[readme]

I would be interested to know what percentage of average American TV news viewers could locate Iceland on a map if it was not labeled.

[grey-area]

That would say something about the state of American education rather than the state of Iceland, if so.

[SG-]

The same people likely couldn't point out a lot of other 'big' countries/continents or even US states, so I don't see what that argument proves.

[readme]

My point is that TV news caters to the lowest common denominator of brains so they aren't going to tell everyone about a country they can't locate on a map. That is of course, unless, there are "terrorists" there, or Israel is involved.