Liu recalls managing a news program when the screen suddenly filled with snow because the TV station's satellite went on the blitz. Oddly enough, the ratings for the day still stood at 0.25 %. Translated into real numbers, almost 50,000 people around Taiwan supposedly spent the day staring at blank screens. This shows just how absurd and bizarre the idea of ratings surveys can be.
劉旭峰回憶有一次主控新聞時，電視台的衛星發射系統發生故障，螢幕畫面全都是雪花雜訊，但當天開出來的收視率竟然還有 0.25 %，相當於全台灣還有近五萬人在看沒有任何畫面的螢幕，收視率調查的荒謬詭異由此可見。