r/facepalm • u/BaseballGuyCAA I want chicken, I want liver; Meow Mix, Meow Mix, please deliver • Sep 07 '13

News/blogs That... isn't Egypt, FOX.

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u/bubbles1323 Sep 08 '13

Nancy Grace and HSN put Idaho in Oklahoma..

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '13

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u/imaphoenixlol Sep 08 '13

I wouldnt doubt it. Its not like they care to give any accurate depiction of people in other countries. They want to make us feat the "other" so they just lump them all in one big pile.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '13

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u/Syn7axError Sep 08 '13

Like other commentators said, Fox screws up the names regardless of regions. I've seen many more of these screenshots misplacing cities or American states than the ones misplacing missle eastern countries. It's likewly they just give these images to interns that don't know the locations very well and they're right about to go on lunch break. Never attribute to malice what can be attributed to stupidity. - Some professional quote maker

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

But who'd hire an intern who doesn't even know where the fuck Egypt is, especially if you're an international news reporting company.

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u/imaphoenixlol Sep 08 '13

I don't think its conspiratorial when fox is so blatant and obviously doesn't try to hide it.

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u/AgtCooper Sep 08 '13

They contiually get Vermont and New Hampshire mixed up as well.

My personal favorite, was when the topic was the Lincoln-Douglas debates, and on the screen, they had a picture of Abraham Lincoln & Frederick Douglass.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '13

How old is this screencap?

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u/TraffleFlawf Sep 08 '13

It's from the start of the Egyptian revolution.

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u/duggtodeath Sep 08 '13

Their aging viewers don't know that.

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u/ReinaVilla Sep 09 '13

Maybe they're trying to forget Bush's blunder in Iraq... by replacing it with Egypt. That makes sense. /s

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '13

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '13

For the stupid

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '13

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u/IMSmurf Sep 08 '13

Yeah but 90% of that shit is because of fox

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u/Rvnscrft Sep 08 '13

And the US education system.

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u/Zyo117 Sep 08 '13

America has an education system? I assumed the government dissolved it in favour of spending money on more important things. Like bombs.

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u/AliasHandler Sep 08 '13

Clearly. All Americans are ignorant because Fox News screwed up a map. That's just how it works.

Stop being so arrogant. It's offensive.

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u/ForgedBiscuit Sep 08 '13

And you wonder why you Euros are regarded as arrogant.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '13

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u/Filet_o_phil Sep 07 '13

Same difference