When Vote Counting Goes Bad

Posted by timothy on Thursday May 9, 2013 @05:41AM from the it-increments-the-database-or-else-it-gets-the-hose dept.

ZipK writes "Television singing competition The Voice disclosed on Wednesday 'inconsistencies' with the tallying of on-line and SMS-based voting. Although host Carson Daly claimed the show wanted to be 'completely upfront,' the explanation from their third-party vote counter, Telescope, was anything but transparent. In particular, Telescope claims that disregarding all on-line and SMS-based voting for the two nights in question left no impact on the final results, but they haven't provided any detail of the 'inconsistency' or their ability to predict a complete lack of impact. Sure, it's only The Voice; but tomorrow it could be American Idol, and by next month, America's Got Talent."

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News for nerds by Ironchew · 2013-05-09 05:42 · Score: 5, Funny

Sure, it's only The Voice; but tomorrow it could be American Idol, and by next month, America's Got Talent."
And nothing of value was lost?
Still more transparancy... by Dartz-IRL · 2013-05-09 05:51 · Score: 3, Funny

That's still more transparancy and objectivity that most US elections that use electronic voting machines.

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Reality shows are absolutely real and honest. by wcrowe · 2013-05-09 05:53 · Score: 3, Funny

You mean people actually think the voting is honest and real? That the TV execs don't advance the contestants that they think will be better for ratings?

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