Comments on libertex: Why doesn't the media provide map context?

We will have every Hizbollah women fucked by dogs....

2007-05-18T07:50:00.000-05:00

We will have every Hizbollah women fucked by dogs.
We will send Phallus of ours into ass of All priests moslems.
We will have Khamenei and Rafsanjani and Ahmadinejad and Khatami and Akbar Ganji fucked by a great penis Of donkey and whale .
We will fuck all foreign government which help mullah.
کیر سگ تو کس ننه سید اولاد پیغمبر و کس ننه خود پیامبر اسلام.
کیر خوک تو کس ننه امام حسین.
کیر خر تو کس ننه شیعیان.
صلوات: الله و کیر خر تو کس ننه محمد و آل محمد.
This is a beautiful cultural message for you.

Here is a priceless reflection on the true size of...

2006-08-20T18:23:00.000-05:00

Here is a priceless reflection on the true size of Lebanon and Israel

Baalbeck -- 10 km from Syria, mmm? For the folks ...

2006-08-20T13:31:00.000-05:00

Baalbeck -- 10 km from Syria, mmm? For the folks in Rio Linda (apologies to Rush) that is like, 6.2 miles. To put that in perspective, Manhattan is 13.4 miles long, and 2.3 miles wide. Now details like that might help make the issue a easier to grasp for Americans. But then, that's not the goal of the news, is it? It might be useful, not to mention important, to really accurately describe the situation -- and perhaps pursue the implications in the story.

I and every other geography blogger agree with you...

2006-08-20T11:59:00.000-05:00

I and every other geography blogger agree with you!

Because if they looked at maps they would see how ...

2006-08-20T09:15:00.000-05:00

Because if they looked at maps they would see how small Israel is.

I found that there were few good maps of Lebanon t...

2006-08-20T09:02:00.000-05:00

I found that there were few good maps of Lebanon that gave borders to both Israel and Syria and also gave enough place names to orient stories in the news.

The reason this isn't done is because they don't k...

2006-08-20T07:30:00.000-05:00

The reason this isn't done is because they don't know how to do it and forget that there are a few of us who do. Besides, why let the facts get in the way of a compelling story.