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Thursday, July 26, 2007

Fuzzy Math? CNN/YouTube Debate Stats

Food for thought from politics and media blog Big Head DC:

Maybe Anderson Cooper needs a “time”-out? His network currently has a press release out saying that “CNN continues the trend of record-breaking debates with Monday night’s CNN/YouTube Debate posting the highest P18-34 delivery in cable news history.”

But that statement doesn’t tell the full story. According to the Nielsen ratings, CNN’s debate ranked ninth among debates since 1999. And it’s quite unusual for a network to tout 18-34 rankings as a victory for a primary debate.

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