Maddow Mocks Republican's Geography Mistake—But Recently Made One of Her Own

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Let she who is without geography sin cast the first globe! On her MSNBC show last night, Rachel Maddow mercilessly mocked Darrell Issa for confusing Guinea with Guyana. The Republican congressman made his mistake during a discussion of the country in which the latest Ebola outbreak began. Issa said it was "Guyana," a South American country, whereas in fact it was Guinea, a West African one.

Fair enough. Issa should have gotten his countries straight. But of all the hosts in the MSNBC lineup, Rachel Maddow should have been the last to have the chutzpah to highlight Issa's blooper. For you see, just last month, Maddow made a big geography blooper of her own. During a discussion of President Obama's then-impending trip to Estonia, a Baltic country, Maddow went on—repeatedly and at length—about the last time a president had visited . . . the Balkans.

View the video here.

[Verginius Rufus]

Back when the pound was divided into 20 shillings, a guinea was 21 shillings, so prices quoted in guineas looked cheaper than prices quoted in pounds.

[golf lover]

The meager amount of watchers are Obama voters so to quote her idol,”What difference does it make?”