[quoteI suppose it has to do with the freak cause of death, and the fact that the lebanon conlict is old news now, so they have to show something.
They actually do it for every Australian celebrity that dies. See, Australia has these laws about what percentage of content shown on television
must be Australian-made, but a lot of the top-rating shows (but not, interestingly, the best-rating one) are American. So it's an easy and quick way of serving two masters, as people will watch it and it counts as Australian content.
I don't know what the rules are for cable, but I do recall UKTV being knocked around by it a
lot. SBS certainly would, being a station dedicated to serving the multicultural background, but they deal with it by running arts programs and movies and television shows made by minority groups. SBS is awesome. Free-to-air anime (and late-night softcore) with ads at the end of programs.
This type of thing makes me wonder, what type of reaction would happen if, say, the queen died? My guess is, outside of britain, it wouldn't generate nearly as much interest from people, which is kind of odd that a common man would create a larger worldwide reaction than royalty.
The same thing here, going off Diana. The British royalty count in Australia because they're technically the head of state, but they're increasingly irrelevant to Australian affairs as we integrate more with the Asia region. Nevertheless, people will watch it so they'll do it.
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. He was a great person.
for a moment of silence, but it almost looks like it's smiling a bit.
