Patronizing the small countries and people of color is standard for NBC. Sad I couldn't get my VPN to work for the BBC feed.
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@weebilsurglace They might have been, *cough* BBC announcers *cough*. I sweat they just said "not just a country of genocide" for Rwanda.2 replies 5 retweets 13 likes -
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And to think I was startled by the "world's most overweight country" announcement.

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And Sierra Leon just got mentioned with "Ebola" and Serbia with role in "World War One." What are these BBC announcers on?
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East Timor! Still can't believe they're a country.
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Turkey gets introduced with "unsettling summer in Ankara." Light as it goes here.
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Venezuela "state of economic collapse". I mean, true but...
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Refugee team gets a huge applause. They represent 60+ million displaced people. Bigger than most countries.
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People from EVERY OTHER COUNTRY BUT THE UNITED STATES on my timeline are on real time, conversing. This is so stupid NBC.
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here on the west coast we're still waiting for it to start. So much for "global" event.
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