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liberaltrucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:22 PM Original message |
Faux News fails geography |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wow. Just, well..... wow. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. Damn. |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. We gave Iraq to Egypt? |
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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm almost expecting to see a (D) next to Egypt. nt |
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liberaltrucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Me, too |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
33. LOL nt |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. This is the one Fox designed a few years back, |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. In Fox world, the Pyramids of Giza are in Mesopotamia |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
8. OMG.... |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. K&R (n/t because none is necessary) |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. I don't think it's appropriate to make fun of people for being stupid |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. I wouldn't think Fox would favor reviving the United Arab Republic... |
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Mist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. Is this FAUX News-speak for "Iran is threatening Egypt"? nt |
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liberaltrucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. It wouldn't surprise me. nt |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. down the memory hole |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. Where is Iraq? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Oil is cheaper than nuclear. Iran swims in it. Iran also made the comment about wiping Israel off |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. That's what they get, when they employ the guys still living in his parents basement. |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. They forgot Atlantis. nt |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:50 AM Response to Reply #16 |
46. My Favorite So Far! |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. Someone send them a Rand McNally. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
19. K&R. - New Faux slogan: Fair, Balanced, and a Big Box of Stupid. |
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steelmania75 (836 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
20. So Iran is the new Egypt |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
21. Oh FFS. How can their incessant stupidity not turn off their viewers? |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
22. please tell me this isn't real |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Apparently it was a long-overdue response |
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alsame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
24. They put Iran much closer to Israel - I'll bet this was deliberate. nt |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Er, no. They painted a solid color over the countries they wanted to highlight and added a shadow... |
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alsame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. What do you mean - was it supposed to be a 3D type effect? nt |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
25. to interject some reality, this is a common mapmaker mistake: explanation |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. That would make sense if Egypt was actually marked. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. actually, it still makes sense. |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 12:53 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I wasn't suggesting you didn't know your craft - |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 04:55 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. don't know how calmly explaining something to you is labeled "defensive" |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 08:59 AM Response to Reply #42 |
54. I don't understand why you are justifying this. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. I'm not justifying it. Its incompetence, but it is not necessarily stupidity. |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #42 |
63. If you can't understand how starting a reply with |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. "extra mental gymnastics" |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #25 |
60. Agreed. That's probably what happened. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. right, and some would prefer to believe that Faux actually thinks Iraq is Egypt |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
27. Here be dragons! |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
29. Sh%t, we invaded Egypt now??? |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
31. Were they going for "Fair" or "Balanced"? |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
32. Face/palm. |
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Daphne08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
35. OMG. That's unbelievable. |
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Kind of Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
36. Good googla moogla, that can't be real! n/t |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
37. Did Sarah Palin become the new president of Egypt? She can now see Iran from her house. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
38. They don't know where Iraq is? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
41. Right up there with the coastal charts of Afghanistan |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:14 AM Response to Original message |
43. Yet scores highly in the irony department |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:34 AM Response to Original message |
44. Amazing... |
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brettdale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
45. They once reported |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:57 AM Response to Original message |
47. FAUX News even makes FAUX MAPS??? OMG.... |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 06:04 AM Response to Original message |
48. What no "Kenya: Birthplace of President Obama" in |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 08:53 AM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Only because the map wasn't big enough and they probably don't know where Kenya is either. |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. They could have |
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Joanie Baloney (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
49. The good news is |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #49 |
59. My first thought too |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
50. Oh wow, they forgot the name of the country the invasion of which they shilled. |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
51. Classic! |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
52. They forgot to show the new location of Iraq in N. Africa. Otherwise I see no problem with having |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. I can't wait to see the ancient Iraqi pyramids. /nt |
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Jazzgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
57. I am not believing they really are that stupid. |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
61. It took me a second, but the payoff was hilarious. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
62. Well, as the FNC spokesperson said: "We only hire talent who can generate ratings." |
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