New York Times:
AT&T, one of the biggest corporate sponsors of "American Idol," might have influenced the outcome of this year's competition by providing phones for free text-messaging services and lessons in casting blocks of votes at parties organized by fans of Kris Allen, the Arkansas singer who was the winner of the show last week
Want to reply to a comment? Hint: Click "Reply" at the bottom of the comment; after being approved your comment will appear directly underneath the comment you replied to
And I care about this because...
The meaness continues. Why do people indulge in the crab mentality? Adam Lambert lost because people decided to stop considering his screeching and screaming as music - never mind his vocal range. Finally music pure and simple ruled.
Let Kris Allen enjoy his moment of glory.
Kris should enjoy it while it lasts becuase he will be forgotten after a year.
The reason why this is getting so much news is because people are shocked at the results and there is no reason to explain how the timid mouse called kris beat the guy that everyone is talking about as the next big thing, Adam.
Why does anyone over the age of 13 care about this crap?
No.
Uh. this clip -- and the story in the NYT are misleading. The implied conspiracy was not a global, mega-corporate attempt to influence the result of a televison game show. It was a couple AT&T employees who attended a watch/vote party in Arkansas, the home state of the winner, I think, right?
"“In Arkansas, we were invited to attend the local watch parties organized by the community. A few local employees brought a small number of demo phones with them and provided texting tutorials to those who were interested
I was going to post the same thing.
Huh.
I wondered why my confimation text for Adam didn't show up until late the next day when in previous weeks it appeared within minutes after voting.
Those mustache-twirling wascals.
vote for the worst won the day.
Why woudl you want to finish top anyway? Only Clarkson has done everything
Article should read "Runner up thanks AT&T"
for those of you who liked adam's ring of fire, check out DILANA doing the same song on you tube. she was a contestant on rock star in 2006. enjoy.
LOVED Dilana!!! She should have won - compared to that little minnie mouse guy.
Something in the US entertainment industry was pre-determined by corporate interests? Surely the tin foil hats are losing their potency.
Well, let's see....AT&
conspiracy time?
needs to be looked into by MIn. supreme court . Pawlenty refuses to make a decision,his hands are tied .
Uh... what???
Dbos is making fun of the Minnesota non-seating of Franken.
Some people take American Idol very seriously.
Anybody here see Quiz Show? Game show rigging, particularly by one of the sponsors is a big deal. You and I might think cheating is no big deal, but the feds might see it differently.
Yep... those who remember the original game show scandal will attest to that. I think it violates federal racketeering laws.
How about let's use our federal resources to investigate vote fraud in Ohio and Florida instead?
Chris might have won, but Adam will sell more records and fill bigger stadiums if my 13 year old daughter is any indication.
I think you are absolutely correct. I think Chris needed AI more than Adam did...Adam just needed it for that extra push to get him noticed. I'd buy Adam's album any day over Chris'
I thought Liza Minelli should definitely have won.
so scandalous
for reals. American Idol for the American idle.
Loading comments…
First Posted: 05-26-09 10:58 PM | Updated: 05-27-09 03:29 PM