American Idol Conspiracy: AT&T Hearts Kris Allen

Kris Allen’s American Idol victory is being called into question by The New York Times, which is, apparently, Adam Lambert’s biggest fan.  The newspaper has cooked up a conspiracy theory involving free text message parties in Arkansas (Allen’s hometown) thrown by AT&T employees.  These parties included “power texts”, which allowed voters to send ten messages, and thus ten votes, with a single button push. Although Fox refused to comment on the situation, AT&T had this to say: “In Arkansas, we were invited to attend the local watch parties organized by the community. A few local employees brought a small number of demo phones with them and provided texting tutorials to those who were interested.”