Faux News fails geography

[liberaltrucker]

http://mediamatters.org/blog/200907270040

Further comment unnecessary.

:rofl:

[asdjrocky]

1. Wow. Just, well..... wow.

[Buzz Clik]

2. Damn.

[ShamelessHussy]

3. We gave Iraq to Egypt?

Talk about wiping some from the face of the map :evilgrin:

[NoGOPZone]

4. I'm almost expecting to see a (D) next to Egypt. nt

[liberaltrucker]

6. Me, too

I'm willing to bet good money that the percentage of Faux
viewers who caught it is in the single digits.

:rofl:

[Robb]

33. LOL nt

[Contrary1]

5. This is the one Fox designed a few years back,

with the hope that Dubya would completely obliterate the country formerly known as Iraq.

[myrna minx]

7. In Fox world, the Pyramids of Giza are in Mesopotamia

and the Tigris and Euphrates meet at the Nile delta. :rofl:

[theHandpuppet]

8. OMG....

Nothing else to be said.

[spin]

9. K&R (n/t because none is necessary)

[BuyingThyme]

10. I don't think it's appropriate to make fun of people for being stupid

unless they make stupid maps for Fox News and stuff like that.

[JHB]

11. I wouldn't think Fox would favor reviving the United Arab Republic...

Oh well, on Fox you learn something new (and wrong) every day!

[Mist]

12. Is this FAUX News-speak for "Iran is threatening Egypt"? nt

[liberaltrucker]

17. It wouldn't surprise me. nt

[Enrique]

13. down the memory hole

Where's Oceania on that map?

[libodem]

14. Where is Iraq?

The whole thing has to be about the oil. I also think that if Iran got nuclear power then they wouldn't have to burn the oil that they do have to make electricity and they would be free to sell more of the oil they have. That might spoil some balance in the market. So much comes down to jealousy over making money. If the Iranians make more money, then all of our sanctions against that country mean less. I do not see the Iranians going after the Israelis. Seems like the other way around to me. Can we say 'projection?'

[Deja Q]

23. Oil is cheaper than nuclear. Iran swims in it. Iran also made the comment about wiping Israel off

the map.

Most systems in the world are still geared toward oil.

And Occam's razor.

Also, as Iran has been more belligerent so I can't believe into your rationalization of their claim to use nuclear for peaceful intentions.

[Kansas Wyatt]

15. That's what they get, when they employ the guys still living in his parents basement.

Heck, this graphic was probably fed from one of the Freeper's basement/room.

[tsuki]

16. They forgot Atlantis. nt

[ProfessorGAC]

46. My Favorite So Far!

This thread is loaded with funny stuff, but you're my fave so far, tsuki.
GAC

[Historic NY]

18. Someone send them a Rand McNally.

[Maru Kitteh]

19. K&R. - New Faux slogan: Fair, Balanced, and a Big Box of Stupid.

[steelmania75]

20. So Iran is the new Egypt

Genius!!

[redqueen]

21. Oh FFS. How can their incessant stupidity not turn off their viewers?

Oh, wait...

[Johonny]

22. please tell me this isn't real

or else why have we invaded Egypt?

[enlightenment]

26. Apparently it was a long-overdue response

to the Suez Crisis . . . and we still didn't get control of the canal.

[alsame]

24. They put Iran much closer to Israel - I'll bet this was deliberate. nt

[DRoseDARs]

30. Er, no. They painted a solid color over the countries they wanted to highlight and added a shadow...

...effect to make them visually pop up from the rest of the map. It's a very common visual trick. Let's not add to the Fail of this picture; it's perfect the way it is. :)

[alsame]

34. What do you mean - was it supposed to be a 3D type effect? nt

[Lerkfish]

25. to interject some reality, this is a common mapmaker mistake: explanation

the artist is making a map, he knows the font style is the same one used for Egypt, so he dupes egypt over every country, and then proceeds to select the typeblock and retype the correct country name. Being in a rush, He/she overlooks that they haven't yet retyped Iraq. Proofers miss it, and it gets on air.

It's a mistake, but not one of stupidity but bad proofreading.

I made maps for a newspaper for 20 years, and this particular error is very easy to make. It doesn't mean the mapmaker is stupid, just under the deadline gun and not as thorough as necessary.

[enlightenment]

28. That would make sense if Egypt was actually marked.

But it isn't.

I don't disagree with the explanation in general, it just doesn't seem to work (without extra mental gymnastics) for this error.

[Lerkfish]

39. actually, it still makes sense.

have you ever made a map? I've made thousands. The decision which country to name is not always made at the beginning. In the beginning, he might have labeled EVERY country and the editor told him, no, just label those closest to what's going on. Then the artist deletes the unneeded names.

I stand by what I said, its a common error for mapmakers.

[enlightenment]

40. I wasn't suggesting you didn't know your craft -

that extra bit of defensiveness was really unnecessary.

You obviously feel very strongly about this. Rather surprising to me, as I never realized mapmakers were such a tight knit guild.

And no, I've never made a map. I have read thousands - new and old - in my field (historian). Can't say I've ever noticed this sort of error, save on much older maps, but then I can't say I was looking for mistakes, either.

