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From The Drudge Report comes this emergency bulletin:

The U.S. TV audience would rather watch freaks sing out of tune than President Bush and Democrats wax politics, overnight ratings show.

One hour of IDOL on one network pulled a higher ratings average than 2 hours of STATE OF THE UNION — on three networks!


That's no way to describe the brave young men and women who are mangling pop songs for this nation's freedom, sir!

'AMERICAN IDOL' TOPS NETWORK COVERAGE FOR STATE OF UNION [Drudge]
[Drudge photo via KFI AM]