 The biggest news network in the world CNN just got Thailand mixed up with Taiwan multiple times in the same segment It pissed some people off David. It's going viral. Let's talk about why this is a bigger deal than you might think Yeah, Andrew. This is going viral on Twitter in Thailand. This is going viral on Twitter in Taiwan Guess where it's not going viral. Where America exactly why people are mad because basically people are saying CNN is the number one news Network in the entire world, of course number one in the Western world as well and basically saying this kind of shows what they think about Asia and Western society They're careless. Yeah, they just are careless. They do not care about differentiating between different countries and we got three major takeaways Andrew, let us know in the comment section below. Do you think it's a big deal? Is it not a big deal? Let us know like subscribe turning notifications Andrew, we got to get into point one how much slack to CNN deserve because maybe somebody had new real men Maybe somebody had Pat see you in the same day and when they're typing it out going Bangkok, Taiwan on the New Year's Eve broadcast Andrew Maybe they're just in Atlanta, Georgia where the capital of CNN is and you know I had the noodles, the broad noodles and then I had the new real men This is a goofy mistake. They get zero slack zero slack from me because CNN is the global news source. David, I quote we quote these articles all the time I'm relying on CNN to give me the correct information that doesn't mean they can never make mistakes, but this mistake is kind of stupid It went on for like minutes. Right. We're talking about a company that is like worth hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars Guys, by the way, this is not just a fun bros YouTube video typing one thing out and then we get like a typo wrong on a video This is multiple people in the newsroom correspondence across the world that are in different places getting this wrong Okay, on a more micro level Andrew, do you agree that people in America tend to more know about like where their heritage is from though? You say that white Americans or European Americans know more about Europe and for example, we know a lot of people in New York that are from the Caribbean They tend to know more about the Caribbean than like your average person Latin American people then to know more about Latin America Asians tend to know more about Asian America How does America work that way when it's like people obviously you get your base level schooling in your public school or private school that you went to But then there's also like I guess the experiences and the osmosis of knowledge you get from just like the circles you run in So maybe the guy who's typing it out Andrew, I just don't hang out with that many Asians man Most of my friends are Korean and I didn't know about Taiwan and Thailand how can you fault me man Man trust me listen if you're a 10th grader and you make this mistake fine If you're the cashier at CVS I'm not going to trip about this is not a big deal If you're CNN also the fact here's another thing that really boggles my mind sometimes I'm like Taiwan is mentioning the news all the time right now Right as for the semiconductor is is China going to invade Taiwan? Oh my gosh Taiwan US America blah blah blah what's going to happen in It's like a key piece in a lot of news right now, but CNN this global news network also the people who did no reservations or parts unknown with Anthony Bourdain They do a bunch of those food lists that are like super international obviously it's a team of different writers But I'm just saying basically they make this mistake there's a bunch of people involved it's not the biggest mistake it's not the most heinous crime I get it I'm not crying about it. I'm just saying it's kind of a goofy mistake to make somebody needed to just watch one YouTube video I think there's like 10 YouTube videos literally describing the difference between Taiwan and Thailand one used to be called Formosa One used to be called C.M. You know one is Mahayana Buddhism one as Teravada Buddhism I think this is a call out to all Asian Americans to do more research on YouTube So we even know Asia better than anybody would think that we should like I think different Asians know different levels But I think that we all got to do our own independent research and not only that we got to speak out and correct people because Andrew One thing that is true and I know Asia is very diverse is that we're kind of quiet when people get things wrong around us We're not going to like necessarily be super aggressive and like punk you to like get you corrected But maybe we should bring it up because otherwise people are just going to keep getting it wrong forever Yeah, that's true Which leads us to our second point is that a lot of people feel very comfortable overrating how much they know about Asian stuff Or getting like statements about Asia wrong Yeah People feel pretty comfortable about that And I have people argue to my face before about like no the pad seals from Taiwan Yeah, no seriously man like people out there. They know a little bit about Asia. So think that's cool Thank thankful that Asia is a relevant part of the world Right, I guess a lot of manufacturing cultural products anime k-pop kung fu Muay Thai and a lot of like I guess physical products. I like us a lot of people can pick it up and be like Oh, yeah, this one's from Thailand But I guess the truth is David and I think most Asian Americans have gone through this someone that you're talking to That you just met or that you don't want to interrupt just said something that was wrong like information wise About Asia and then you just let it slide and you let him keep talking and you didn't correct them I think we've all been in that situation. Let's be honest at least once in our life Yeah, we're in a way that probably my African or Latin American or Caribbean or whatever, you know Middle Eastern friends They probably I'm not saying 10 out of 10, but they would be more statistically likely to speak up and correct somebody I think Asians need to do a better job of correcting people in the moment Not being mad about it seeing it as an honest mistake. Let's give people the benefit of the doubt It's an honest mistake usually when you're talking to them in person