{"id":236,"date":"2011-03-01T01:17:33","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T01:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fanagrams.net\/blog\/?p=236"},"modified":"2011-11-08T12:34:32","modified_gmt":"2011-11-08T18:34:32","slug":"american-idol-as-a-beacon-for-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fanagrams.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/american-idol-as-a-beacon-for-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"American Idol as a Beacon for Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American Idol announced that for the first time it will start accepting online votes, expanding the voting options from toll-free phone numbers and AT&amp;T text messages.\u00a0 The glitch has been creating a secure website, presumably to prevent some sort of automated voting\u00a0virus what would spew out millions of rogue votes that would undermine the legitimacy of the contest. \u00a0American Idol was pleased to point out that, in partnership with Facebook, voters will now be able to cast 50 ballots on line.<\/p>\n<p>American Idol is late to on-line voting.\u00a0 An Arabic version called Super Star already accepted on line voting, and Katherine Meizel, who has authored a book on American Idol, implies that such voting in talent contests contributes to \u201cthe potential symbolic significance of voting in the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wow,<\/strong> American Idol is going to grab some of the credit for the democracy movement in the Middle East &#8211; a democracy gateway drug that has opened numbed eyes to the possibility of revolution and democracy? \u00a0However, one of the fundamental tenets of democracy is one person\/one vote, so allowing 50 votes a person might send the wrong message. \u00a0And how did American Idol choose the 50 vote maximum, why not 100, or 200?<\/p>\nFollow Liza Blue on: <a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" 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