An Indian news anchor Rahul Shivshankar has inspired jokes and memes after yelling at the wrong guest while debating the Ukraine crisis.
Rahul Shivshankar berated a Ukrainian journalist for almost two minutes, thinking he was addressing Daniel McAdams, a US foreign policy commentator.
He only realised his mistake when Mr McAdams - the other guest - spoke up.
The exchange went viral, making "McAdams" a top Twitter trend in India.
This is magnificent. It makes no sense until it makes perfect sense. Nobody outside Indian TV can produce this level of chaos. https://t.co/0HJtafL2CX
Indian viewers are used to news anchors shouting down their panellists and going on rants during their shows.
In this instance, Mr Shivshankar was speaking on his show India Upfront to Mr McAdams, executive director of the Ron Paul Institute, and Bohdan Nahaylo, chief editor of Kyiv Post.
But the names and titles of the two men were wrongly placed on air, so Mr Nahaylo was identified as Mr McAdams and vice versa.
The viral clip began with Mr Shi...
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