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If you heard about the blunder last week, well, you just need to know that CNN has removed the offending post and have since apologised for incurring the wrath of netizens.
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If you don’t know what’s going on yet, you’ve come to the right place. Here’s what happened.
In an article posted on October 7, a prominent news portal mistakenly wrote that Singapore is “not a country”. Of course, Singaporeans were… mad.
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They listed down countries with lower COVID-19 cases compared to the U.S. White House and this mistake happened. The Twitterverse was quick to react (as usual) and the rest is history. Also, if you noticed the typo for Papua* New Guinea, let’s just ignore it and focus on the Singapore issue for this article, ok?
I knew it, we were Malaysia all along!
— HMS London 🌹 (@CanadiumPippy) October 7, 2020
— Sebastian Tong (@SebbyTong) October 7, 2020
Huh why we suddenly downgraded? Who do we belong to?
— Mx.Nepenthe (@_evanesco) October 7, 2020
— Nic Risser (@mr_nic_rizzo) October 7, 2020
What?! Singapore is not a country?!
— Christina Bruno (@Christi71386739) October 7, 2020
Eh @CNN, you failed Geography issit? pic.twitter.com/iPwBIM38Cc
— mrbrown (@mrbrown) October 7, 2020
This is some next level shade right here. pic.twitter.com/g5ERCFCYza
— Prakash Haridas (@prakashph) October 7, 2020
The post has since been removed nd they have published a statement on their website apologizing for their mistake.
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So, let’s forgive and forget, shall we?
By: Piravina Ragunathan
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