A newsreader of Doordarshan News has been sacked as she pronounced the name of Chinese President Xi Jinping as “Eleven Jinping” in a bulletin, mistaking “Xi” for the Roman numeral “XI.”
The bulletin went on air at 6.15 a.m. on Wednesday and she was sacked in the afternoon.
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She was from the casual panel of newsreaders. They stand in for those on regular service and are paid on a daily basis.
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