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Our Ratings, Ourselves

Posted by Zonk on from the deep-thought dept.

Ant writes "This long New York Times article (10 pages; no registration required) reports on the mismeasure of television (TV)." From the article: "One of the great contradictions of modern American life is that almost everyone watches TV while almost no one agrees anymore about what it really means to watch television....when it comes to figuring out how many of us are watching these shows, and whether we're paying attention while we're watching and even whether we're actually noticing the advertisements among the shows we may or may not be watching -- well, this is where things get tricky..."

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  1. Television, Bah! by Jace+of+Fuse! · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't watch Television. Period. Ever. I don't have cable. I don't have sat. I have nothing. I bought a 32 inch Sony Vvega for the sole purpose of hooking up my TG16, SNES, GENESIS, SATURN, N64, DREAMCAST, PS2, XBOX, and GAMECUBE.

    With that much quality entertainment, I never miss reality television.

    --

    "Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"

    Moderation Totals: Wrong=2, Stupid=3, Total=5.
  2. 42nd Sign of the Apocalypse by fwice · · Score: 0, Troll

    A New York Times article that doesn't require registration?

    What's next?

    I'm scared...

  3. what it really means to watch television.... by chris_sawtell · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...is that you have difficulty exercising your third brain cell.