{"id":1788455,"date":"2020-02-20T10:03:58","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T15:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1788455"},"modified":"2020-02-20T10:03:58","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T15:03:58","slug":"how-an-air-travel-map-was-used-to-scare-the-bejeepers-out-of-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/02\/how-an-air-travel-map-was-used-to-scare-the-bejeepers-out-of-you\/","title":{"rendered":"How an Air Travel Map Was Used to Scare the Bejeepers Out of You"},"content":{"rendered":"

BBC News<\/a>: \u201cHere\u2019s how a decade-old map showing global air travel was used incorrectly by news websites across the world, leading to headlines such as \u2018New map reveals no country safe from coronavirus tentacles\u2019 and \u2018Terrifying map reveals how thousands of Wuhan travellers could have spread coronavirus to 400 cities worldwide.\u2019\u201d Blame the usual culprits. [Kenneth Field<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BBC News: \u201cHere\u2019s how a decade-old map showing global air travel was used incorrectly by news websites across the world, leading to headlines such as \u2018New map reveals no country safe from coronavirus tentacles\u2019 and… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[1426,149,352,280],"class_list":["post-1788455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-health","tag-covid-19","tag-hoax-maps","tag-journalism","tag-media","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1834248,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/09\/new-gravity-map-of-mars-reveals-subsurface-variations\/","url_meta":{"origin":1788455,"position":0},"title":"New Gravity Map of Mars Reveals Subsurface Variations","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"24 September 2024","format":"link","excerpt":"Gravity map of Mars, from Root et al. 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