Drudging Up Rumors and Innuendo

The Island of Balta had a link to Matt Drudge's site, which suggested Nightline ratings were lower than usual last Friday. Notwithstanding the fact that Sinclair Broadcasting decided that reading the names of the dead was "too political," and pre-empted the broadcast in a number of markets, it turns out that the "low ratings" canard was just that:

From MSNBC
Soldier tribute boosts 'Nightline' ratings
Viewership up 22 percent in wake of controversy over show.

The article goes on to note that Fox News, not to be outdone by a ferigner like Koppel, will have a broadcast of their own this Saturday that will "honor the dead and show all the positive things we've done in Iraq" over the last year.

Will rebuilding the Abu Ghraib prison count as a "positive accomplishment?"