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Ah, that’s Wolf, not Chris…
Name recognition is as important in Washington as anywhere - and, apparently, just as tough to come by.
As CNN veteran Wolf Blitzer interviewed New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on live television Monday, a competing cable news network - MSNBC - was airing its earlier taped interview with the same source.
As a former Clinton administration envoy to North Korea, Richardson was in demand a day after Pyongyang test-fired a nuclear weapons.
Confused by the intense coverage, Richardson closed out his CNN interview by saying “Thanks Chris,” apparently mistaking the grey-haired and famously bearded Blitzer for the blond and baby-faced Chris Matthews.
“I don’t know who Chris is,” Blitzer joked before playfully reminding his guest of his well known moniker.
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