In a live interview with Armin Laschet from the flood area in West Germany, “Tagesschau” spokesman Jens Riewa made several mistakes.
Erftstadt - The dramatic flood disaster in North Rhine-Westphalia * and Rhineland-Palatinate continues to dominate the news.
While the affected residents have to mourn lost relatives and destroyed livelihoods, the country's politicians come to the crisis area.
In their luggage: consolation, pledges of support and condolences.
Erftstadt is particularly hard hit by the disaster.
Therefore, Union Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet and Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier went to the crisis area.
But not only Laschet made a mistake at the appointment.
“Tagesschau” spokesman Jens Riewa also repeatedly made a mistake while broadcasting a live broadcast.
“Tagesschau”: Riewa addresses Laschet several times with the wrong first name
Riewa conducted the program, which was devoted to the dimensions of the flood disaster.
He was dealing with two 'Bernds', a low named
“Bernd”
and reporter
Bernd
Rasem.
The experienced anchorman apparently just couldn't get his first name out of his head.
Riewa made the first slip of the tongue when he interrupted Rasem and announced to the audience that there would now be a switch to the press statement by NRW Prime Minister "Bernd" Laschet.
The one-time mix-up did not stop there, as a cut video that was distributed on Twitter shows.
@ tagesschau spokesman calls NRW Prime Minister @ArminLaschet by his real name: "Bernd Laschet".
pic.twitter.com/v1QPWlKofx
- Daniel Reitzig (@danielreitzig) July 17, 2021
When moderating the live press conference, Riewa mixed up the first names again.
When he wanted to get his colleague Rasem back into the conversation, he again spoke of "Bernd" Laschet, who had resolutely given himself and referred to future help.
Confusion on TV: Deep “Bernd”, expert “Bernd” - Chancellor candidate “Bernd”?
The incident received additional comedy through another name “confusion”: AfD politician Björn Höcke has been repeatedly addressed as “Bernd” Höcke since a joke on the “Today Show”, who deliberately gave him the wrong first name “Bernd” - sometimes also in larger television interviews.
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