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   "cloud dreamer"  wrote in message   
   news:qK2dndZVm4t1q33RnZ2dnUVZ_qudnZ2d@supernews.com...   
   >   
   > That's not how the rating system works. Neilsen has a set number of   
   > meters out there in selected homes. They base their numbers on them and   
   > extrapolate total viewership from the sample set.   
      
   Translation:   
   Neilsen has a dozen meters out there in home that were vetoed by Neilsen to   
   fit their own specifications. They base their numbers on them and guessimate   
   total viewreship from the ridiculously small sample set. Neilsen then   
   pretend that such results mean anything useful, and the numbnuts in the   
   management of networks blindly believe that and / or manipulate that to get   
   what they want.   
      
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