Brit Paper mislabels IDAHO story as IOWA

[MeanDean]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-man-21-spreads-panic-praising-Allah-bar.html

 

[CyForPresident]

So? They're essentially the same place to people who don't live there. Just like the Middle East to most Americans. **** it

 

[NetflixAndClone]

 

[Cyclonesince78]

How drunk do you really have to be to get on a table at a bar and start screaming about Allah? That's just nuts.

 

[cyclones500]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-man-21-spreads-panic-praising-Allah-bar.html

I blame the I-State logo for the labeling confusion.

 

[Cyclonetrombone]

If it helps demonstrate a lack of accuracy further. Their national archives have a rare map (the only full version of it with the other two existing in pieces in Cedar Falls and Waterloo) of Black Hawk County, Iowa in their collection cataloged under Ohio.

HOWEVER this is definitely not a situation of a Brit not having knowledge of the states in a different country (can you name all of the states/provinces in Canada, Mexico or Great Britain?)

The author is a New Yorker who contributes US stuff to them. The fact that eastern US urbanites have issues naming the 50 states and knowing there is a difference between them is a different thing all together.

 

[Macloney]

The confusion of Idaho, Iowa and Ohio is very common in most of the U.S. I can't tell you how many times I have been asked if Iowa was where they grow potatoes. While I agree that you should know all states and where they are located, I also think that it is very understandable that most people either don't know or care about Iowa.

 

[jdoggivjc]

 

[jbhtexas]

I could probably muster up some outrage if the paper in Britt, IA had done it...

 

[CyDude16]

It's the daily. Not surprising.

 

[MNCYWX]

Not surprised. Mislabeling of states happens all the time in our nation's media.

 

[MeanDean]

Finally fixed except on the first paragraph. Drudge link still says "IOWA".

 

[BCClone]

I could probably muster up some outrage if the paper in Britt, IA had done it...

There is no paper "in" Britt anymore

 

[Stewo]

Most Americans don't know the difference, so I wouldn't expect foreigners to know either.

 

[Deleted member 8507]

There is no paper "in" Britt anymore

Britt News-Tribune, weekly newspaper

 

[TXCyclones]

Illinohiowandianaho?

 

[Cyclonetrombone]

Most Americans don't know the difference, so I wouldn't expect foreigners to know either.

IF it were a British national then they wouldn't have called us Idaho (see map 10 in link). However... a citizen of New York submitting articles to a British website... totally logical that they would call us Idaho. (Map 8)

http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/iowa/funny-maps-ia/

 

[CycloneErik]

Screw 'em. I say we pack up, declare independence, and leave them behind.

 

[srjclone]

Is it just me or does that bar not look as panicked as the article made it sound? Seems like half the people are still sitting in their seats haha

 

[srjclone]

Screw 'em. I say we pack up, declare independence, and leave them behind.

Let's join Texas in their Texit!