Los Angeles Times, April 14, 2011
By Joe Flint

If you don't ask the right questions, you won't get the right answers. The FCC asked NBC for the total numbers of hours of independent programming, but neglected to ask for the context in which that data exists, like what percentage do those numbers represent. That's like trying to decide how good a quarterback is by looking at the number of passes he completed without also including the number of passes attempted, how many interceptions were thrown and how often he was sacked.

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