Geography Lessons for AP

Today my RSS reader showed me something picked up from ESPN.com that caught my immediate attention. They were reposting a news released by Associated Press through their RSS service:


Immediately I noticed it was wrong because they were incorrectly citing the geographical location of my country of birth. All my life I believed that what I was taught in the school was correct, but now AP has shaken up the bases of my education.... oh no... who am I, where do I come from... I feel confused... the World is changing... heeeelp me!... (it's a sarcasm, if you didn't notice it).

Now if you happen to work for Associated Press and don't know where Venezuela is located either, then here my two cents for you, check your World Atlas and you'll be amazed those scribbles called Maps can be useful sometimes if you don't want appear like an ignorant. By the way Venezuela is in South America, not in Central America.


But worst of all are the editors from other newspapers who picked up the news, as they didn't realize the error either.


Fortunately, many other realized it and posted the corrected information, like ESPN.com:

ESPN.com - MLB - Record seven Venezuelan pitchers start in one night: "Seven Venezuelan pitchers started in the major leagues on Tuesday, setting a record for the baseball-crazed South American country where the achievement was heralded as a sign of its growing presence in the game.

Tony Armas Jr. and Gustavo Chacin got the ball for Washington and Toronto, respectively. Mets right-hander Victor Zambrano struggled in a loss to the Braves. The Angels-Twins game featured two Venezuelan pitchers: Minnesota right-hander Carlos Silva and Los Angeles right-hander Kelvim Escobar.

Felix Hernandez of Seattle and Carlos Zambrano of the Chicago Cubs also started Tuesday."

Anyhow, congratulations to all my fellow Venezuelan players in the Major League.

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