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What blows my mind as a Kiwi is how news channels in the US are 2 minutes of a news item, 15 minutes of talking heads discussing how you should feel about that
by EdwardDiego 3y ago
What blows my mind as a Kiwi is how news channels in the US are 2 minutes of a news item, 15 minutes of talking heads discussing how you should feel about that news.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoThat’s about right for a 30 minute news show. The rest is commercials.
- EdwardDiego 3y agoMost of which are for medications that I should ask my doctor if they're right for me. USA and New Zealand being the only two countries that allow direct to consumer pharmaceutical advertising, even the sheer amount of ads for pills was surprising. I'd change the channel during one such advert, to get another advert for a different medication on the next channel. We tend to only advertise pills aimed at aging boomers during boomer prime-time.