CNBC Shares US Map That Mislabels Almost Every State

Please look at this wacky map

Mislabeled map
CNBC

As news about the spread of the coronavirus gets more serious, a health-related map posted by CNBC offered a moment of absurdity Thursday. The map mislabeled almost every single state, eliciting a sort of Wait, what? double-take response from news consumers.

Axios chief financial correspondent Felix Salmon called it “the most glorious chart of all time.” See it for yourself via the Sun’s Chris Spargo, who posted a clear screengrab, here:

https://twitter.com/chrisonchris/status/1233089167120326657

On the CNBC piece in question, “Americans are skipping medically necessary prescriptions because of the cost,” the map has been updated now. Montana is no longer Nebraska.

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