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President Obama’s announcement of Osama bin Laden’s death was watched by 56.5 million people in the United States on Sunday night, the Nielsen Company said Tuesday (May 3).
The nine-minute address appeared to be the most watched presidential speech in nearly a decade. Even though the announcement came at 11:35 p.m., well after many people might go to bed, it drew more viewers than every other address Mr. Obama has given as president.
Many Americans were alerted to the president’s impending speech by the major television networks, which reported Bin Laden’s death around 10:45 p.m., and by social networking Web sites. Nielsen said the 56.5 million viewer figure was the sum of nine networks’ audiences.
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