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CCTV mistakes living and dead people
央视报道逝者配活人照片

In the "24 Hours" program on CCTV news channel, Wang Wei had been mistakenly "dead" for a third time.

The program "24 Hours" on CCTV news channel mistakenly labeled a photo of Wang Wei, chief editor from huxun.com as Wu Zheng, chief editor in BesTV in the news of Wu's obituary on July 13th, Beijing Times reported.

《京华时报》消息，7月13日，央视新闻频道《24小时》栏目错将和讯网总编辑王炜的照片，用在已故百视通总编辑吴征的讣告中。

Wang Wei declared that he is still alive on his microblog the next day and demanded apology from CCTV in the program.

7月14日，王炜在微博上称“我还活着”，要求央视在节目中道歉。

Wu Zheng, the 39-year-old COO and chief editor of BesTV, died of sudden illness on July 2nd. One website mistakenly posted his obituary with Wang Wei's photo the next day. On July 5th, Oriental Morning Post also wrongly copied the already mistaken photo. In the "24 Hours" program, Wang Wei had been mistakenly "dead" for a third time.

(China.org.cn July 18, 2011)

7月2日，39岁的百视通COO、总编辑吴征突发疾病去世。7月3日，某网站刊登吴征讣告，却错用了和讯网总编辑王炜的照片。7月5日，《东方早报》在当天的版面中也错用了该照片。央视《24小时》栏目中，王炜已是第三次“被死亡”。