CBS Considers Alaska 'Tiny'

Did you know Alaska was tiny? No? I didn't either! CBS thinks so, though. Notice what they said on the caption of photograph 7 of their Palin photo essay at http://www.cbsnews.com/elements/2008/08/29/in_depth_politics/photoessay4395795.shtml:


 

Hmm, let me see if I can research this...

Ahh, found it. Here is a really good site to investigate this for yourself: http://www.uaf.edu/asgp/k12/birds_eye_view/ch2/story2-3.htm

I snapped an image from the site to save CBS some trouble:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you go to this site, you can compare Alaska to Texas (Alaska is 2.4 times larger), California (4.0 times larger), Illionois (11.3 times larger), and Delaware (263.7 times larger!) Wow, if Alaska is so tiny, then these other states must be microscopic! Alaska is tiny? Hmm, I think I will call this the "CBS Doctrine".