Opinion: How a Ratings Fixation Affects Coverage

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For cable outlets including CNN, ratings are a kind of deity. Every day, producers receive viewer numbers. What people have watched previously determines their coverage. If immigration and climate change don’t rate, they don’t get covered.

I decided to dig into this basic issue. I found that using ratings to determine news value is riddled with potential problems.

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