Tuesday, February 5, 2013

SABC News doesn't know where their business reporter Gunther Deutsch is, placing him at the JSE while he's actually in Cape Town.


The SABC News didn't know where their business reporter Gunther Deutsch was today, incorrectly placing him and telling viewers on screen that Gunther Deutsch is reporting "live from the JSE" while he was in fact in Cape Town.

SABC3's Africa News Update on Tuesday afternoon identified Gunther Deutsch in the lower third of TV screens as being "live from JSE" - the Johannesburg Stock Exchange where he often reports from for afternoon crossings.

Sadly an SABC employee was asleep for possibly an afternoon nap, because the on-screen graphic first flashed on Africa News Update was completely wrong. 

Gunther Deutsch was actually in Cape Town today and while the SABC showed the wrong on-screen barker, he was filing a live report from inside the lobby of the Cape Town International Convention Centre where he's covering the Mining Indaba which was clearly visible behind him.