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7 Comments:
Jorie has the same morals as judges on American Idol...I know one story of a poet who slept with Jorie having his book chosen....
"Just in time for May sweeps, ABC News' "Primetime Live" is working on a potentially explosive expose on the Fox phenom "American Idol."
Exact details of the report are still in flux, since Alphabet staffers are still in the process of reporting the story and vetting details. It's believed, however, that the report -- in the works for several months now -- will take a hard look at the relationship between "Idol" judges and contestants." --Variety.com
--LLF
Many of those who worked to disclose Foetry's identity seemed to adapt rather quickly to methods they claimed to despise. I'm as discouraged about that as I am about Foetry.
--MH
Well, The NY Times piece made NPR today and while Edward Wyatt was being interviewed on the subject of Foetry, none other than Alan Cordle phoned in.
BTW, the site is no longer down. He's like the guest that never leaves.
despised methods?
And he deserves some shit, matter of parity, plus it is funny because he is so goofy when not being the anonymous pompous gasbag parsing why this is fair and that isn't. AC does like Thompson Twins, does poses with Llamas ( high or not) and has a host of questionable enthusiasms (see his amazon wishlist.)
All these are publc and interesting because the dude was taking potshots, often very nasty, at people who had no way of responding w/o being derided etc. It was asymmetical. Now it isn't.
anonymous said
"Many of those who worked to disclose Foetry's identity seemed to adapt rather quickly to methods they claimed to despise"\
i completely agree! it is BS. i mean Foetry was mean to people, some of which are dear to me, but if it wasn't for Foetry there wouldn't be this upheaval.. so i think alot of those detectives, god and it was so ugly seeing those poets like track that guy down, ewww, gross...i was just thinking oh PRODUCT, of course, but i think alot of folks will be thanking the Foet guy in the future, even though he did go about it the wrong way. it is mean to be mean. but also, its just f-ing poetry.
I think its admirable and right to have some empathy--and to *reason* over the problem, as you've done here, taking one aspect of it, the Jorie aspect, and then weighed it out, again, *reasonably*. All that anonymous posting over at Foetry devolved too tellingly into, as people here note, just plain meaness. It was heartening to read your post. Thank you.
Best Wishes,
Chris
People shouldn't mind so much being purposefully defrauded of $20 as long as the fraud writes good poems...right?
$20 represents an hour of my life according to my paycheck--is it OK for Jorie to take away an hour of my life, as long as she writes good poetry?
Some people will say anything to "get noticed" on their blogs by those whom they idolize...and some children cry when their abusive parents are led away in cuffs, too.
--LLF
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