A television news anchor seemingly implied an alternative timeline upon reporting the passing of William Shakespeare.
“We’ve got news that has stunned all of us given the greatness of this man. We’re talking about William Shakespeare and his death. We’ll let you know how and why it happened,” Noelia Novillo of Canal 26 in Argentina reportedly said, according a translation published in The Guardian.
“As we all know, he’s one of the most important writers in the English language –- for me the master. Here he is. He was the first man to get the coronavirus vaccine. He’s died in England at the age of 81,” she added during the late May broadcast.
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The master actually passed away in 1616. “An error of just four centuries,” one viewer quipped on social media.
With the gaffe gaining traction on Twitter, Novillo reportedly conceded that she expressed herself “badly” and “blamed the error on absent punctuation,” which led to viewers misinterpreting the report.
The family of Bill Shakespeare, who died from a stroke, believe that he is actually related to the the Bard, i.e., the world-renowned playwright who is considered the greatest writer in the English language.
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