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variety.com - 1/21/2009
Inaugural ratings likely second best - Entertainment News, TV News, Media
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Obama head-to-head with Reagan's numbers Early numbers for the inauguration of Barack Obama are impressive but, perhaps surprisingly, could come in below those for Ronald Reagan's first term in 1981. Preliminary Nielsen estimates show that 29.2% of U.S. households were watching the presidential ...
amazon.com - 1/22/2009
Tear Down This Myth: How the Reagan Legacy Has Distorted Our Politics and Haunts Our Future: ...
— amazon.com — Review "With help from a loving Beltway press corps, Republicans sold Reagan as the iconic American leader.... From promotions like the Ronald Reagan Legacy Project and Operation Serenade, the GOP marketing machine worked to perfection. Will Bunch's long ... (more) Tear Down This Myth: How the Reagan Legacy Has ...

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tvbythenumbers.com - 1/22/2009
Updated: Will Obama break 1981 Reagan record for inauguration Nielsen ratings? No.
— tvbythenumbers.com — Final Update : The Obama inauguration was watched by 37.8 million, second only to Reagan’s 41.8 million... in 1981. Another update : still haven’t seen the viewer numbers but James Hibberd reminded me that a household ratings point is larger today than ... (more) Updated: Will Obama break 1981 Reagan record for ...

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Obama's inauguration most-watched since Reagan's
thrfeed.com - 1/21/2009
Obama's inauguration most-watched since Reagan's
— thrfeed.com — UPDATED: Barack Obama's inauguration was one for the TV ratings history books.Nielsen Media Research says 37.8 million... viewers watched Tuesday's coverage of Obama's inauguration --... (more) Obama's inauguration most-watched since Reagan's

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Instapundit:  HMM: J-prof uses satellite images to calculate that 800,000 attended inauguration ceremony. Plus,…

THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS:  DUMBAMA DON'T TALK TOO PRETTY

Moonbattery:  Obamania Already Getting Tired?

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HMM: J-prof uses satellite images to calculate that 800,000 attended inauguration ceremony. Plus,…
Instapundit — ... UPDATE: Good news and bad news on the TV front. It was the most-watched televised inaugural since 1981 — but it got beat out by American Idol. ...

DUMBAMA DON'T TALK TOO PRETTY
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — ... 12 MORE BALLS", NOT "IS 12 MORE". OBAMA IS AN IDIOT. HE SAID THE USA HAS 57 STATES. WRONG. HE SAID 44 MEN HAVE TAKEN THE OATH OF OFFICE. WRONG. AND SAYING "IS 12 BALLS" IS WRONG TOO. IDIOT.IS ANYONE KEEPING TRACK OF THESE OBAMAISMS!? NOT IN THE MSM THAT'S FOR SURE! THE MSM IS TOO BUSY TELE-FELLATING OBAMA TO NOTICE, I GUESS. FACTS: REAGAN HAD BETTER TV RATINGS IN 1981, AND AND LBJ DREW A BIGGER CROWD IN 1965. ...

Obamania Already Getting Tired?
Moonbattery — ... Despite the extravagant spending, the media's hyperbolic hype, and the apocalyptic ruin Obamatron hordes made out of DC, the numbers show that people found Reagan's inauguration much more interesting: ...

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