[Lerkfish]

42. don't know how calmly explaining something to you is labeled "defensive"

Nor why you have to interject emotionality and condescension (?)

at any rate, I was just sharing what could have happened in this case, from professional experience as a graphic journalist. I noticed a lot of people in this thread were only jumping to a singular conclusion and I was offering an alternative conclusion that many might not have known about.

As a historian, you are viewing maps that had plenty of time to be proofread. IN the news business, there is often not a lot of time before something needs to be put on the air or on the press. Therefore your past experience, while impressive, is not germaine to this particular instance, except for a way to puff up your own chest, I suppose.

[mwb970]

54. I don't understand why you are justifying this.

It's a "News" channel. They are supposed to check things before they go out over the air. I don't see how a convoluted excuse about fonts has any bearing on the sloppiness displayed here.

:shrug:

[Lerkfish]

58. I'm not justifying it. Its incompetence, but it is not necessarily stupidity.

there is a difference.

[enlightenment]

63. If you can't understand how starting a reply with

"have you ever made a map? I've made thousands" is both defensive and rude, then you need to take a harder look at yourself.

As far as professional swagger goes - frankly, Lurkfish, that's more than a bit of pot and kettle on your part.






edited for spelling

[Lerkfish]

64. "extra mental gymnastics"

your first salvo.

since you seemed to be implying my explanation was outrageously implausible, it required me to explain my provenance.

[Evoman]

60. Agreed. That's probably what happened.

Faux news sucks, and if this is getting past their proofers, then they obviously have a quality issue (duh, right?). But no way they made a mistake that stupid.

[Lerkfish]

65. right, and some would prefer to believe that Faux actually thinks Iraq is Egypt

instead of the more plausible typo explanation.

[chrisa]

27. Here be dragons!

This isn't a photoshop? How could they not even know where Iraq is?

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

29. Sh%t, we invaded Egypt now???

[BR_Parkway]

31. Were they going for "Fair" or "Balanced"?

[progressoid]

32. Face/palm.

[Daphne08]

35. OMG. That's unbelievable.

:eyes:

[Kind of Blue]

36. Good googla moogla, that can't be real! n/t

[Hugabear]

37. Did Sarah Palin become the new president of Egypt? She can now see Iran from her house.

That might explain why she quit governing.

[Marr]

38. They don't know where Iraq is?

How can you shill for an occupation for years on end, and not even know where it is?

[nadinbrzezinski]

41. Right up there with the coastal charts of Afghanistan

oh god...

[depakid]

43. Yet scores highly in the irony department

Whether unintentionally or not.

[AsahinaKimi]

44. Amazing...

This is definitely one of those "wtf moments" on Fox News. I am surprised they didn't label one of those countries Australia or North Korea. I mean if they can redact history, why not change geography as well?

[brettdale]

45. They once reported

On a member of the rolling stones, who fell from a tree in Fiji and was flown to a Hospital here in NewZealand, their reporter said "Why would you fly from fiji to the other side of the world in New Zealand"

We are in the same part of the world (south pacific) and its just a three hour plane flight.

[opihimoimoi]

47. FAUX News even makes FAUX MAPS??? OMG....

[POAS]

48. What no "Kenya: Birthplace of President Obama" in

there somewhere?

FauxNews is getting sloppy!

[yellowcanine]

53. Only because the map wasn't big enough and they probably don't know where Kenya is either.

[POAS]

55. They could have

slipped it in where Jordan is, as they did with Iraq/Egypt.

While they were at it they could have put North Korea in the Persian Gulf, that would have been a nice touch!

[Joanie Baloney]

49. The good news is

that Miss Teen South Carolina 2007 found a summer job!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WALIARHHLII

Question:

"Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can't locate the U.S. on a world map. Why do you think this is?"

Lauren Caitlin Upton:

"I personally believe... that U.S. Americans are unable to do so... because...

"Uh... some people out there in our nation don't have maps...

"And... uh... I believe that our education, like such as in South Africa and... uh... the Iraq, everywhere, like, such as...

"And I believe that they should...

"Our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S... uh...

"Or, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries...

"So we will be able to build up our future... for our ."

Miss Teen USA host Mario Lopez: "Thank you very much, South Carolina."


:rofl: -JB

[MindPilot]

59. My first thought too

Maybe Iraq was made of ice and it melted from the global warming that doesn't exist.

[Odin2005]

50. Oh wow, they forgot the name of the country the invasion of which they shilled.

How pathetic.

[City Lights]

51. Classic!

:rofl:

Fux excels at one thing: misinforming their viewers.

[yellowcanine]

52. They forgot to show the new location of Iraq in N. Africa. Otherwise I see no problem with having

Iraq and Egypt switch places. Keep them confused and off balance, maybe they won't be able to kill each other as much.

[dorkulon]

56. I can't wait to see the ancient Iraqi pyramids. /nt

[Jazzgirl]

57. I am not believing they really are that stupid.

Oh....wait.... :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

61. It took me a second, but the payoff was hilarious.

Idiocracy.

[ecstatic]

62. Well, as the FNC spokesperson said: "We only hire talent who can generate ratings."

So I guess their in-house mapmaker created a map that would generate ratings. :shrug:

http://intershame.com/on/Fox_News97688/