Posted
5:02 PM
by Gene
And in more irritating news about THE CURE FOR CANCER, it took all day to get these blithering hacks to admit this MASTERWORK wasn't THE HIGHEST RATED CURE OF ALL TIME -- and then Mike of its PR MEGAPHONE writes the equivalent of a DISCLAIMER:The game also drew 97.5 million viewers — the most-ever for a Super Bowl — topping the previous record set by Dallas-Pittsburgh on NBC in 1996. Viewership gains for events can partially just reflect the continual growth in the U.S. population. [Emphasis added]
TRANSLATION: Nielsen and its flacks can only massage the numbers so much before reader anger kicks in.
NOW LET'S FORGET ABOUT IT UNTIL THE NEXT
CURE.