Spinning the Ratings

TV networks love to spin the ratings and then send out press releases to the media touting what their spinsters were able to come up with.

The website BroadwayWorld.com posted this headline about ABC News winning the week in the ratings with their evening newscast.

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Then just a couple hours later, the same website posted this story from NBC News:

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And now you know why FTVLive often just deletes the press releases and ignores them.