While anyone can make a mistake, CNN has a remarkable pattern of hilarious errors when it comes to basic geography, the kind of thing most of us learned in elementary school, at least when it comes to the map of the United States. Google “CNN geography fail” and you will see mind-boggling ignorance and sloppiness on display.

The news business used to be all about providing facts, but for many years now, at CNN that mission has been supplanted by the imperative of unseating Republicans, and since 2016, impeaching or at least defeating President Trump. So, it may be unsurprising that CNN regularly mis-identifies US states and foreign locations too. But given that channel’s snotty attitude – alleging Trump couldn’t find Afghanistan on a map -- it is a very bad look:

The arrogance, the dismissiveness, the smug cackling, the accents.

If Donald Trump wins re-election this year, I’ll remember this brief CNN segment late one Saturday night in January as the perfect encapsulation for why it happened. pic.twitter.com/8kQ6zN9AZV

— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) January 28, 2020

Here is a sampler of the ridiculous geographic ignorance at the fake news network(hat tips; Twitchy, RedState, MRC and Google.

First, at home, where everything in flyover country is kinda vague:

Never change, @CNN. pic.twitter.com/zdeku82kBq

— Michael Deppisch (@deppisch) April 24, 2020

Hi @CNN, I know you guys are busy analyzing lines on a map, but perhaps you use your time to study up on U.S. geography? pic.twitter.com/kVgifHfPK4

— Kayleigh McEnany (@PressSec) September 5, 2019

Even coastal metropolises are too hard for CNN to keep straight:

But when we go to overseas maps, just staying on the correct continent is a serious challenge:

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There’s an old joke that war is God’s way of teaching Americans geography. And CNN certainly has covered its share of wars, but it still hasn't learned that Switzerland separates Germany from Italy:

Germany is currently not considering closing the country’s borders with Italy due to the coronavirus outbreak, its foreign ministry said https://t.co/OqzbZGfvdg

— CNN International (@cnni) February 24, 2020