It is potentially the most explosive, important, brain melting news item ever:  The media is reporting the fix was in on "American Idol".

Apparently, several AT&T cellular employees visited some local "AI" parties in Arkansas (Kris Allen's home state), gave them a few phones and taught them how to send more than one text at a time.  In a statement issued Tuesday, a spokesman for AT&T said, "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."

While this may not seem like significant information to you or me, it is to the media.  Outlets like the NY Times (!) are using terms like "culprits", "evidence" and the like.  Less clear is why these same outlets have not explained how the 876 people live in Arkansas could possibly impact a 100 million vote count.  Or that the demographic that votes for "AI" already know how to send 39 texts per second.