Of Polar Bears and Penguins

Today I was speaking with someone and they showed me a book that they had been using to teach their kids for a class project, this book was a Magic School Bus' Arctic Adventure', and so I casually mentioned if they knew that Polar Bears and and Penguins don't live in the same region. And they were surprised to hear that comment because they believed that the two did infact live in the same region and did come in contact with each other from time to time. Now I have brought this up many times and have run into other friends that also didn't realize that Polar Bears and Penguins live in different regions.... Polar bears primarily existing near the North Pole or the Arctic region and Penguins primary existing in the South Pole, or the Antarctic region. But I guess I can understand where the misconception was formed... these days we see marketing ads from big name companies that show cuddly polar bears and penguins coexisting, sharing a refreshing drink and we see images of the 2 in pictures and sometimes in cartoons. So the question is should factual data be compromised for entertainment value? Does it really matter if we go through thinking that the 2 coexist on the same continent? Who knows... Maybe it's more important that people push "Of Pandas and People" because it makes more sense (me trying to be sarcastic here...).