AT&T, one of the biggest corporate sponsors of “American Idol,” might have influenced the outcome of this year’s competition by providing phones for free text-messaging services and lessons in casting blocks of votes at parties organized by fans of Kris Allen, the Arkansas singer who was the winner of the show last week... There appear to have been no similar efforts to provide free texting services to supporters of Adam Lambert, who finished as the runner-up to Mr. Allen.
The article goes on to say that the AT&T employees were invited by the fans to these gatherings. Bull. Shit. When you're having a viewing party, say, of the Super Bowl, do you call up the corporate offices of one of the advertisers and invite 'em on over for a product demo? Okay, yes if it's a beer brand, but a phone carrier? Puke. Unless they're giving me a free iPhone and including unlimited texting like TMobile, they are welcome nowhere near my living room.
Ms. Pressler is a New Yorker who, years ago after attending a marvelous staged reading of Sondheim's Anyone Can Whistle, thought it would be most hilarious if she were mayor and made everyone refer to her as The Mayoress. The nickname stuck. She works as a marketing consultant and in her spare time, volunteers on campaigns and runs a lot. She likes the arts, marathons, SVU, hip hop, opera, brunch, the Obamas, WNYC, style, fun events, and people who read her blog.
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