Petition War: Written Up In The Tribune

In today’s Chicago Tribune, Phil Rosenthal sums up the petition war and includes this ratings comment at the end:

“There’s no denying the Olympics, which end this weekend, have boosted ratings for several MSNBC shows, including ‘Countdown.’”

Olbermann says: “Our show’s never done better. We’ve beaten Paula [Zahn of CNN] for viewers in the demo 12 of the last 14 nights and the total audience numbers are giddying. But that [O'Reilly has] helped, I’m sure has never occurred to him. I really should send him a check every week. In the interim I just pray he keeps this up.”

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