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Nielsen finds a pretty giant glitch in its ratings

The television ratings company has been reporting incorrect ratings for the past six months.

The good people at Nielsen, the television ratings company, said today they’ve discovered a glitch. Bloomberg reports some of their ratings have been wrong for oh…the past six months or so.

People were counted as watching one network when, in fact, they were watching a different one. Looks like ABC was the big winner.

Nielsen ratings are, of course, worth bazoodles of dollars because that’s what advertising rates are based on.

 

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