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It's Official: Michael and Janet are the "Most Foolish" Americans of 2004 MICHAEL JACKSON NAMED MOST FOOLISH AMERICAN OF 2004: survey
Tuesday March 30 LOS ANGELES (AFD)---Beleagured pop star Michael Jackson and his little sister Janet have earned the dubious distinctions of being named the most foolish Americans of 2004,organizers of the annual awards announced. It marked the second time in a row that the "King Of Pop",who is currently facing child molestation charges,has snatched the April Fools Day award as the "Most Foolish American" in a US telephone survey. In the poll of 1,016 Americans carried out by New York-based public relations consultant Jeff Barge,77 percent of respondents voted Michael Jackson to the top of the fool's list. Janet Jackson came in a close second,backed by 70 percent of respondents.The female performer made front-page news headlines following the exposure of her breast,or "wardrobe malfunction",during a half-time show of American football's Super Bowl in February. "Obviously,they are giving each other advice," said Barge of the pop siblings."And it's not good advice," he added. Michael Jackson was arrested in November on charges of sexually abusing a 12-year old at his Neverland Ranch a year ago. The singer was also named the most foolish American of 2003 after dangling his baby son over a Berlin hotel room balcony above press photographers last year. In third place on Barge's list was US domestic diva Martha Stewart,who was earlier this month convicted of obstructing a federal inquiry into a suspicious stock sale,leaving her facing a likely prison sentence. Stewart claimed 70 percent of votes for the foolish,losing second place to Janet Jackson by just one one of the 1,016 votes in the survey. Stewart was followed by pop princess Britney Spears,whose 55-hour Las Vegas marriage in January earned her fourth place in the rankings with 69 percent of respondents saying she had "done something foolish" over the past year. The telephone survey,conducted between March 19 and 22,has a margin of error of plus or minus three percent and was conducted with the assistance of Opinion Research Corp. Inc. of Princeton,New Jesey. (Yahoo News) | |
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DavidEye said: MICHAEL JACKSON NAMED MOST FOOLISH AMERICAN OF 2004: survey
Tuesday March 30 LOS ANGELES (AFD)---Beleagured pop star Michael Jackson and his little sister Janet have earned the dubious distinctions of being named the most foolish Americans of 2004,organizers of the annual awards announced. It marked the second time in a row that the "King Of Pop",who is currently facing child molestation charges,has snatched the April Fools Day award as the "Most Foolish American" in a US telephone survey. In the poll of 1,016 Americans carried out by New York-based public relations consultant Jeff Barge,77 percent of respondents voted Michael Jackson to the top of the fool's list. Janet Jackson came in a close second,backed by 70 percent of respondents.The female performer made front-page news headlines following the exposure of her breast,or "wardrobe malfunction",during a half-time show of American football's Super Bowl in February. "Obviously,they are giving each other advice," said Barge of the pop siblings."And it's not good advice," he added. Michael Jackson was arrested in November on charges of sexually abusing a 12-year old at his Neverland Ranch a year ago. The singer was also named the most foolish American of 2003 after dangling his baby son over a Berlin hotel room balcony above press photographers last year. In third place on Barge's list was US domestic diva Martha Stewart,who was earlier this month convicted of obstructing a federal inquiry into a suspicious stock sale,leaving her facing a likely prison sentence. Stewart claimed 70 percent of votes for the foolish,losing second place to Janet Jackson by just one one of the 1,016 votes in the survey. Stewart was followed by pop princess Britney Spears,whose 55-hour Las Vegas marriage in January earned her fourth place in the rankings with 69 percent of respondents saying she had "done something foolish" over the past year. The telephone survey,conducted between March 19 and 22,has a margin of error of plus or minus three percent and was conducted with the assistance of Opinion Research Corp. Inc. of Princeton,New Jesey. (Yahoo News) They tried to pass this off as scientific? LMAO! They don't state their method, and it doesn't seem to be all that representative, considering that Janet snagged 70% of votes, Martha snagged another 70% and Michael somehow managed to get 77% - for a total of 211%! I'm assuming they allowed people to pick any number of "foolish" Americans from a list, not just one. | |
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i'm surprised that the president wasn't mentioned in this...  | |
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Nonsense. The fools are those that voted.  | |
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OK, all this Jackson bashing is just plain stupid. The President of the United States of America GEORGE W. BUSH, Secretary of State Colin Powell and the rest of the Bush Administration just LIED to the American people about there being weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and is spending BILLIONS of our tax dollars overseas fighting a long drawn out war, yet we're tripping on Michael and Janet?
Where are our priorities as a nation? EARTH TO AMERICA... WAKE UP! | |
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"Most Foolish" Americans: all you idiots that voted for Bush. | |
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JANFAN4L said: OK, all this Jackson bashing is just plain stupid. The President of the United States of America GEORGE W. BUSH, Secretary of State Colin Powell and the rest of the Bush Administration just LIED to the American people about there being weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and is spending BILLIONS of our tax dollars overseas fighting a long drawn out war, yet we're tripping on Michael and Janet?
Where are our priorities as a nation? EARTH TO AMERICA... WAKE UP! 
co-sign! | |
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JANFAN4L said: "Most Foolish" Americans: all you idiots that voted for Bush.
He didn't win the election, though  . Jeb bought Florida for him. I cannot believe the lack of protest that accompanied his swearing-in. | |
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Handclapsfingasnapz said: i'm surprised that the president wasn't mentioned in this...
Ditto....  | |
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JANFAN4L said: OK, all this Jackson bashing is just plain stupid. The President of the United States of America GEORGE W. BUSH, Secretary of State Colin Powell and the rest of the Bush Administration just LIED to the American people about there being weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and is spending BILLIONS of our tax dollars overseas fighting a long drawn out war, yet we're tripping on Michael and Janet?
Where are our priorities as a nation? EARTH TO AMERICA... WAKE UP! | |
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I'm getting really sick of all this Jackson bashing. Guilty or not, wardrobe malfunction or not, can't people leave that family be for two seconds? "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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