‘American Idol’ Votes Could Be Skewed

SAN FRANCISCO –– Producers of the hit Fox show “American Idol” say the talent contest is being slammed by “power dialers” trying to influence the results by making as many as 10,000 votes a night from a single phone line.
With fast Internet connections and powerful computer autodialing software, about 100 “phone phreaks” are casting thousands […]

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