Sum Ting Wong with the pilots' names

A TV station in the US has apologised after making a jaw-dropping error while reporting on Asiana Flight 214. The mistake? KTVU told viewers the names of the pilots onboard the crashed plane were "Sum Ting Wong," "Wi Tu Lo," "Ho Lee Fuk," and "Bang Ding Ow" - names that were obviously fake and racially offensive. Newsreader Tori Campbell didn't even bat an eyelid as she read out the names in a serious tone. And speaking of bats, vandals smashed car windows with a bat in a string of attacks in Tauranga last night. Police received several calls after a group travelling in a white hatchback targeted parked cars in Carmichael Rd, Christopher St, and Devonport Rd last night. Police said it appeared the group had been attacking the cars with a bat-type object, smashing the car windows and panels. That is not cool. People should not go round smashing cars. And they also shouldn't use their beliefs as an excuse not to help out their patients. Case in point: Blenheim woman Melissa Pont thought her doctor was "joking" when he refused to give the contraceptive pill. 23-year-old Pont had recently moved to Blenheim with her fiance, Callum Alexander, and went to see Dr Joseph Lee at the Wairau Community Clinic to renew her prescription of the contraceptive pill. "I went in and all I needed was a repeat of the pill and he said he would not give me a prescription because he was 'pro-life'," Pont told The Press today. "I thought he was joking. It didn't seem real that he would not give it to me. I started getting quite annoyed, especially as I had just waited an hour in reception." Lee recommended Pont use the "rhythm" contraceptive method, an un-reliable method of using a calendar and not having sex on "fertile" days. That's just stupid. Part of Lee's job involves putting his anti-choice beliefs aside and helping out his patient, because that's what doctors are supposed to do.