When Vote Counting Goes Bad 128
ZipK writes "Television singing competition The Voice disclosed on Wednesday 'inconsistencies' with the tallying of on-line and SMS-based voting. Although host Carson Daly claimed the show wanted to be 'completely upfront,' the explanation from their third-party vote counter, Telescope, was anything but transparent. In particular, Telescope claims that disregarding all on-line and SMS-based voting for the two nights in question left no impact on the final results, but they haven't provided any detail of the 'inconsistency' or their ability to predict a complete lack of impact. Sure, it's only The Voice; but tomorrow it could be American Idol, and by next month, America's Got Talent."
News for nerds (Score:5, Funny)
Sure, it's only The Voice; but tomorrow it could be American Idol, and by next month, America's Got Talent."
And nothing of value was lost?
Still more transparancy... (Score:4, Funny)
That's still more transparancy and objectivity that most US elections that use electronic voting machines.
Reality shows are absolutely real and honest. (Score:4, Funny)
You mean people actually think the voting is honest and real? That the TV execs don't advance the contestants that they think will be better for ratings?