This incident sparked a flood of reaction on social media, especially that on Twitter. Here is a sampling of the best ones.
How many Jinpings does it take to get a Doordarshan anchor fired? 11
— Frootoo Vajpayee (@Oinkoo) September 19, 2014
Now waiting for some newsreader in China to take revenge by referring to Modi as Thousand o' five hundred and one. — Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) September 19, 2014
Eleven Jinping has a certain royal ring to it. — Raheel Khursheed (@Raheelk) September 19, 2014
DD news anchor sacked for reading "Xi Jinping" as "Eleven Jinping" on news. The silver lining: at least the anchor knows Roman numerals. — kanika gahlaut (@kanikagahlaut) September 19, 2014
Not many people are aware of the fact that "Vi Guevara" was given the name "Che Guevara" by a DD news anchor @fakingnews @rameshsrivats — Vijay Menon (@menongitis) September 19, 2014
Not just Eleven Jinping then. MT @AgnesBun Rapper 50 Cent now known as RM1.50 in Malaysia with exchange rate applied pic.twitter.com/GHI4XjQ2eU — Ammu Kannampilly (@akannampilly) September 19, 2014
Doordarshan Anchor was sacked for reading "Xi Jinping" as "Eleven Jinping". I wonder, it's not 26th Jan, then who was watching Doordarshan? — EngiNerd. (@mainbhiengineer) September 19, 2014
What amazes me is that enough people still watch Doordarshan for them to have to sack an employee over a mistake
— mrdl (@Psilosophy) September 19, 2014
Indian Government should arrange cricket match. India XI vs XI Jinping.
— Jokey Chan (@Jokey_Chan) September 19, 2014
In other news, seems like a Doordarshan anchor has been sacked for reading Xi Jinping as Eleven Jinping. Final revenge for '62.— HindolSengupta (@HindolSengupta) September 19, 2014