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Perhaps it's the old social studies teacher in me, but when I'm watching a TV show and they get a fact wrong and I have no way to text or tweet at them to correct them I get frustrated.
Just this past weekend I was enjoying the 'New York State' episode of "Aerial America" on the Smithsonian Channel. It's always a good watch. But then the speaker said that "The Genessee River is the longest river to flow to the north in the western hemisphere." My day was ruined. Why just in the USA the Willamette, Fox, and probably other rivers longer than the Genessee flow north. And how about the Magdalena in Colombia? Nearly 1000 miles. Finally, what about the Mackenzie? It's about 1100 miles long- and the Athabasca, which eventually feeds the Mackenzie is about 800 miles long. AND THEY ALL FLOW NORTH.
I feel better. Please feel free to correct TV and media mistakes in the thread below.
Just this past weekend I was enjoying the 'New York State' episode of "Aerial America" on the Smithsonian Channel. It's always a good watch. But then the speaker said that "The Genessee River is the longest river to flow to the north in the western hemisphere." My day was ruined. Why just in the USA the Willamette, Fox, and probably other rivers longer than the Genessee flow north. And how about the Magdalena in Colombia? Nearly 1000 miles. Finally, what about the Mackenzie? It's about 1100 miles long- and the Athabasca, which eventually feeds the Mackenzie is about 800 miles long. AND THEY ALL FLOW NORTH.
I feel better. Please feel free to correct TV and media mistakes in the thread below.