Controversy over Nielsen's New TV Ratings System

Published June 7, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

NPR's Tavis Smiley talks to NPR's Rick Carr about the flap over the new method Nielsen Media Research is using to calculate local television ratings in New York City.

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