Monday, February 02, 2009

American Idol is now "news"?

I don't understand why the media is reporting events that happen on "Americal Idol" as news. A few weeks ago a contestant said to the judges after his audition "Take care and be careful." In addition to online I have also seen this mentioned on television shows like "Entertainment Tonight" and "Extra". I'm almost sure I saw this mentioned on local news broadcasts during the entertainment segments as well.

These tryouts segments were taped weeks ago. If American Idol was in the live portion of the program I could almost deal with breaking news from the show. "Paula is in tears after Simon lashes out"

What's next? "Jack Bauer uncovers an assassination plot!"