MSNBC’s map of Ukraine and surrounding countries.
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Yesterday, in its coverage of the crisis there, MSNBC showed a map of Ukraine and the countries surrounding it, including one that hasn’t existed in 21 years. Their map features Czechoslovakia, which split into two countries in 1993: the Czech Republic and Slovakia. If MSNBC is trying to rehabilitate the image of the “ignorant American”, they’re not helping.
In case you need a refresher course, here’s a map of central Europe:
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To their credit at least they list "Ukraine" instead of the anachronistic "the Ukraine" that I keep hearing thrown around. I keep wanting to yell: IT HAS BEEN A COUNTRY SINCE 1991! LOSE THE "THE".