Published By Jill Reilly: EDT 16: 43 on June 19, 2012 | update: EDT 16: 32 on June 20, 2012, a young Chinese reporter mistakenly thought that sex toys were a rare mushroom in TV reports,
Villagers from Liucun cloth, a rural community outside the western Chinese city of Xi'an, found sex toys while drilling new wells.
They were confused about what was found and alerted local news station Xi 'an TV station, which immediately sent young female reporter Ye Yunfeng to the scene.
After arriving at the village, she made
About the depth part of the unknown "meat" mushroom, including many close-upups.
Ye commented on the description of "mushroom": "We can see something similar to the mouth;
There is a hole on the other side and it is connected to the other end all the time.
Very smooth.
It feels like meat.
She claims it is a rare medicinal "Taisu" mushroom that requires very special growth conditions.
However, after the broadcast, many observers called the TV station to say that the mysterious "mushroom" was actually a sex toy for men.
When users watch videos online, many people are confused about how the mistake was made.
One user wrote, how can you not know the difference between silicone and organic fungi? ?
Another said, "it doesn't look like a mushroom --
Don't these people do research?
The day after the show aired, the TV station issued an apology statement on the Chinese blog site Sina Weibo.
Apologies for the fact that our show last night made everyone laugh and regret a "uncomfortable and misleading" report.
"Our journalists are very young and protected.