I’m Glad A Stupid Talent Contest Is The Most Important Story In The World To Fox, NBC and USA Today

12:05 am EST May 25th, 2006 | Media | 17 Comments

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17 Responses to “I’m Glad A Stupid Talent Contest Is The Most Important Story In The World To Fox, NBC and USA Today”

  1. White Whale says:
    May 25, 2006 at 6:05 am

    This another example how mainstream media is not informative and is saturating news with entertainment. I only trust C-SPAN.

  2. TomY says:
    May 25, 2006 at 9:05 am

    There were more votes, not more voters.

  3. Jay C says:
    May 25, 2006 at 10:05 am

    BD is right. The fact that 63 million votes were recorded is a reflection of the priorities of Americans, not the media. Granted, many of those votes are from people not old enough to vote, but I don’t know why this comes as a surprise to anybody. Interest in contemporary pop culture is at an all-time high.

    The fact that news media has become so transparent, predictable and lazy is another reason why so many people are tuning out.

  4. Rheinhard says:
    May 25, 2006 at 10:05 am

    Ah, so it was an election Florida-style!

  5. legion says:
    May 25, 2006 at 12:05 pm

    Bread and circuses, man. Bread and circuses.

  6. buma says:
    May 25, 2006 at 12:05 pm

    This was the good news from Iraq we’ve been waiting for.

  7. BD says:
    May 25, 2006 at 12:05 pm

    An amusing thing about the image above is the placement of the photo right above the headline “Retiree Benefits Make ‘Monster’”.

    Yes it does. And that monster looks like Kelsey Grammer as The Beast.

  8. Todd B. says:
    May 25, 2006 at 1:05 pm

    Meh, you checked it at 11:30 at night.. what did you expect to find? It’s not like it was at the cusp of a busy news cycle.

    Millions of people watch idol, of course they’re going to run stories on it – it’s a business, you go with what people are interested in.

  9. drpedro says:
    May 25, 2006 at 1:05 pm

    the only possible good news is that maybe this will make pre-voting age young people more interested in voting, the idea that their vote counts (even if it is only for some warbling wanna-be pop star)

  10. duros62 says:
    May 25, 2006 at 3:05 pm

    contemporary pop culture
    I consider this an oxymoron.

    One of the lead (LEAD!) stories on our local news channel (NBC affiliate) was a profile of the models on Deal or No Deal.

    Gah!!!

  11. JK says:
    May 25, 2006 at 7:05 pm

    On the 63 million vote thing….can’t people vote more than once?

    Also, you have 10 year olds calling in.

    I don’t care about that.

    What I care about, is the fact that these people are made into “instant stars.”

    In order to sing the blues, you have to pay your dues.

    I heard the guy sing. By my ears, difficult to listen to.

    Let’s not mistake any of these people for the second coming of Marvin Gaye.

    Real talent comes from blood, sweat and tears….and a little bit of good luck.

    JK

  12. Dana says:
    May 25, 2006 at 9:05 pm

    Well, as I asked on my site, why is it that we, including our liberal media in the form of The Philadelphia Inquirer, are more concerned about whether a horse lives or dies than we are about young black men being murdered nearly every day in the City of Brotherly Love?

    Not that I’d pimp my own site, mind you! :)

  13. 16 says:
    May 26, 2006 at 1:05 am

    What makes anyone think American Idol is a talent contest? It’s a popularity contest in which you can vote an unlimited number of times.

    There were not more voters than in any Presidential election; there were more phone calls made.

    Don’t watch the thing myself, but what makes anyone think that calling American Idol’s lines on a Wednesday night is an indication that people aren’t engaged in anything lese in their lives?

    Are you guys really that lacking in reasoning skills?

  14. Dana says:
    May 26, 2006 at 6:05 am

    Actually, 16, there are times that I do think that AI’s audience doesn’t have anything better to do with their lives. What a dumb show.

  15. Frank_D says:
    May 26, 2006 at 12:05 pm

    It’s a TV show, for crying out loud!

    What are you expecting? Aristophanes?

    Do any of you remember how many songs were made into hits because two pimple – faced kids said, “It’s got a nice beat to it — I give it a 90, Dick“?

    People watching = people buying = money for sponsors = money for programming.

    As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be.

  16. Hattie says:
    May 26, 2006 at 2:05 pm

    Why, seeing all those nice kids starting out in life and trying to get a break–isn’t it heartwarming?

  17. Frank_D says:
    May 26, 2006 at 10:05 pm

    You’re probably being sarcastic, Hattie, but my answer would be “yes”.