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Old 01-20-2009, 11:24 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by pshrynk View Post
Well, the five billion number comes from NBC, not the Inaguration Committee. Even if it is off by a factor of five, there are a lot of humans watching this. as the immortal Everett Dirkson said, "A million here, a million there, and pretty soon you're talking about real (numbers)"

They keep showing pictures of the mall and people are packed shoulder to shoulder from the East Face to the back of the Mall. There are a lot of people there.
Have you heard if the rate charged for commercials has gone up? I'd assume the rates would increase if 5 billion were really expected to be watching.
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