Oh dear. This is CNN … again.
Someone needs some geography lessons at @cnn . That's not Nigeria on the map.. #facepalm pic.twitter.com/xE7WVcip2f
— Hajiflo (@hajiflo) August 5, 2014
Really @CNN Niger isn't Nigeria! Review your geography before sharing such wrong information with the world! pic.twitter.com/A2Bt5OGzV3
— Balkissa Idé Siddo (@Balkissaide) August 7, 2014
lmaoo "@DopeNigerian: Does this even look like the map of Nigeria? @CNN please get your facts right http://t.co/9GAcsRtfgj"
— I want injectiblesss (@Pearlie_DO) August 7, 2014
WorldViews: CNN adds Nigeria to list of countries it can’t find on a map http://t.co/fRNNddnz9j
— Maya Anderson (@Maya__Anderson) August 6, 2014
Seriously CNN doesn't even know where Nigeria is On The Map! Cc: @trueNija @RealSeunKuti pic.twitter.com/6N17EnKY9J
— Udeytry Media (@udeytrymedia) August 7, 2014
A reason for the slip-up?
Is CNN weird map of Africa drawn by Joe Biden? (Nigeria is gerrymandered into Niger) http://t.co/v6kmCbo5L9 #TCOT pic.twitter.com/91VeusGHuk
— The People's Cube ?? (@ThePeoplesCube) August 7, 2014
Maps are consistently hard for CNN.
Oh, and as @john_weeks documents, moving Nigeria to Niger is @CNN's FOURTH #mapfail http://t.co/0tG90amjKI
— africasacountry (@africasacountry) August 7, 2014
https://twitter.com/legit_denmark/status/496806254246100992
Yup. Many Twitter users couldn’t help but be reminded of that hilarious oops.
What's bigger news?! That giant hornets kill 42 in China or that Hong Kong relocated to South America? CNN reports… pic.twitter.com/sKVXQ7LVuz
— Mary M. Lane (@MaryLaneWSJ) August 7, 2014
https://twitter.com/yesnicksearcy/status/497423945176334336
https://twitter.com/DavidKenner/status/497301669676187648
So there’s that, CNN!
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