The Current Situation

BBC News just pulled a “FOX News”

…and by that, I mean, being completely ignorant of the larger world outside the U.S. and too lazy to double-check with a real map. Romania doesn’t share a border with Türkiye; the “Romania” on their map is actually Bulgaria. Romania is the next country to the north.

(Also, they can call the country east of Germany “Czechia” — “The Czech Republic” is technically correct, but so is “The French Republic,” and most people just say “France.”)

Here’s a correct map of Europe:

Of course, the title of winner for erroneous maps still goes to FOX News, who once put “Egypt” in Iraq’s location:

Joey deVilla

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