how to sabotage a TV hit


	how to sabotage a TV hit

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4-15-2007 7:35 AM

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4-15-2007 8:28 AM

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"We're corrupting the entire thing," Stern said. "The number one show on television and it's getting ruined.". Mr Stern ought not to be surprised when the public, fresh from the kill and still dripping in Idol's blood, turns their savage eyes in his direction.

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That cuckoo is 17-year-old Sanjaya Malakar</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=2&subID=1662"><P class="ver12ind">Radio 'shock jock' Howard Stern is leading the charge, urging his </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=2&subID=1662">  listeners to log on to votefortheworst.com and vote for Sanjaya each week. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=2&subID=1662"><P class="ver12ind">"We're corrupting the entire thing," Stern said. 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