right and they slip up and you say oh yeah by the way blah blah blah By the way blah blah blah Sometimes it's just you so Asian you just want to get the whole interaction over with because you just like cringe internally and then you kind of let it go Do you think it also has something to do with like Asians kind of allowing Western people to have like If their knowledge is above one out of ten like let's say they even get to 1.5 or two out of ten knowledge of the east We give them Hella props No, like any NBA player that goes oh Ni hao xie xie xing nian kuai le Everybody's like oh Right Ni hao xie xie China they're not going to demand that NBA players add a new sentence every year right They'll be like waa ni ziwen zi ma ha And then you just like man you just said Ni hao like wow the mellow ball you sure can speak Mandarin Wow you do a really good job You're so cultured for repeating what Betty told you I do think that Asians maybe in the future as like Asia status like begin to rise Like Asia as a whole in a macro sense Like people will be I don't want to say like mad at people but more gently nudging people to to give more than the minimum Like I said guys, I'm not here to accuse people I'm not saying that these people at CNN are super ignorant blah blah blah whatever I mean maybe they were a little tipsy off that you know New Year's champagne Yeah Like a lot of CNN people like to get drunk But it's a goofy thing to do if you're the news network Yeah for the number one news source in the world man Bro, I rely on CNN for the news Yeah this is in like Kansas City Tribune and that no district There's a city shot into the Jayhawks Great people out in Kansas City actually Dave if you ever go there you should try the barbecue Do you think Andrew that this was being framed as a Democrat versus Republican issue because some people are saying Well you know CNN that's the mouthpiece of the Democratic Party They always say they're all about the whole world and every single person should love them if you or any ethnicity or any culture But guess what they don't really care about you they're just trying to get your vote look at them They don't even separate Thailand and Taiwan at least over on our side We would know the difference I'm not saying we put it on our New Year's you know type of broadcasts That's not what our audience is trying to see you know fireworks out in Bangkok They're trying to watch the hangover for in Bangkok maybe Or you know what I mean like basically people are saying you know I guess Republicans would make the argument that like Yeah see we're not Nancy Pelosi getting Taiwan and China mixed up in Taiwan We're not Kamala Harris getting South Korea North Korea getting mixed up at the DMZ we'd never do that Yeah, I mean they've made their fair share of mistakes. I'm sure and you know I think Trump has too But anyways what I'm trying to say is that I guess from their perspective if I had to put myself in their shoes They're probably thinking like hey man, you know we think about things a little bit more aphor cereal and a little bit more war like More tribalistic right and if we're being tribal I'm gonna know the other tribe I'm not gonna make a mistake if China's the enemy I know it's China and it's not Taiwan Right I got to know that enemy instead like the tree huggers on the left that's getting everybody mixed up in a one thing And then CNN's probably like well we were trying to be inclusive and we were trying to show the Asian celebrations And we wanted to show how how how the rest of the world is celebrating it but we made a mess up oh jeez To be fair some of the warmest people in Asia are probably in Taiwan and Thailand though So nice Like Taiwanese people are probably the smileiest of East Asia and Thailand could be the smileiest of Southeast Asia So who knows maybe they should have said that as a way to catch their mess up instead of going with the Chiang Mai food tour thing Yeah CNN you you got us mixed up it's okay Yeah we still like you No but Taiwanese yeah yeah yeah I mean we felt like we built a semiconductor you know we deserve a little bit You should know where you come from No I think Taiwanese people were the most pissed to be honest because Taiwan is like yo guys wait are we important or not Are you guys talking about us every other week in the news or not like what are you doing I mean just my final takeaway Andrew is that just America is such a funny country You have all the best colleges in the world here right so you can use them or not But your base level education you get about geography globally let alone Asia Andrew It's probably like a three out of ten at best so you gotta like And knowledge about Asia would you agree with me Andrew I'm not saying it won't change in the future It's not necessary to thrive in America No Even for like Asian Americans unless you're operating within the Asian community Oh you could be a millionaire in America and you not know the difference Like a hundred millionaire Yeah make a lot of money and you don't have to know the difference between Taiwan and Thailand You probably know China just because you probably buy materials and manufacturing from China at some point in your Or you just want to sell the product to that consumer market But you know what I mean like yeah you do not have to be well educated in Asia to thrive in America Of course not No you just need to know the systems in America and that's why America is such an interesting place You can be so rich and so successful and be ignorant to the outside world for the most part I'm not saying Because it's a hypercharged internal economy versus a lot of other countries where they have to rely on the whole globe to live essentially That's why America is great. We ain't got to worry about other people's problems We could just think about ourselves here make money from the circular economy that we got from here Capitalism Right which really has a lot of pros and cons and obviously a lot of people like it because that's why they come here But you know let us know what you think in the comment section below guys Is CNN getting Taiwan and Thailand constantly mixed up? Is it good, bad, honest mistake? Or what? What does it mean? Alright everybody thank you so much for watching Please let us know in the comments down below and please hit that like button. Alright until next time we out. Peace