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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
CNN won't help your cause.
(It's a 2011 blunder, but I just saw it today.)
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts |
I am an expert in several fields, but geography has never been one of them.
Still, I doubt many in North America would catch the error on that Australian map. Assuming the error I spotted (re Queensland / Tasmania) is the same one you meant to highlight. I wasn't sure about it myself until I checked another map. Of course, none of this excuses CNN's error. To put it another way, though, that CNN error pales in comparison to some of those listed here: http://rt.com/usa/207963-cnn-blunders-map-mosque/
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kambiz Inner circle Perth, down by the cool of the pool 1129 Posts |
Haha, nice pick up!
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
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On Feb 23, 2015, balducci wrote: You don't need much geography to know that Tasmania is an island and Queensland aint. Quote:
Of course, none of this excuses CNN's error. That's some funny material. To be fair, these are the TV equivalent of typos. But sheesh.
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts |
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On Feb 23, 2015, Magnus Eisengrim wrote: Still more than I had prior to my first actual visit to Australia. I used to think Tasmania was a made up place like, well, Oz. And I had never heard of Queensland before. As I said, geography was never my bag.
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
I'm still hopeless with the post - Soviet countries. It's all one big "-stan" to me, sadly.
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
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On Feb 23, 2015, balducci wrote: Ontario has completely revamped its K-12 curriculum in the past decade. Might be a coincidence
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
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On Feb 23, 2015, Magnus Eisengrim wrote: Actually, the storm DID slam Australia and Queensland WAS threatened. So, in an Obi Wan Kenobi way, what they said was true.
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
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Geeraff12 New user Tasmania, Australia 74 Posts |
Quick resurrection of this thread. Fair enough if an American News channel makes a mistake but Australia's own largest national supermarket chain is unforgivable.
http://m.smh.com.au/business/retail/wool......9-gm9n0f |
Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
Ouch!
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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