stackyFACTSYour watch is lying to you, but the control room isn't. Broadcasters occasionally manipulate internal studio clocks to run slightly fast, ensuring that long-winded hosts are aggressively hurried along so the feed hits the immensely profitable commercial break at exactly the right second.
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