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Originally Posted by Sting Fan
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And this is a perfect example how people can take some numbers, leave out others, and spin the story into what they want. It is confirmation bias at its finest.
Dude compares WWE live ratings to other sports, since WWE has declined more in ratings. However he leaves out the fact that the rest of "non-sports" TV ratings are down more than WWE in this timeframe.
Then he acts like he is acknowledging that fact, but really he has transitioned to DVR viewership. He states more people watch WWE on DVR than live sports, however compared to non-sports and non-news programs (because he just randomly decided to exclude news programs in the middle of all this) WWE doesn't hold up to those DVR viewerships.
WWE has declined less than traditional TV, likely because that is offset by the larger number of people watching traditional TV on DVR instead.
The truth is closer to being WWE is down the same amount as traditional TV when combining live viewing and DVR viewing. But an article about how WWE is just like the rest of TV is not an interesting story.
WWE is in a grey area, more live than normal TV, but less live than sports (and news), more DVR viewership than sports (and news), but less DVR than normal TV.