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Monday, October 9, 2006

Ah, that’s Wolf, not Chris…

By Bob Deans | Monday, October 9, 2006, 05:44 PM

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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