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American journalist reports from COP26…. in ‘Edinburgh’

Specsavers were quick to capitalise on the mistake, telling the CNN anchor he "should've gone to Glasgow".

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2021-11-01 13:53
in Media, News
Wolf Blitzer, Twitter.

Wolf Blitzer, Twitter.

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An American news anchor has been ruthlessly mocked after he claimed to be reporting from the COP26 conference in Glasgow – sat in front of Edinburgh Castle.

Wolf Blitzer, a well respected political presenter for US network CNN, tweeted: “I’m now reporting from Edinburgh in Scotland where 20,000 world leaders and delegates have gathered for the COP26 Climate Summit.”

It is not clear whether Mr Blitzer and his team mistakenly believed the climate change summit was taking place in Edinburgh, or whether they decided to present their COP26 news reports from there because of the picturesque castle in background.

Regardless, his gaffe quickly became the subject of much social media criticism.

Opticians Specsavers was quick to jump in, telling the CNN anchor he “should’ve gone to Glasgow”.

Should've gone to Glasgow

— Specsavers (@Specsavers) November 1, 2021

Another social media user tweeted a screengrab from Google maps, marking Edinburgh with the caption “you are here” and Glasgow with “everybody else is here”.

🤔 pic.twitter.com/2RVLUK7dcC

— Ş̧̛̭̺͔͕̖͉̞̩͙͙̦̲͉̦͠t̛̜̼̲̬͖͙́u̕͞͏̥̪͇̼͙̮̺̣̣͕̹́ͅ (@stucoates) November 1, 2021

While many others on social media chose to mock the news anchor by editing the original tweet to show Mr Blitzer in various different locations.

I’m now reporting from Liverpool in Scotland where 20,000 world leaders and delegates are stuck outside the COP26 Climate Summit. COP, by the way, stands for “Can’t Organise P**s-up.” It’s the 26th time they have gathered to discuss and take action on this critical issue. pic.twitter.com/hWbbnYAdYq

— Tim Stanley (@timothy_stanley) November 1, 2021

That’s lovely Wolf – I’m tuning into CNN’s COP coverage from Paris in France pic.twitter.com/OB3NX4yjKV

— Dave Aloo (@DaveAloo) November 1, 2021

Next stop on Wolf Blitzer's list is Paris pic.twitter.com/KFJ6NUY0c3

— Marcus Houlden (@mhoulden) November 1, 2021

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