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Related: About this forumAnother Map Fail For MSNBC

The network showed a graphic of Ukraine and the surrounding region on Friday, right before President Obama's statement about the political situation there. There was just one problem: the map included Czechoslovakia, which was actually dissolved in 1993.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/28/msnbc-map-fail-czechoslovakia_n_4877049.html
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Another Map Fail For MSNBC (Original Post)
jakeXT
Mar 2014
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truedelphi
(32,324 posts)1. A map like this could lead to real problems -
Like when the same people who decide on using this map decide that a moustached creature in charge of Germany is now invading Czechoslovakia!
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)2. Intelligence isn't a job requirement in media. T&A and connections matter more, sorry to say.
Even with MSNBC.
libodem
(19,288 posts)3. Gotta love the T&A
Cuz you know sex sells.
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