Bats are not birds, 13-year-old corrects Bruno Vespa on live TV

Television is also beautiful because a 13-year-old boy can throw a veteran of Italian journalism like Bruno Vespa, victim of a distraction during the program With us … freewheeling, immediately corrected by Francesco Barberini, passionate about ornithology, also a guest of Francesca Fialdini to talk about his great passion for bird watching and the universe of birds.

Bruno Vespa’s gaffe

In an attempt to unite the two guests in a single space, Francesca Fialdini made Bruno Vespa and Francesco Barberini interact, called to ask each other questions about their respective interests. The conductor’s turn has come Door to door, Vespa asks the boy: “But do you only study simple birds, like canaries, or even mysterious ones, like bats?”. Not without a hint of embarrassment, Barberini replied to Vespa immediately correcting him: “Bats are not birds, they are mammals”, to then reply to the reporter. The TV fragment inevitably ended up at the center of irony on social media, with the moment taken up by many precisely in a mockery of Bruno Vespa.

Bruno Vespa’s controversy with Amadeus

Vespa that a few days ago was the protagonist of a controversy launched at Amadeus’ address after final of Sanremo Giovani finished with great delay compared to the scheduled time. At the opening of the usual Porta a Porta episode, the journalist had made his debut as follows: “For once I have to apologize to the audience of Porta a Porta. The program is broadcast very late and the viewers sometimes complain about it. But there are programs more important than ours. The one that preceded us tonight was supposed to be a ‘ exceptional importance, because it has pushed us up to this hour. I apologize if we go on the air in such a late hour that it is even unusual for us who go on air so late.

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