Did Power Texting Help Kris Allen Win American Idol?
Yahoo!’s wacky entertainment news/gossip site OMG! linked to a New York Times article about possible vote swaying by Kris Allen fans.
From the NYT piece:
Representatives of AT&T helped fans of Mr. Allen at the two Arkansas events by providing instructions on how to send 10 or more text messages at the press of a single button, known as power texts. Power texts have an exponentially greater effect on voting than do single text messages or calls […]