and the capital of Turkey is...
 

CBC TV news have just described Istanbul as the capital city....

Did the Turks get bored with Ankara?

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Who wouldn't? I've been to Ankara. I got bored.

The capital of Australia is?
The capital of Brazil is?
The capital of Germany is/was?
The capital of Canada is?
The capital of The Netherlands is?

Many people would get those questions wrong.

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OK, without googling

Canberra
Brasilia
Bonn
Ottawa
Utrecht?

Re: and the capital of Turkey is...
 

pointless comment to make post work

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Den Hague, innit?

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Turns out that there was no need to stress that, was there:p;)

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<Pedant Hat on>

Mixing languages there, dbd. The Hague in English, or Den Haag in Dutch.

<Pedant Hat off>

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Noted. I smite myself.

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and the point of this thread is......

Re: and the capital of Turkey is...
 

ooo you,

The point, you want a point? Try this one-


Is it reasonable to expect a national news broadcast to get their facts right?

Re: and the capital of Turkey is...
 

:DI've spotted a couple of "facts" in that bastion of journalistic integrity "The Times" that were clearly wrong recently.

Did you know that hair model, "actor" and French former footballer David Ginola, was , according to the times, the voice of Jacques the shrimp in "Finding Nemo"? No?, neither did he, because he wasnt!

Kids today eh!

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Gosh, let me see. Expecting someone to know the capital city of a country, and expecting someone to know which actor was a voice in Nemo. I can see international ramifications for both, but one seems slightlyl more important than the other. The nemo question could fail you in a pub quiz.

Country, dogs, going.

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I think it is. Most of the govermentalising gets done out of Amsterdam, though. Utrecht doesn't figure. That's OK. I don't think Batty is all that much into cigars.

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I liked Utrecht though I had a unfortunate experience there trying to explain that I wanted to purchase something a man doesn't need to a woman who didn't speak English.

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Hand signals?

<shudders>

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Correct

Nasty things that can give you cancer of the tongue and mouth.

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Yes of course it is. I just don't think this particular fact is that important. Unless of course you feel that CBC reporting is riddled with inaccuracies and this is just the latest in a long list of errors.

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The thing is, it was a "fact" thrown into the story with no relevance at all to it, and it would have taken them 2 minutes tops to verify.

The other one I spotted yesterday was regarding the british nobel prize winner (actually a dual US/ British citizen) who shared his prize with "2 US Physicists", one of whom was actually from Canada. Its since been modified to say something else

Yes, its not as crass as misidentifying a capital city, but its the same malaise, I guess I just expected better from the "Paper of record" ( if not the CBC obviously).

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The capital of Australia is? Sydney
The capital of Brazil is? Rio de janerio
The capital of Germany is/was? Berlin
The capital of Canada is? Toronto
The capital of The Netherlands is? Holland

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You do realize that you got one right, right?

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If you spot one mistake then you wonder about the other information that they give out.

Well I do. You seem not to.

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I'd hoped I'd got them all right.:(

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I've just realised. Winners have opened a branch in Utrecht.

Re: and the capital of Turkey is...
 

You really should have posted that in either the Create&Barrel or the Victoria's Secret thread.

But I like Utrecht as well.

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Let's wait and see how many references to "the Rockies" there will be in the news at this winter's 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. ;)

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As opposed to last winter's 2010 Olympics?

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Not got much time, but the answer is A, B, G, C, N (or maybe H). Ok - I'm going.... I'll fetch my coat on the way out.

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:rofl: They may have the odd typo too I'm told. What is this world coming too?

Re: and the capital of Turkey is...
 

Has something got under your skin?

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lol, You seem like a very negative unhappy person. Lighten up;)

Re: and the capital of Turkey is...
 

Hey ho.

Re: and the capital of Turkey is...
 

shush you ;)

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It was the capital though and at least they didn't call it Constantinople! ;)

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If you want seriously ballsed-up journalism, try this one for size.

http://media.www.villanovan.com/medi...-3787790.shtml

Four fifths? Try about 8%, mate. And please try to make a distinction between reserves and inferred resources.
At that rate of production, Rwanda was supplying not just the world but several neighbouring planetary systems.
Africa, in total, provided about a third of world supply in 2008. A lot of that was from perfectly legitimate operations.
Just the three processors, is it. I'm sure the other 30 or so would be surprised to hear that.
If you're going to name three processors, at least try to get one of the names right. And some facts. It might help you to avoid being sued for libel. One of those companies is very, very clear about where it gets its materials (Australia - usually the world's largest source, by the way - Canada and Mozambique). It will not buy anything from Central Africa. The other two are equally ethical.
It is true that some processors are less upstanding. Everyone in the industry knows where the dodgy stuff goes, and it ain't the West.

Unfortunately, this pillock isn't the only one to keep repeating these urban myths. Drivel like this comes out almost daily. It got worse when Hilary Clinton visited the Congo. I have heard a rumour that Oprah is going to pick up on it. That will not help anyone.

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Did I win something ? :thumbup:

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Or Byzantium....

It's never been the capital of Turkey. I thought that Ataturk chose Ankara as the capital as part of moving away from the Ottoman past.