I am getting word from different sources (the phrase is "it is getting back to me") that it is mis-understood why I have this page and other related pages dealing with American Idol and my contact with certain contestants which if it wasn't for the fact that I write some of this for an online forum I wouldn't have. As a result some strange things have happened which I will not go into the details on, however I can say that I an noticing a sudden change in attitude with people who have been very helpful in the past.
My Statement: I am a huge fan of the show and I like most of the contestants and think that they are some of the nicest people around and I would do anything I can from here to help them out with promotion or just good PR. I have no problem promoting the contestants, the TV show and the tour.
The people at BWR (their PR company) and 19 Entertainment have been very kind with granting interviews in the past and Photo-Opps at the Tour when it was in my area, I thank them. However If I am to continue this, then they need to hear some positive feedback (I will post e-mail addresses shortly) from you the reader if people like me are to keep doing stories and interviews such as Vanessa Olivarez, Julia Demato and Candice Coleman.
I will make it no secret that I make information available here and on Libertypost.org (an electronic on line forum). I need to post my articles and interviews on my own pages as well at Liberty post.org or search engines like Google cannot pick them up due to technical problems with Google and CGI. I also need it to be known that I neither get nor want any compensation for doing this service other than the privilege of meeting (a few by phone and a few in person) the contestants and helping to promote them now and in the future.
I have noticed that even after 9-11 it is sometimes considered strange for people like myself to arbitrarily want to help people we have never met or are just fans of their talent. I assure you that I have helped many thousands of people in one way or another and consider it no different here to not only find out more information about the contestants but offer to help them any way I can with no thought of compensation other than to know I did some good for someone.
I have had some experience with talk radio and follow talk radio. One thing I have learned is that there is no substitute for getting first hand information. I know many people who have been burneed by posting or reporting without getting first hand info. That is why I like to interview contestants (I have only done 3 just for the record for those who are keeping track, you know who you are) so I can get things straight although I have found out that some have longer memories than others and like I said before I would be rewriting history to try to edit the content to make it look good.
I have in the past criticized the Participants on the show and the Judges and I feel I would be trying to "re write history" if I edit that stuff out of this page to appease (there are other words for it) contestants that I may want to interview or want to be on their good side. At times I have considered removing these pages and the audio links of interviews in order to show being neutral. However like I said above I feel I would be trying to undo history and instead I should just push on.
Please contact the people at the information below and tell them that you want to see more interviews of the contestants by independent news sources like Libertypost.org by independent people like myself who can dedicate a fair amount of time to the project.
Thank You.
Scott Meenen
Laurel md.
Contact information:
Los Angeles: B|W|R
9100 Wilshire Blvd.
Sixth Floor, West
Tower
Beverly Hills, CA
90212
Tel: 310-550-7776
Fax 310-550-1701
Larry Winokur, Paul
Baker
Co-Chief Executive
Officer
Tel: 310-248-6137
Fax: 310-550-1701
lwinokur@bwr-la.com
pbaker@bwr-la.com
Fox television mailto:askfox@fox.com
19 Entertainment 310-777-1940