Re: The other fact.

Post #153,760

5/4/04 5:32:52 PM

Re: The other fact.

[link|http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/04/tv.nightline.ap/index.html|http://www.cnn.com/2...ine.ap/index.html]

Tom Bettag, senior executive producer of "Nightline," said he believed the 40-minute recitation of names would be a ratings turnoff.

The ratings increase held little real value for ABC, however, since no advertisements ran during the broadcast and it will not be included in the averages used to set future ad rates.

"If it got ratings, it was only for curiosity," he said.

Not much use to do it during sweeps if 1) you expect it will bomb and 2) it won't be counted anyway.

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-scott anderson

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Post #153,763

by jb4

5/4/04 5:55:18 PM

Still, a 30% increase in ratings IS significant

And, if all those additional watchers are, as Sinclair Broadcasting and BeeP would have us all believe, simply un-American anti-Bushers, then Sinclair better up its 100% contribution to the RNC right now (with a corresponding contribution by the Beepster hisself, of course), because their Horse might be in a bit o' trouble coming out of the turn....

Of course, those people might just all be Patriots (as opposed to PATRIOTs), but I guess we'll never know.

jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT

Post #153,772

by imric

5/4/04 6:33:18 PM

What are you talking about?

Beep said that the viewers were all unpatriotic WHERE? He would have us believe that WHERE? He thought it was more appropriate to Memorial Day. He didn't like (IMO) what he saw as crass commercialization of the deaths of US soldiers (showing a one-time - for ABC - event during sweeps). Because he was suspicious of the timing, that must mean he is for NOT airing the names (like Sinclair) - but wait! He wasn't! How do you explain that? Or should you just ignore it? Why not? It works for Bush supporters...

Rationalize away. You'll come up with something, I'm sure. Just like Dubya.

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Post #153,784

by bepatient

5/4/04 8:47:55 PM

Its ok...I'm starting to get used to it.

Funny though, as it is usually me that has been accused of inventing people's opinions. Even though I'm pretty sure I've been fairly clear here.

If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition}

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Post #153,787

by imric

5/4/04 9:05:31 PM

Nah. Not really OK...

It's the reason I usually stay away from political or religious 'discussion' here. I grew weary of it from Brandioch's long past attempt to characterize my religious beliefs. Sometimes, reading, I just get fed up with (what seems to me to be) deliberate misrepresentation of another's posts to 'win' an argument. That's not what I believe discussion is for.

Unless you are a lawyer or politician, of course.

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Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.

Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.

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