How do the TV stations KNOW for certain that more people watched Obama than Palin?

Question

38 million vs 37 million?

Answer 1

Palin's speech was not historical, Obama's was, he had to work to get those votes to become a nominee all Palin did was jump on the ticket.

Answer 2

Take a communications class or something.  They use the Nielsen Ratings system.  I would suspect, since their are more Dems than Repubs that it would turn out this way.  37 million is not bad at all, what is your real complaint?

Answer 3

LOL...how desperate of you.  Not sure if you noticed...but this is the information age...all data is recorded.

Next thing you know they are going to be questioning how they really know 85,000+ attended Obama's speech.  Is it even possible to count all those people...LOL...I love this site.

Answer 4

It's based on statistics.  They don't know "for sure".  I don't see why it matter much how many watched though.  

Answer 5

The guy who said all data is recorded--I'm not sure how they could record people using a TV with an antenna.  (Yes, people still use antennas.)

It's a guess based on people filling out surveys by Nielsen.  Our family did it once.  It's not scientific, and it can't be very accurate.

I hadn't watched a single moment of either convention, until last night and I watched Palin's speech.  

Answer 6

they dont it was just an out right lie

thye are leftist media

Answer 7

They didn't call me or anyone I know. I watched both.

McCain/Palin 08