Archivesphone numbers wrong again on American Idol 4, this time in the closed captioning.
Once again, American Idol 4’s broadcast showed incorrect phone numbers for three of the contestants. As Ryan read did his little host chat with Anthony, Bo, and Vonzell, Reality TV Magazine reports that the closed captioning showed 1-866-IDOLS-01—Carrie Underwood’s number—instead of the contestant-specific number. The text voting number appeared to be correct for those three contestants, and the mistake only appeared in the closed captioning. Of course, this begs the question: How many people who can’t hear well enough and need closed captioning watch a singing competition and then vote? Just how accurate is the closed captioning, which is notoriously bad on other live programs? And do the closed captions say things like, “sound of a chicken being strangled” as Anthony Federov is singing?
American Idol 4
phone numbers wrong again on American Idol 4, this time in the closed captioning.
link to this story + posted May. 11, 2005 at 7:45 AM by Andy Dehnart
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