media – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:03:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg media – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 How an Air Travel Map Was Used to Scare the Bejeepers Out of You https://www.maproomblog.com/2020/02/how-an-air-travel-map-was-used-to-scare-the-bejeepers-out-of-you/ Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:03:58 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1788455 More]]> BBC News: “Here’s how a decade-old map showing global air travel was used incorrectly by news websites across the world, leading to headlines such as ‘New map reveals no country safe from coronavirus tentacles’ and ‘Terrifying map reveals how thousands of Wuhan travellers could have spread coronavirus to 400 cities worldwide.’” Blame the usual culprits. [Kenneth Field]

]]> 1788455 Mapping Refugee Rumours https://www.maproomblog.com/2016/02/mapping-refugee-rumours/ Sat, 13 Feb 2016 12:56:33 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=836 CBC News: “A German website called Hoax Map is debunking false rumours about refugees throughout Germany and Austria, many of which range from the absurd to the disturbing.” Here’s the link; in German.

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