Should we expect perfection? No. Should we expect USA Today to know where Colorado is located? Seems like a good idea. Readers noticed a curious image in a recent USA Today story about the smuggling of Colorado marijuana outside the state. Check it out:
Once again people, #Wyoming is NOT #Colorado . @USATODAY pic.twitter.com/ZyosJDemwx
— Jeremy Downing (@CitizenJD) May 15, 2016
Dear USA Today – One problem with this would be: that's not Colorado. pic.twitter.com/Hc2sg7ER7B
— Jeff Rakestraw (@RakestrawJeff) May 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/ghostinmarble/status/731882742997258240
Looks like Wyoming suddenly became a hotbed for marijuana. Who knew?
When the @USATODAY doesn't know where Colorado is…. https://t.co/e4OtOcGq92
— Brandon Chrisman (@brandonchrisman) May 15, 2016
Lay off the weed, @USATODAY (from Colorado or Wyoming or wherever) https://t.co/iWvWWXJFWS
— Elizabeth "not sticking to sports" Gough-Gordon (@meesfit) May 15, 2016
Nice work @usatoday…. Colorado is actually one state lower. ? pic.twitter.com/LgN813j9f7
— R A B A N A N D A (@Rabananda) May 15, 2016
That awkward moment, when a company named USA Today, can't tell the difference between Wyoming and Colorado. pic.twitter.com/N6UwaPVsaD
— Digital_Utopia (@Digital_Utopia) May 14, 2016
Allow me to help the good people of @USATODAY by circling the actual state of Colorado ??? #WrongSquareState pic.twitter.com/UPDAyoYPPp
— Elizabeth (@CleverlyLemon) May 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/_InBtween/status/731892703907217409
Not sure what's more sad, the map itself, or that it's from "El Paso Intelligence?" #fail #maps #Colorado pic.twitter.com/yMy5VCQNnJ
— Joshua Dorne (@joshuadorne) May 15, 2016
It looks as if the graphic on the story has now been corrected by USA Today. Colorado and Wyoming can rest assured they are in the same geographical position that they have maintained for well over a century.
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