Yesterday I put up a whimsical little blog about a mistake CNN made while reporting the Scottish secession vote, in which it showed the then-current tally of 52% in favor and 58% against; a total of 110%.
But CNN ain\’t the only one.
Excerpted from an article at ABC News in Australia:
AnIndian television news anchor has been sacked after referring toChinese president Xi Jinping as Eleven Jinping, apparently confusinghis name for Roman numerals.
TheTV blooper occurred on a show on Doordarshan News on Wednesday.
“Itis an unpardonable mistake,” a senior official said on thecondition of anonymity, saying the anchor was employed on a casualbasis.
“Wehave debarred her from news reading for a few months.”
Eleven Jinping? God that is funny.
I don\’t even want to think about how she would have reported a story from Thailand\’s Phuket province.
