A veteran US news anchor has been mocked for getting the location of COP26 "wrong".
Veteran reporter Wolf Blitzer, 73, is covering the conference for CNN and is currently based in Edinburgh - 46 miles away from where the summit is taking place in Glasgow.
Posting an image of a broadcasting suite with a view of Edinburgh Castle behind him,
Mr Bitzer tweeted: “I’m now reporting from Edinburgh in Scotland where 20,000 world leaders and delegates have gathered for the COP26 Climate Summit.
“COP, by the way, stands for “Conference of the Parties.
“It’s the 26th time they have gathered to discuss and take action on this critical issue.”
US President Joe Biden also landed in Edinburgh airport this morning.
Twitter user Harry Hayfield wrote: “You are an exceptional news anchor, your hosting of the American elections since 2004 proves this, however I wish to say (without any disrepect) that you are not living up to your reputation.
“The summit is being held in Glasgow, 39 miles due west of your current location.”
@mcgrainsbeard tweeted: “Why are you in Edinburgh? Sat nav not get you to the city where it’s actually taking place?”
American TV channels going “look if we’re going to report from Scotland our viewers are gonna wanna see a big castle”. https://t.co/FTjyvaEpIx
— Jim Waterson (@jimwaterson) November 1, 2021
@Lapps100 added: “Ah Wolf, the summit is actually in Glasgow, but in fairness Edinburgh is far more beautiful.”
The comment also sparked a Twitter spat between social media users as to the relative size of Scotland.
@life_disrupted wrote: “It's all basically the same place in such a tiny country.”
@shoesrudi replied: “Scotland is roughly half the size of England, and Edinburgh is a totally different city to Glasgow, which is over an hour’s drive west, on the other side of the country.”
Errrr who’s going to call him ..? https://t.co/YSw7M9fEUE
— Sima Kotecha (@sima_kotecha) November 1, 2021
Matthew Grey responded by comparing Scotland to London.
He wrote: “Scotland is roughly half the population of London.
“It's like the difference between Croydon and Bromley.
“If I wished to report on nearby Bromley, I would pick Croydon as a nice base with better shops, prettier brutalist buildings, a quick clean tram ride away.”
Mr Blitzer hosts ‘The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer’ and has been one of CNN’s chief new anchors for many years.
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