It’s All About The Ratings

By Kleinheider Posted on August 29, 2008 at 2:53 pm

Barack Obama’s historic acceptance speech for the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night was seen by 38.4 million viewers — 57% more than watched John Kerry four years ago — and was the most-watched convention speech ever.

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