Other CNN.com "story highlights" omitted for space in this AP commentary on the sadistic hook of the world's most popular TV program:
· 1/3 of judges likely tanked, helpless to wiles of crooning 17-year-old boys
· Contestants' self-appointed stage names (e.g. "The Hotness") often highly misleading
· Bush Baby aspirants likely to find themselves victims of Simon Cowell's merciless Bush Baby taunts: AP critic
· Parents often smoking from same delusional crack pipe as talent-free children.

• Commentary: The popular cruelty of 'Idol' [CNN.com/AP]

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