TV Ratings During Egypt's "Revolution"

Distasteful as it may be to some outside the TV business, television networks were assiduously looking for a ratings "bump" via coverage of Egypt's so-called "revolution." Guess who made the biggest viewer gains? If you picked Al Jazeera and Fox News, you hit the daily double.

The LA Times had a brief story about the ratings game in today's edition.

The photo shows Fox News reporters Greg Palkot and Olaf Wiig during a discussion of their encounter with violence during the "peaceful" Cairo demonstrations.