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There's a reason why Americans know so little about the world outside our borders, and it's not simply because too many of us are watching FOX News. For example, take this recent tidbit from our nation's paper of record...

Until this month, when it added Verizon, Apple sold to just one carrier, AT&T, limiting its distribution — and, analysts say, the size of the head start it had over Android.

I've seen this wisdom matter-of-factly repeated throughout the media over the past couple weeks, and of course, it's not true. Until this month, when it added Verizon, Apple sold to just one carrier in the United States. Apple sells through dozens of carriers worldwide, and has recently seen its most dramatic growth in markets outside the United States.

And these tech and business writers covering Apple... they know that. So what explains this prevalent slip? I think my headline says it all.

Nearly everything you read, watch or listen to in the American-centric media is produced from an American perspective... a perspective that probably could correctly place Egypt on a map, if it cared to. But, well, most of the time, it doesn't.