Sweeps time
Every year around this time (I know Nov. is over now but I think Ch. 11 may just be behind schedule) all the local affiliate news channels do the stories they think will bring in lots of viewers -- the sensational stuff -- because their ad rates are based on those numbers until the next big SWEEPs month (Feb?) when they come back with more over-exaggerated stories. For some reason, stories about anorexia, bulimia, WLS are always popular for local stations. The stories always seem to be skewed, thus sensationalistic.
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Brooke
lap RNY 10.03.05
Surgery @ VCU-MCV*
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*Virginia Commonwealth University - Medical College of Virginia.
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