Rachel Maddow's 4/12 Moment of Geek: Moment of Fail?

derby378

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Mon Apr-12-10 09:05 PM
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Rachel Maddow's 4/12 Moment of Geek: Moment of Fail?

Did anyone else watching TRMS tonight notice that her show got the Chinese and Nepalese estimates of Mt. Everest's height wrong - by 9,000 feet?!?

Anyone happen to get a still picture of the graphics Kent Jones was standing in front of?

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Suich

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Mon Apr-12-10 09:13 PM
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1. I thought she kept saying 20,000 instead of 29,000.

Edited on Mon Apr-12-10 09:14 PM by Suich

Then when she didn't correct it, I thought it was just me!

:)

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derby378

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Mon Apr-12-10 09:18 PM
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3. Me too

I was thinking, "No way! We're talking about using the sea level as baseline, right?"

Granted, there are a few seafloor mountains that, if measured from their base, would dwarf Mt. Everest - I think Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the reigning champ in terms of absolute height. But Everest is still the closest mountain to the great beyond, and at a whopping 29,035 feet above sea level (and growing), I don't think it's in much danger of losing that distinction soon.

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anigbrowl

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Mon Apr-12-10 10:12 PM
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5. Well that would meam the error was over 9000 feet

And as we all know, over 9000 is pure unadulterated win.

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pinboy3niner

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Mon Apr-12-10 09:16 PM
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2. No, didn't notice that

But she had a kick-ass segment on Obama diplomacy!

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derby378

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Mon Apr-12-10 09:19 PM
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4. Yep, that she did

It made me giggle a little bit.

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Withywindle

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Mon Apr-12-10 11:01 PM
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6. Yeah, I just saw that: they got it WRONG.

The graphics said 20,000 too.

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Suich

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Tue Apr-13-10 09:00 PM
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7. LOL!

She just corrected herself...did you see it?

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derby378

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Tue Apr-13-10 09:56 PM
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8. I did - Moment of Eek!

Rachel handled it well. Good on her.

I appreciated learning about Chimborazo in Ecuador as well. I first learned about Chimborazo when I was a kid, but I think this is the first time I've heard about it since elementary school.

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