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title: "langer:\n\nUH OH: New Nielsen Data Says People Are Turning Away From TV - Business Insider (via slavin, soupsoup)\nPut another way: cable companies have retained 95% of their customers since 2010.\nPeople on the internet should not be allowed to make graphs, period."
date: 2012-06-05 16:01:31 +00
tags: tumblr
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[](<http://www.businessinsider.com/uh-oh-new-nielsen-data-says-people-are-turning-away-from-tv-2012-6#cable-tv-subscribers-are-also-in-decline-according-to-data-from-isi-group-these-numbers-are-expressed-in-thousands-5 >)

[langer](http://blog.mattlanger.com/post/24472309103):

> [UH OH: New Nielsen Data Says People Are Turning Away From TV - Business Insider](http://www.businessinsider.com/uh-oh-new-nielsen-data-says-people-are-turning-away-from-tv-2012-6#cable-tv-subscribers-are-also-in-decline-according-to-data-from-isi-group-these-numbers-are-expressed-in-thousands-5) (via [slavin](http://slavin.tumblr.com/post/24357967963/wow-caveat-that-the-story-is-more-complex-than), [soupsoup](http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/post/24381905238/slavin-wow-caveat-that-the-story-is-more))
> 
> Put another way: cable companies have retained 95% of their customers since 2010.
> 
> People on the internet should not be allowed to make graphs, period.

June 5th, 2012 9:01am