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Casual Fridays: Who's losing sleep over Michael Phelps? What about Sarah Palin?

Posted on September 12, 2008

Last week we asked readers how much sleep they lost staying up to watch the political coverage of the Democratic and Republican conventions, and how that compared to the sleep they lost a few weeks earlier watching the coverage of the Beijing Olympics.Do people stay up later to watch politics, or sports? Or are sports fans less likely to watch politics, and vice versa?First off, let's take a look at how much sleep was lost overall.The Olympics were clearly a much bigger diversion than politics, with an average of an hour lost sleep per night for those who watched during the first week. But amo...

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olympics , sleep , sports