I've visited a few Commonwealth nations (I'm an American) and what strikes me as amusing is the way in which they monopolize the local media. You would think t

I've visited a few Commonwealth nations (I'm an American) and what strikes me as amusing is the way in which they monopolize the local media. You would think that it would be cheap in a "free media" environment to just retransmit US (or UK) media and not bother with local content production- but that never happens. They all have their own government controlled media content outlets. I guess the point I'm making is that in general the TV tells people what to think - and each country is very careful to ensure that it says the right things, even if there is a "free press". By the way the same goes for the US - it's pretty likely that lots of US folk would watch foreign English media but somehow it's just "not available".