NORWEGIAN MEDIA WATCH:1366 Stories from 175 publication/organisations, NTB news agency, & 2 MPs

The continent is called North America, not "USA og Canada." Nationality of Canada = Canadian (French and English speaking). Nationality of Mexico = Mexican (Spanish) in green. Nationality of USA = American (English) in pink. There is no country in the world called "USA og Canada." The continent of North America has basically four countries, Canada, Mexico, France, and the USA located on it. Mexico, France and the USA are republics, with a president and states. Canada is a Constitutional Monarchy with a King, a parliament, and provinces.  Why do norwegian journalists think Canada is the same as the USA? Norwegians are doing themselves, Norwegians, and Canadians a disservice if reporting the nationality of Canadians as Americans, dump Canada into foreign new stories from the USA, including the USA's  news stories and social problems, and geographically locate Canadian cities in foreign countries like the USA or France, write that the USA's dollar is Canada

1) Åpning av Worldskills i Calgary 1. september (Håvard Arne Mathisen) 2 September 2009 http://www.nbf.no/article.php?articleID=396&categoryID=130 In this story about the World Skills competition Canada hosted in the province of Alberta, the Norwegian writer states: "Canadas statsminister Stephen Harper, undervisningsministeren, guvernøren i delstaten Alberta, ordføreren i Calgary og representanter for WorldSkills Calgary og WorldSkills International hilste deltakerne og det store publikummet som fulgte det utendørs åpningsshowet fra "Grand stand". State Governor?? State?? This is not correct. How can Alberta have a "state governor" and be a state when there are no states, and no "state governors" in Canada. The only countries in North America that have states and state governors are Mexico and the USA. This story is an excellent example of how many Norwegian writers just guess or assume Canada is the same as the USA. Canada has been using provi

1) Skred, drugs & rock´n´roll ( Erlend Sande ) 22 November, 2009 http://www.friflyt.no/index.php?pagenr=12&articlenr=57881 In this story the Norwegian writer states Swiss-Canadian Pascal Haegeli from Canada, with the consulting firm Avisualanche is a "Swiss-American." American? How can that be when he has Swiss and Canadian citizenship? This is not correct. After consulting with Pascal Haegeli, he confirmed his citizenship is Swiss and Canadian. He lives in Canada, his firm is located in Canada, he comes from British Columbia - a province in Canada, yet his nationality is identified as Swiss and American. He is not an American citizen. The story talks about Canada, mentions the province of British Columbia, and he is also a director of the Canadian Avalanche Association, but yet, his nationality and citizenship is identified as American, not Canadian. The story was corrected two days later, and no response was received from Fri Flyt in Norway. 2) Nyheter fra bobilen