Does Society Still Value Fairness and Ethics? My Latest Rant.

Well, I am angry! I believe that Taylor and his fans were victims of sabotage and blatant mistreatment tonight. There was a compitition on the station kiim fm in Tuscan, AZ  called the bunkhouse brawl. The way this compitition works is that the station plays 2 new songs to decide if they want to add it to their playlist and the listeners are to call in and vote for their favorite of the two songs.  Some of the SP members have been streaming this station because they had Taylor added to the list and were hoping to hear it. Tonight Taylor was put against a girl named Whitney Duncan who’s  song is called Skinny Dipping. Before I go on I want to add that the song the competitor sang was very good, I enjoyed it a lot, and I am not a sore loser but when a clear  injustice is done I believe it is right to speak up about it. The two songs were played and the phone lines were openned up. I called and got through right a way and put in a vote for Taylor. Some other people that I talked to had a very hard time getting through, busy signals sometimes and sometimes it would ring and ring with no answer. One person I know continued to call and finally got through when she was told “only 1 vote per household” when it was her only vote.  Several other people came forward and said they were told the same thing about only 1 vote allowed. After the compitition was over she said to the listeners  do you want to know how it went and went on to say it was a blood bath. She played several recording a few saying ” I’d like to vote for Taylor Hicks” and others saying things such as “I’d like to put in a vote for me and my mother so that’s 2 votes for Whitney” “I’m listening with my buddies and I’d like to put in a vote from each of us so 3 votes for Whitney” and a couple more with multiple votes,  I her answer was “you got it”.  WTF kind of BS is that? Cheat much? I am not saying that Whitney couldn’t have won fair and square because like I said her song was very good but why are some told they are allowed 1 vote per household and others allowed multiple votes? ..And to intentionally rub it in our faces that she did this to us is beyond despicable not to mention completely unprofessional and unethical. So my question is when did it get this bad?

On another note when did it become acceptable for DJ’s to insult and artist’s music that is being played on their station? I don’t remember this ever happening 10 years ago but yesterday when I was streaming this station I heard this same DJ, let’s call her Brenda,  make a very nasty crack about Kellie Pickler. The guy that played the song said “I hate to admit it but I actually like this song” and she played this and said “uuuhhh you mean you didn’t turn off the speakers for that one”  What  in the heck is going on? Is it a prejudice against all American Idol contestants that don’t have big labels paying for their play? Why the hate toward these people who are trying to make a living? I for one am sick of it!  I guess the age of having a conscience is in the past. Very sad!