Upstate New York towns are all interchangeable in the minds of MSNBC, or rather on its maps.
Reporter George Zornick from The Nation tweeted out the above screenshot from Martin Bashir’s show, noting that his beloved hometown of Buffalo was rather extremely misplaced on a map of President Obama’s bus tour. (It’s supposed to be on Lake Erie, not the Hudson river.)
But that’s not all that was wrong with this picture.
@gzornick As a 5 year resident of Binghamton, I do kind of wish it was in Adirondack State Park. But alas, they effed that up too.
— Andrew Bard Epstein (@andEps) August 14, 2013
@andEps Syracuse too!
— George Zornick (@gzornick) August 14, 2013
@gzornick maybe there's some sort of secret tectonic shift in the works…
— Andrew Bard Epstein (@andEps) August 14, 2013
@andEps upstate NY towns are retreating to the mountains. to plan the revolution
— George Zornick (@gzornick) August 14, 2013
@gzornick The only remotely correct label is Scranton.
— Alex Wright (@wAlex) August 14, 2013
Actually, not really:
We can debate the meaning of “close,” but it’s probably safe to say that the actual location of Scranton, Penn., is not near the center of the state as suggested by Mess-NBC.
So, that’s four — count ’em — four cities misplaced by our friends at MSNBC. Between this and last month’s deletion of New Hampshire from an NBC map, you’d think someone could spring for a few interns to double-check these sorts of things.
@gzornick Besides NY and PA, nothing in that photo is within 100 miles of being correct
— Gil (@gilgillman) August 14, 2013
In fairness, the S&P 500 did rise 4.69 points today.
