Indian TV news anchor fired after calling Xi Jinping 'Eleven'

[HAIDER]

An Indian TV news anchor has been sacked after she referred to the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, as Eleven Jinping, apparently confusing Xi's name with the Roman numerals XI, a senior official at the state television channel said on Friday.

Xi left India on Friday after a visit to boost trade and economic ties that have been marred by a longstanding border dispute. The blooper occurred on Doordarshan News on Wednesday.

"It is an unpardonable mistake," the official said. "We have debarred her from newsreading for a few months."

The official said the anchor had been employed on a casual basis, after a shortage of newsreaders forced the channel to run some news bulletins with casuals.

The incident comes at a time when Doordarshan News is trying to reinvent itself to compete with private broadcasters. Its programmes are often a matter of public ridicule for their poor production quality.

The gaffe led to a wave of sarcastic comments on social media. "The silver lining: at least the anchor knows Roman numerals," @kanikagahlaut posted on Twitter.

Indian TV news anchor fired after calling Xi Jinping 'Eleven' | World news | theguardian.com

 

[OrionHunter]

 

[IndoCarib]

She doesnt even know Roman numerals. In Roman numerals eleven is XI, not Xi. Stupid DD. They are still in Dynosaur era

 

[trident2010]

She doesnt even know Roman numerals. In Roman numerals eleven is XI, not Xi. Stupid DD. They are still in Dynosaur era

Or the stupid auto correct in Word. It does it many time

 

[Jai_Hind]

Funny... shouldnt have sacked though..... apology to Xi Jinping and public should have been enough....

 

[IndoCarib]

Funny... shouldnt have sacked though..... apology to Xi Jinping and public should have been enough....

A news anchor should be in the knowing of all current affairs very well. It is not just reading out the teleprompter. The fact that she didnt even know the name of visting Chinese president is apalling. It is inexcusable. She should be sacked

 

[Jai_Hind]

A news anchor should be in the knowing of all current affairs very well. It is not just reading out the teleprompter. The fact that she didnt even know the name of visting Chinese president is apalling. It is inexcusable. She should be sacked

Then Arnab Goswami should be jailed. The shit that comes out of this kid's mouth can kill people...

Anyways its good that DD is taking strong steps..

 

[jericho]

Hahahahaha, is there a video of this?

 

[Soumitra]

https://twitter.com/x/status/512802709603246081

https://twitter.com/x/status/512804421680386048

 

[IndoCarib]

Then Arnab Goswami should be jailed. The shit that comes out of this kid's mouth can kill people...

Anyways its good that DD is taking strong steps..

I am not sure about other people, but he did kill Rahul Gandhi !

 

[khujliwal]

I am not sure about other people, but he did kill Rahul Gandhi !

No, I think RG did a suicide, Arnab was way too polite.

 

[Zenobia]

Awww.. Anybody could make a mistake like that. Probably someone should have prepped her in advance on the pronunciation of his name.

 

[kurup]

WTF .....

 

[MokshaVimukthi]

Or the stupid auto correct in Word. It does it many time

You are probably right.

MS Word would have corrected Xi to XI and then that script would have been loaded onto the teleprompter. The news readers who just read our from the prompter did not have enough experience to identify the mistake and correct it on the fly during a live broadcast.

I wonder if the script writer got fired, or the editor get fired for allowing this mistake to pass. The news reader was the last one in that chain and she was a newbie so her punishment would only be a temporary suspension and not permanent sacking.

 

[gau8av]

where's the vid ?