An anonymous tipster asks: “Why does Lou Dobbs show keep going past the top of the hour ending at 8:02pmET?”
The extra two minutes running into CNN Election Center has happened every day this week, and 10 out of 13 shows this month.
> Update: TVNewser tipsters weighed in with some guesses:
• “They’re trying to clip Olbermann and stop the huge flip factor at 8. Is it working? Probably not so much.”
• “Pay attention to ratings and you will know the why of the Dobb’s run-over. He is carrying his audience past the hour and giving the next hour’s audience less opportunity to tune away. It is tactics pure and simple.”
• “Lou Dobbs went two minutes past the top of the hour even back when he was at 6pm. He’s been doing it for at least a few months now.”