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Offline thundley4

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Palin Success Triggered FCC Complaints
« on: December 07, 2010, 02:12:47 PM »
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DECEMBER 6--In the days after Bristol Palin was voted into the finals of “Dancing with the Stars,” viewers from across the country wrote to the Federal Communications Commission accusing the ABC show of everything from running a “payola type program” to “encouraging and promoting teen pregnancy.”

Many of the complainants, whose letters were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, were upset that, as one Oregonian put it, “the top scores were voted off yet Sarah Palin’s daughter remained on.”

One viewer from Pittsburgh alleged that the show’s voting system had been “fixed by extreme supporters of the Tea Party and Radical Right-Wing. I find that it has become a political platform for Sarah Palin to improve her image and ooze her political slime.” The aggrieved correspondent continued, “Bristol is not a star, what did she do, she had sex and got pregnant. Lets reward her…I made several call to ABC’s complaint line and I hope that their phone lines melt. It has become a political movement, with Tea Party websites instructing on how to vote for Bristol. Ridiculousness!”
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Re: Palin Success Triggered FCC Complaints
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2010, 02:23:14 PM »
Talk about a bunch of whiny crybabies!
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Re: Palin Success Triggered FCC Complaints
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2010, 02:39:26 PM »
Talk about a bunch of whiny crybabies!

With nothing even remotely resembling a real friggin' life.  No wonder Dancin' With The Stars doesn't exist in my universe.
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Re: Palin Success Triggered FCC Complaints
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2010, 02:41:42 PM »
With nothing even remotely resembling a real friggin' life.  No wonder Dancin' With The Stars doesn't exist in my universe.

I don't even watch Dancing With The Stars. I think it ruins ball room dancing. which is an art.
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