Article #4

The article I chose was mainly about the American Idol contestant Adam Lambert, and him publicly being gay. American Idol has been a hit broadcast since it first started 8 years ago. There has obviously been some controversy surrounding the outside of the show such as the Paula situation, contestants with nude photos on the internet, and now a contestant being openly gay. It raises the controversy of him possibly winning. At the same time controversy usually makes for good television. So people will continue to tune in to watch if Adam wins the title or not.

I chose this article because of more or less the target audience. Granted there are people in America that watch this show that have a disagreement about how Adam chooses to live his life. Whereas to other people it does not matter what his sexual orientation is. This topic is going to definitely effect the voting within the program, but American Idol will be receiving an overwhelming audience. It will end up doing good for Fox Network, and all of its advertisers.