michael jackson > barack obama?

According to Newsweek, at least 38.4 million people watched the Democratic National Convention this year, which is an all-time high thus far.

But that's not what caught my attention. I couldn't help but laugh at this line:
"Obama's speech was the fifth-highest-rated, non-sports event watched by blacks in the last 11 years. A 30th anniversary Michael Jackson special on CBS in 2001 was on top."

Hahahahahaha I can just see the journalist who wrote this article cracking up as he snuck that gem into an otherwise standard report...