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Charlie Gibson claims to be amazed at the number of people who pay attention to ratings and how often they comment on it. "Obviously if you get into this, ratings becomes a part of it because it's an important arbiter for everyone. I didn't say to myself, 'Boy, I want to be number one in a year.' We haven't won anything yet. Hell, Brian's beaten us more weeks than we've beaten him." Last week, Gibson drew 7.91 million viewers,
Brian Williams 7.16 million and
Katie Couric 6.13 million. ||
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