Australia relocates
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No matter how bad the geographical knowledge of certain American TV station or newspapers have been I don't think they have reach quite the heights of stupidity as the Daily Mail (UK) did with this map
It seems that Australia has an entirely new state (Capricornia). How does anyone make this kind of mistake?
It seems that Australia has an entirely new state (Capricornia). How does anyone make this kind of mistake?
Here is another one
and wasn't there a map that put Israel in the totally wrong place? Or was it Egypt?
and wasn't there a map that put Israel in the totally wrong place? Or was it Egypt?
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No matter how bad the geographical knowledge of certain American TV station or newspapers have been I don't think they have reach quite the heights of stupidity as the Daily Mail (UK) did with this map
It seems that Australia has an entirely new state (Capricornia). How does anyone make this kind of mistake?
Two things, I guess.
One, there is a region called Capricornia, not the same as a state.
Two, the Xavier Herbert novel of that name which was set in the fictioal state of that name, which, iirc, had Townsville as its capital.
How a quaility news room mixes these things up is a question worth asking.
I wish I'd known this before I went to the UK and Ireland a few months back. All that flying time wasted. 
Rugby doesn't count.Always were.New Zealand is now the main power in Oceania.HOORAAAAAAY!!! AUSTRALIA MOVED!!!!!!!!!
Yeah but do we really need more cellar sex slave operators in this country???
No matter how bad the geographical knowledge of certain American TV station or newspapers have been I don't think they have reach quite the heights of stupidity as the Daily Mail (UK) did with this map
It seems that Australia has an entirely new state (Capricornia). How does anyone make this kind of mistake?
It's a very easy mistake to make. I lose track of the states all the time. If it's not Victoria, it doesnt matter
How hard is it to remember the names of SIX freakin' states?? We Yanks have fifty of them, you know.
So Hitler wasn't born in Australia after all!It also means that some people in Asia or so have a very weird perception of Australia by now.
But Einstein was.
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I prefer this relocation from about ten years ago
Australia gets drunk, wakes up in the North Atlantic
and the photo
Here is another one
and wasn't there a map that put Israel in the totally wrong place? Or was it Egypt?
This image is from the WGN Morning News here in Chicago. Virtually nothing that happens there is meant to be taken seriously.
Well, that's just bizarre, I can't even fathom how they managed to do that. Maybe it was a joke? They've corrected it know, though.
You were probably thinking of this, Miss Chicken:
And I might as well add a couple more "gems":
"Toolooz"? 
"The Daily Mail" and "quality" cannot be used in the same sentence without the universe going 'splodey.
Smiki, please tell me they're all fake.
How can this possibly happen?
How can this possibly happen?
I will be vigilant as Australia moves closer and closer towards me. 
in an age where we discovered that even the universe has its borders, it appears that the only thing that has absolutely no limits is human stupidity
This must be a fake. I suppose this was originally about the guy who murdered those Jewish children and their teacher. The fact that it say "Buddhist madman" really points in that direction. Also, the myriad of errors (from the spelling of the place to the wrong location on the map to the misnameing of the French President).