I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s zeitgeist only. Or at least, not on such a short scale. The pre-internet equivalent of that is interviewing random people on the street about current events, to fill the 2:30 of your news report with something vaguely related to the subject.<p>Like in Charlie Brooker&#x27;s &quot;How to report the news&quot;: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=aHun58mz3vI" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=aHun58mz3vI</a>