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Outside media don’t care about the Northeast. We have all seen them misuse, misspell and mistake our neighborhoods and our streets, so we at NEast Philly wanted to do something about it. When they get it wrong, we set it right in a segment we like to call Right NEast/Wrong NEast.
Globe Dye Works gets attention – in the wrong neighborhood – May 14, 2012
NBC10 helps Feltonville make a comeback – May 7, 2012
NBC10 can’t figure out which side of the Boulevard it’s on – April 26, 2012
Philly.com uses the wrong neighborhood and the wrong neighborhood name – April 24, 2012
Action News says Wissinoming fire happened in Tacony – April 23, 2012
Daily News says Hunting Park Avenue is in Frankford, then backtracks – April 13, 2012
Once in Mayfair, always in Mayfair – April 10, 2012
Co-op sets up shop in the wrong neighborhood – April 9, 2012
No surprise TV stations don’t know where Morrell Park is – April 2, 2012
Fox breaks news in the wrong neighborhood – March 26, 2012
Action News misses ‘east’ part of the Northeast – March 23, 2012
First offense by the District Attorney’s office - March 20, 2012
Daily News says Burholme is ‘Far Northeast’ – March 16, 2012
When selling a house, note the difference between Wissinoming and Torresdale – March 13, 2012
Philly.com fooled by school’s misleading name – March 9, 2012
Action News fixed the error – almost – Feb. 17, 2012
When you can’t decide on a neighborhood, pick two – Feb. 7, 2012
When you start in the wrong ZIP code, things won’t end well – Jan. 17, 2012
When in doubt, call it Frankford - Dec. 19, 2011
Many things go wrong when a bus crashes on Hunting Park Avenue – Dec. 15, 2011
Congratulations, Father Judge, on your move to Frankford – Dec. 7, 2011
Action News and CBS both confuse Frankford and Fishtown – Nov. 29, 2011
Consider the Boulevard a very large, obvious neighborhood divider – Nov. 22, 2011
Port Richmond returns to the Northeast – Nov. 11, 2011
Pennypack Park is too big to be an identifier – Nov. 2, 2011
KYW makes up a street name - Nov. 1, 2011
CBS corrects a neighborhood screw-up, but without a notice - Oct. 20, 2011
South side of Bridge Street is undeniable Frankford - Sept. 23, 2011
When in doubt, Action News picks a neighborhood at random – Sept. 16, 2011
Frankford “boom” expands beyond the neighborhood - Sept. 1, 2011
Tacony moves to Mayfair and joins North Philadelphia – Aug. 25, 2011
Castor Gardens may be hard to find, but it’s not in Lawncrest – Aug. 23, 2011
The Daily News thinks the Northeast is pretty small - Aug. 22, 2011
Wissinoming store robbery makes second appearance – July 25, 2011
Tacony gets credit for Wissinoming animal hoarding – July 18, 2011
Lawncrest is not a lesson learned - July 15, 2011
Lawncrest still confusing people - July 12, 2011
Wissinoming gets overlooked again – July 11, 2011
Frankford and Cottman relocates to Holmesburg – June 29, 2011
Fox’s mistake does not a winner make - June 28, 2011
Northeast is now hip and part of Riverwards — April 6, 2011
Lawndale and Summerdale different despite similar suffix – March 25, 2011
Police, Daily News can’t find Kensington - March 18, 2011
Holmesburg flags invisible to Action News – Jan. 18, 2011
Obituary mistake clouds honor – Jan. 5, 2011
Picking neighborhoods out of a hat – Dec. 22, 2010
St. Dom’s is back in Frankford -Dec. 2, 2010
Olney is not in the Northeast - Nov. 30, 2010
We’re literally crying with laughter – Nov. 19, 2010
Yet another Frankford Avenue mixup – Nov. 8, 2010
Oxford Circle crosses the Boulevard again – Nov. 1, 2010
Fishtown, we’ve missed you — Oct. 13, 2010
Google Maps makes an error — Oct. 12, 2010
Philly Weekly shares its special El stop with Action News — Oct. 4, 2010
We’d never call for the closing of a newspaper, but this might push us over the edge — Sept. 27, 2010
We’d have a lot less work if Frankford and Wiss would just consolidate already — Sept. 7, 2010
12th and Harold is in the North and Northeast, according to Fox29 — Aug. 11, 2010
CBS continues tradition of labeling everything west of the Boulevard as Oxford Circle — Aug. 10, 2010
‘North Juniata,’ need we say more? — Aug. 4, 2010
NBC has trouble reading signs in Holmesburg — July 14, 2010
Tacony now going by Frankford and Port Richmond — July 1, 2010
WHYY needs a geography lesson — June 10, 2010
Philly Mag sees trees, calls it Pennypack — June 3, 2010
There must be a special El stop for the Philly Weekly writers — June 2, 2010
Mayfair is Expanding — May 20, 2010
KYW is all over the place — March 16, 2010
Streets and neighborhoods are different – March 9, 2010
Fairhill strike two — Feb. 8, 2010
The Wiss/Frankford border is fine but definite — Jan. 25, 2010
East vs. West makes all the difference - Jan. 21, 2010
Another Feltonville mixup - Jan. 15, 2010
Confirmation that Action News doesn’t read NEast Philly – Dec. 22, 2009
Tacholmesfair? – Dec. 1, 2009
Action News mistakes Holmesburg for Mayfair - Nov. 17, 2009
Kensingston still not in the Northeast – Nov. 6, 2009
No one knows where Holme Circle is - Oct. 26, 2009
Action News’ double whammy – Oct. 12, 2009
Action News didn’t even try – Sept. 14, 2009
Yet another street/avenue mix up – Sept. 2, 2009
Feltonville – so close, yet so far – Aug. 10, 2009
Action News typo makes all the difference – Aug. 6, 2009
Action News makes Conwell Avenue smaller – July 28, 2009
Where does Bridesburg belong, anyway? – July 23, 2009
Holier-than-thou Philebrity can’t find our borders – July 9, 2009
FOX almost gets it right – July 8, 2009
Northeast car accident happened in four different spots – June 30, 2009
Action News includes Hunting Park in the Northeast – June 22, 2009
CBS3 reports Passmore Street as an Avenue - June 9, 2009
Inquirer puts Kensington juvenile rape case in Northeast - June 1, 2009
FOX29 thinks Frankford Avenue is only in Frankford – June 1, 2009
CBS3 says Oxford Circle is east of the Boulevard – May 25, 2009
MURL students annex Fishtown for the NEast - May 22, 2009
DN calls Algon Avenue a street - May 11, 2009
Inqy thinks Juniata is Frankford – May 5, 2009
CBS3 says Port Richmond is in the NEast - May 4, 2009
Inqy confuses Loretto Avenue with Loretto Street - March 24, 2009
MURL places Torresdale Ave. in Port Richmond -- March 6, 2009
TV stations confuse Oxford Circle and Frankford – Feb. 27, 2009
TU students say Fairhill is in Northeast – Feb. 26, 2009
WHYY creates split between North and East — Feb. 18, 2009
NY Times calls us “northeast.” — Feb. 17, 2009
WHYY says St. Dom’s is in Frankford — Feb. 15, 2009
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