Video clips of a TV reporter reporting from Ukraine has gone viral after he was shown peaking in 6 different languages to a variety of tv outlets.
The British-German-Luxembourgian journalist Philip Crowther who works for the Associated Press can be seen in the clips speaking the same information in English, Luxembourgish, Spanish, Portuguese, French and German.
The amazing video of the 41-year-old has now been watched more than 21 million times, leading to his Twitter following greatly increasing.
Six-language coverage from #Kyiv with @AP_GMS. In this order: English, Luxembourgish, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German. pic.twitter.com/kyEg0aCCoT
— Philip Crowther (@PhilipinDC) February 21, 2022
Comments online included, according to The Daily Mail newspaper:
'Leave some languages for the rest of us'
'As a person who can barely speak my own language, this is very impressive.'
'This guy is probably some kind of part-time super spy'
And:
'Oh my God is this man married?? If he's not where can I submit my application?'
Crowther is based in Washington DC and was born in Luxembourg to a British father and German mother, at least in part explaining his polyglot abilities. He mainly focuses on international politics and diplomacy and has covered a range of political events in the United States.
He previously worked for tv channel France24 before moving to the Associated Press.
His statement in the video said:
"..the two meetings that Macron will have today in Moscow with Russian president Vladimir Putin and tomorrow here in Kiev with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyj. Moscow brandished Tuesday's withdrawal announcement as a proof that war fears were fabricated by a hostile US-led West. At this stage, the war seems likely, it's as simple as that. But a small glimpse of hope remains in diplomacy being able to stop the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This is exactly what they expected: disinformation, fake attacks and a pretext for Russia to invade Ukraine. But everything is very difficult to check on the spot, of course."
Given the simmering tensions in the region, it is highly likely that TV news journalism's new star will be stationed in the country for quite some time.
[Based on reporting by: The Daily Mail]
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