Sky News on Georgia – let’s start with a geography lesson…
August 11th, 2008Posted by Laura Oliver in Online Journalism
Sky News’ online section ‘Georgia In Depth’ is an aggregation of pictures, articles and info about the eastern European country, which borders with Russia, as part of coverage of the current conflict in the region
So that’s the Georgia between sandwiched between Europe and Asia and not the US state then?
If you’re going to use Wikipedia, at least get the right entry. Thank goodness for the disclaimer… it’s no one’s fault!
(Also, why does the site publish Wikipedia excerpts at all if, as the disclaimer suggests, Sky News has little faith in their accuracy?)
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And the Picture Gellery starts off with photos of Atlanta bus station.
This started me wondering whether George Dubya knows which Georgia he’s supporting.