Monday, April 22, 2013

Despite error, CNN gets ratings boost from Boston bombing, trails Fox

By Lisa Richwine (Reuters) - Cable news channel CNN saw a big spike in ratings as viewers kept tuned to its coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing, even after an embarrassing mistake in which it claimed a suspect was taken into custody earlier in the week. Viewership on Time Warner-owned CNN nearly doubled from the previous week, from the first news of the bombings that killed three people at the race's finish line to the start of a manhunt for two suspects. ...



via TV News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/despite-error-cnn-gets-ratings-boost-boston-bombing-230353638--finance.html

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