this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2024
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

I was about to say the same. TV channels noticed early on that game shows were rated higher when an attractive contestant won, and started rigging the games accordingly.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

They should make a movie about that.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Yea! They should call it Quiz... something, I dunno they'll figure it out

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

I remembered the movie as being very good, but it didn't stand up to a rewatch. However, the rewatch was a good few years ago too.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

Hard to believe the US government use to do anything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Rigging quiz shows is capitalist free speech (quiz shows are people). They needed to be investigated if they by chance weren't rigged & the shows were not achieving their full financial potential (which is an obligation, not a right).

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

What committee?