.