Bedre Gardsdrift - 1 Story
1) Case IH med eksklusiv klubb (Magnus Østby) 2 January 2008
http://www.gardsdrift.no/id/21251.0
http://www.gardsdrift.no/id/21251.0
This story is an excellent example of how many Norwegian journalists are not well educated about Canada and just assume or guess when it comes to Canadian geography and Canadian provinces. In the story the journalist writes: "Case IH har nå opprettet egen klubb for kunder som har kjøpt mere enn 100 skurtreskere. Foreløpig teller den fem medlemmer. Alle kommer fra USA." This is not correct. The five members of this new Case IH club are not all from the USA. One is from Alberta, Canada as Case IH's web site states: "They discovered three other custom cutters who joined the Hollands in the 100 Owner Club inaugural class: Farris Harvesting of Edson, Kan.; Klatt Harvesting of Foremost, Alberta; and Paxton Harvesting of Weatherford, Okla." The Canadian city of Foremost is located in the Canadian province of Alberta in Canada, not in the USA. This is not surprising to see a Canadian province being referred to as being located in the USA. In addition, Case IH also states in the same story "the company recently honored the first five members with a celebration at the Grand Island, Neb., plant, where Axial-Flow combines are manufactured. Club members had dinner with some key executives; took a VIP plant tour; and were given personalized leather jackets embossed with the "Axial-Flow 100 Owner Club" logo." The Canadian city of Foremost, in Alberta, Canada is one of these five. The Norwegian journalist writes they are all in the USA, this is not correct. The Canadian province of Alberta and the country of Canada are not located in the USA. That is like a Canadian journalist writing Oslo or Norway is located in Germany or in Sweden. Further on in the same story Case IH also writes: "With headquarters in the United States, Case IH has a network of dealers and distributors that operates in over 160 countries." As you can see CASE IH also operates in countries outside the USA. The top of the page on Case IH site where this story is posted it says "North America" not USA. Mexico and Canada are in North America, not just the USA. The Norwegian journalist also writes: "...når statene Alberta, Saskatchewan og Manitoba" in the story. These are Canadian provinces located in Canada, they are not "states" as the Norwegian journalist writes. The Case IH web site story the Norwegian story is based off does not call these Canadian provinces "states", the Norwegian journalist has decided to call them states, not knowing Canada uses the political division of provinces. Mexico and the USA are the only two countries in North America with states, not Canada. Canada has been using the French system of provinces for 345 years since Canada became a Royal province of France in 1663. Why would a Norwegian journalist identify Canadian provinces as states? Why would you write all the members are in the USA when Case IH clearly lists the Canadian province of Alberta?
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