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The War with the Customer

Some things are more important than terrorism

February 14, 2003

From NewsBlues (subscription required) via DCRTV:

We heard from an extremely agitated DC newsie who claimed that last night, while the US was preparing for war and bracing for potential terrorist activity, WTTG-5-Fox dedicated three segments of ‘news’ that tied into (the Fox series) ‘American Idol.'” The stories included one on tone deafness, featuring more than 10 clips of failed “American Idol” contestants, a report on Frenchie being kicked off “Idol” because of her porn site experience, and something on how DC “Idol” viewers voted for the two finalists….

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