TIME and the new island

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Fri Oct 4 19:16:38 UTC 2013


"The land-mass, seen here, is reportedly about 250 ft. _long_."


The photo is of an object about as nearly perfectly circular as will ever
be found in nature. How TF can a journal of the supposed "quality" of TIME
describe a circle as "*long*"?

Give me strength.

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