Ali dead but Thai TV makes "The Greatest" howler yet

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Ali dead but Thai TV makes "The Greatest" howler yet

Manager: Online

BANGKOK: -- Thai TV reporting the death of boxing legend Muhammad Ali showed a picture of Will Smith instead.

The picture of Hollywood star Will Smith appeared as a graphic on Channel 3 and 3 HD with the caption underneath: "Muhammad Ali Dead".

As presenter Kitti Singhapat gravely intoned the sad news on Saturday Thai time about the death in America of the legend known as "The Greatest", the image of Will Smith appeared. It was a still from the movie "Ali" (2001) in which Smith played the boxer in a biopic depicting ten years of his epic career from 1964 to 1974 reported Manager Online.

Anchor Kitti said in a rambling explanation on Twitter that sometimes stills were taken from video by his production team and no mistake like this had been made in the previous eight years on his show (Khaw Miti 3D - 3D News). However he added: "As the man ultimately responsible I am very sorry this happened and I will take care to see that it does not happen again".

Despite being nearly 35 years since Ali retired his face was still one of the most recognizable images on the planet and his death has dominated the news for days.

In April 2013 TV Channel 5 executives had to make a groveling apology after an image of Hollywood actress Meryl Streep from the movie "The Iron Lady" (2011) was used after legendary British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had died.

Source: Manager Online

-- 2016-06-07

[Thailand]

A real gem.

Hub of howlers!

[vogie]

We probably all look the same to a Thai?

[colinneil]

Ali was the greatest, yet Thai tv insults his memory by showing another mans photo !!DISGUSTING !!

[shirtless]

You can not explain this mistake away, you just dont do your jobs , lazy idiots.

[NongKhaiKid]

Ali was the greatest, yet Thai tv insults his memory by showing another mans photo !!DISGUSTING !!

Does it really matter much here, after all he wasn't Thai !

[Bluespunk]

I blame hollywood...

[anto]

It was a mistake ,get it .Just a mistake .All black me look the same to Thai .

[gandalf12]

Incompetence but it doesn't surprise me.

[Jeremy50]

Ali, Bolt, Obama, they are all just 'black men' to most Thais. The last time I showed a picture of Usain Bolt to class of students, they all shouted Rambo!

[LannaGuy]

are you surprised? when Mandela died I mentioned it to a Thai teacher (Masters Degree in English) who said "who's he"?

they simply know very, very little outside of their 'bubble' and they are trained to stay that way

[daveAustin]

Sad thing is, most Thais probably don't even know who Ali was and/or think Smith is him since they saw him more recently. It is a product of inward-looking, of not being all that interested in what goes on outside of one's sphere.

[piersbeckett]

What have blacks and whites got in common? - you've got it - they're not Thais!

[Thechook]

Can't really blame them, they know nothing of the outside world.

[Johnniey]

We probably all look the same to a Thai?

We?

I know that white people all look the same as do black.

[NongKhaiKid]

Can't really blame them, they know nothing of the outside world.

And that's the way aha aha the govt likes it aha aha.

[aussieinthailand]

RIP Ali.

I blame Thaksin, he's always behind everything, we all know it, or at least some people like to claim he is.

[petedk]

Sad thing is, most Thais probably don't even know who Ali was and/or think Smith is him since they saw him more recently. It is a product of inward-looking, of not being all that interested in what goes on outside of one's sphere.

You are right, but try asking if they know Casius Clay?

I had 4 or 5 Thais (not young generation) yesterday who didn't know Mohamed Ali but when I said that he started as Casius Clay they all knew who he was.

[halloween]

Not only here. Oz channel 7 showed the Dutch flag while reporting the Paris bombings, and I remember an Australia Day segment with the NZ flag in the background.

[chainarong]

Sad thing is, most Thais probably don't even know who Ali was and/or think Smith is him since they saw him more recently. It is a product of inward-looking, of not being all that interested in what goes on outside of one's sphere.

The only time they really get interested is the mention of money.

[SoiBiker]

Only in Thailand, eh?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/outrage-itv-cut-footage-ainsley-6953704

[DrTuner]

Most Thais got TV in the last 2-3 decades, only "Ali" they've seen is Will dubbed in Thai.

[klauskunkel]

As presenter Kitti Singhapat gravely intoned the sad news on Saturday Thai time about the death in America of the legend known as "The Greatest", the image of Will Smith appeared.

That's ok. When Mr. Kitti Singhapat dies, the image of "Hello Kitty" will appear on the news.

[Mister Fixit]

You can not explain this mistake away, you just dont do your jobs , lazy idiots.

That would be ignorant lazy idiots.

[thai3]

Very funny, no big deal is it

[Condorman]

Ali dead but Thai TV makes "The Greatest" howler yet

Manager: Online

BANGKOK: -- Thai TV reporting the death of boxing legend Muhammad Ali showed a picture of Will Smith instead.

The picture of Hollywood star Will Smith appeared as a graphic on Channel 3 and 3 HD with the caption underneath: "Muhammad Ali Dead".

As presenter Kitti Singhapat gravely intoned the sad news on Saturday Thai time about the death in America of the legend known as "The Greatest", the image of Will Smith appeared. It was a still from the movie "Ali" (2001) in which Smith played the boxer in a biopic depicting ten years of his epic career from 1964 to 1974 reported Manager Online.

Anchor Kitti said in a rambling explanation on Twitter that sometimes stills were taken from video by his production team and no mistake like this had been made in the previous eight years on his show (Khaw Miti 3D - 3D News). However he added: "As the man ultimately responsible I am very sorry this happened and I will take care to see that it does not happen again".

Despite being nearly 35 years since Ali retired his face was still one of the most recognizable images on the planet and his death has dominated the news for days.

In April 2013 TV Channel 5 executives had to make a groveling apology after an image of Hollywood actress Meryl Streep from the movie "The Iron Lady" (2011) was used after legendary British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had died.

Source: Manager Online

-- 2016-06-07

The ignorance of these people is truly appalling.

[Inn Between]

Very funny, no big deal is it

No, the incident itself is no big deal. The problem is that when something that should be so easy and straight forward to research is botched so badly and makes its way onto a national news broadcast, people lose confidence in the source. How much other information that's presented by these people (or on Thai TV in general) is so wrong and poorly researched, particularly things dealing with western concerns?

[mosquitobill]

Lets all be honest,Thais neither know shit or care shit about anything not Thai

[toybits]

Says a lot about Media today...

[MockingJay]

Thailand, hub of superficiality...