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    ABC reporter Abigail Velez faces backlash for her World Cup reporting “One thing about Bosnia: I could not point out where it is on the map. I don't know the first thing about Bosnia, and I don't wanna know, because Team USA is back and better than ever."
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    ABC reporter Abigail Velez faces backlash for her World Cup reporting “One thing about Bosnia: I could not point out where it is on the map. I don’t know the first thing about Bosnia, and I don’t wanna know, because Team USA is back and better than ever.”

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    2. Venezia9 on

      Why we got to platform these idiotic women? Bosnia I promise I know where you are. 

    6. Past_Wallaby_9435 on

      This is a prime example for r/ShitAmericansmSay . This is so deeply unlikable.

    12. Wutzdapoint on

      Isn’t it so refreshing to hear an American proudly share their ignorance about the world? Finally!

    15. NutsForBaseballButts on

      Worst part is, there are a bunch of turds that’ll eat this right up

    17. righthandofdog on

      From her [station bio ](https://abc7.com/about/newsteam/abigail-velez/?userab=kabc_content_recs-577*variant_a_control-2480,wls_content_recs-584*variant_b_trending_wls-2517,wtvd_content_recs-585*variant_b_trending_wtvd-2519,ktrk_content_recs-587*variant_a_control_ktrk-2522,wpvi_content_recs-586*variant_a_control_wpvi-2520,otv_web_content_rec-539*variant_c_trending-2268,otv_web_topic-580*variant_b_topic_redesign-2509,otv_search_page_design_unification-546*variant_b_search_redesign-2300,kgo_content_recs-583*variant_a_control_kgo-2514,abcn_popular_reads_exp-542*variant_b_7days_filter-2288)

      > A proud graduate of the University of the Incarnate Word and former Miss San Antonio USA, Abigail is an award-winning journalist recognized nationally for her storytelling and clear, personable delivery

    19. Mysterious_Luck_1365 on

      I know this was supposed to be a dig at Bosnia, but she just makes herself look like an idiot.

    21. GatsbyGirl92 on

      omg Bosnians we made it to Fauxmoi! She’s disgusting and ignorant. How stupid can you get? Her boss is literally Bosnian. People defending her need to look inward.

    25. trifledish on

      The president of ABC News is from Bosnia. I believe his family left during the war. I don’t know about State-side, but here in the UK I’ve known a couple of Bosnians whose family left the country as refugees. I imagine that’s a common experience on the continent, too. Of all the countries to be so ignorant about!

      ETA: It’s 25 years *to the day* that Milošević was extradited to the Hague for war crimes

    28. AvocadoBig3555 on

      Americans already have a reputation for struggling with basic geography (totally harmless, since they live inside the empire), and then she goes and says something like that…….

    30. Internal_Wealth_7376 on

      The best thing about this – the president of ABC News is, you guessed it, Bosnian.

    31. butterflyeffect16 on

      Hate that uneducated and ignorant people are given a platform like this.

    32. funnyshae on

      The worst part is “and I don’t wanna know”. Like I get it, we are a fairly small country and a lot of people don’t know much about our country. But saying that you don’t even WANT to know is a – embarassing and b – ignorant, especially for a journalist.

    33. Vicissitutde on

      Platforming/celebrating ignorance is “en vogue”, for sure, with America’s youth. But this may have a smattering of trash talk as well.

      Not defending, just analyzing.

    35. TheSketeDavidson on

      This is such an objectively dumb thing to say regardless of political spectrum wtf

    40. chloenoyolo on

      Truly the stupidest, most ignorant people on the planet. Sorry to the ten decent Americans out there, you are simply not loud enough to be heard over your morons. 

    42. sadnoah on

      This comment paired with Pulisic being a goddamn maga fanboy is so much heat to put on your squad at what should be maybe the biggest tournament in most of these players careers. Pretty embarrassing, pretty easy to root against them. Truthfully hope Bosnia Herzegovina rock our shit. Let’s see a Dzeko masterclass.