I quickly grew sick of the manufactured talent shows that have taken over TV. They make reality shows look like the good ol’ days. This is yet another reason to tune them out and hope they go away:
NYTimes: “AT&T May Have Swayed ‘Idol’ Results”
Representatives of AT&T helped fans of [eventual winner Kris] Allen at the two Arkansas events by providing instructions on how to send 10 or more text messages at the press of a single button, known as power texts. Power texts have an exponentially greater effect on voting than do single text messages or calls to the show’s toll-free phone lines.
The article also notes that AT&T reps handed out free cell phones to Allen fans and offered no such services to fans of runner-up Adam Lambert.
Grant Hamilton
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