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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 01:31 PM
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American Voters are disenfranchised...
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/17/tv.americanidol.ap/index.html

American Idol Voters anyways

:eyes:

Doesn't CNN have some real news to cover???

Report: Phone snags thwart 'Idol' voters
Some show results have been called into question
Monday, May 17, 2004 Posted: 9:12 AM EDT (1312 GMT)

In what many saw as an upset, La Toya London was voted off "American Idol" last week.

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Many would-be "American Idol" voters are disenfranchised by overburdened phone lines and by "power dialers" who hog the system, the magazine Broadcasting & Cable reported.

According to the magazine's issue being released Monday, "the only people choosing the next 'American Idol" are the ones lucky enough to get through -- or skilled enough to get around -- tremendously overtaxed phone lines."


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CNN can't even begin to comprehend disenfranchised voters until they delve more into Black Box Voting and the Voter election fraud in Florida.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 01:39 PM
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1. This is America, what do you expect?
Real news?

Stuff about REAL people?


Overtaxed phone lines, huh... Are they using 1-900 numbers? If not, I reckon they will be soon. That'll weed out the miscreants and save the producers some money while ensuring only the mindless conformist viewers play their little game. :eyes:
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BelleCarolinaPeridot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 01:40 PM
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2. Never watched it ... never will ...
I wonder how many of these people who have called numerous amounts of times to vote for someone who will make millions of dollars , are actually registered to VOTE IN NOVEMBER - now that is something that counts . Not American Idol ...
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