I had to change a live web story today because it described a certain UK-based company as being "US-based". The writer had seen on the company's website that its headquarters were in Washington and he assumed that meant Washington DC (or Washington state, I suppose).
In fact, the company is based in - you guessed it - Washington, Tyne and Wear, right here in England.
I can't really criticise the writer, though, because I was the sub who worked on the story before it went live and let the blunder past. Oops.
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I'm reminded of the story, a year or so back, concerning the couple who internet-booked travel to Melbourne. Alas, they arrived in Melbourne Nova Scotia, not Melbourne Australia!
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