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Thread ID: 99141 2009-04-21 21:29:00 More TV3 News ignorance? Tony (4941) PC World Chat
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767106 2009-04-21 21:29:00 The latest TV3 News promo shouts "7 Continents". I've only ever been able to count 5:


North America
South America
Europe
Asia
Antarctica
By some counts Australia...
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Tony (4941)
767107 2009-04-21 21:39:00 TV3 have thoughtfully created a new continent, to which they can banish Tony Veitch, since they seem to hate him more than Hitler... Peterj116 (6762)
767108 2009-04-21 21:40:00 From Wiki.

A continent is one of several large landmasses (en.wikipedia.org) on Earth (en.wikipedia.org). They are generally identified by convention (en.wikipedia.org) rather than any strict criteria, with seven regions commonly regarded as continents – they are (from largest in size to smallest): Asia (en.wikipedia.org), Africa (en.wikipedia.org), North America (en.wikipedia.org), South America (en.wikipedia.org), Antarctica (en.wikipedia.org), Europe (en.wikipedia.org), and Australia (en.wikipedia.org).[1] (en.wikipedia.org)


The seven-continent model is usually taught in Western Europe, Northern Europe, Central Europe, Southeastern Europe, China and most English-speaking countries. The six-continent combined-Eurasia model is preferred by the geographic community, Russia, Eastern Europe, and Japan. The six-continent combined-America model is taught in Latin America, and some parts of Europe including Greece, Portugal and Spain. This model may be taught to include only the five inhabited continents (excluding Antarctica)[20][21] — as depicted in the Olympic logo.[22]



Pretty sure when I was at school there were six.
Metla (12)
767109 2009-04-21 21:46:00 D'oh! I forgot Africa (how dumb is that?). I guess that makes 7 if you include Australia. Tony (4941)
767110 2009-04-22 00:15:00 TV1 news last night had a reporter in Fiji, she was saying how cool their technology was being able to report news from that place.
She then said she tried to get some news to report only to be turned away.

All in all a one minute report about the fact they couldnt get any news, at least they were able to tell us about it.
Rob99 (151)
767111 2009-04-22 00:31:00 TV1 news last night had a reporter in Fiji, she was saying how cool their technology was being able to report news from that place.
She then said she tried to get some news to report only to be turned away.

All in all a one minute report about the fact they couldnt get any news, at least they were able to tell us about it.

Isn't there some saying something like "no news is good news" It sounds good to me.
Bantu (52)
767112 2009-04-22 01:27:00 They should have a law that says something like if you havent got anything worth report dont report at all. Then we would only news once a year. rob_on_guitar (4196)
767113 2009-04-22 01:42:00 Gotta love Wikipedia, has the answer to everything, even the meaning of life! ;) Chilling_Silence (9)
767114 2009-04-22 01:58:00 TV1 news last night had a reporter in Fiji, she was saying how cool their technology was being able to report news from that place.
She then said she tried to get some news to report only to be turned away.

All in all a one minute report about the fact they couldnt get any news, at least they were able to tell us about it.


Isn't there some saying something like "no news is good news" It sounds good to me.

Uh what? There's massive censorship of the media in Fiji, and that's what this story was about. I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or are just plain dumb.
roddy_boy (4115)
767115 2009-04-22 02:04:00 Gotta love Wikipedia, has the answer to everything, even the meaning of life! ;)

Dont need Wiki for that the answer is 42.
prefect (6291)
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