I know it isn't the same thing, but it isn't American Idol's job to go door-to-door looking for the best singers. Their job is to weed out people who show up at tryouts. A guy can't bitch about being a great singer with star potential who has never been discovered if he never showed up to the American Idol tryouts in his town.Originally Posted by Arcade Antics
How is someone supposed to "find" him otherwise? Idol would never get a new season on the air if they had to chase millions of leads across the country or "research" without running any tryouts.
Just like the Guinness Book of World Records isn't obligated to go door-to-door looking for the world's fattest man or the guy who has eaten the most pieces of Godfather's Pizza in a single sitting. That'd take forever. At some point, they gotta depend on people to come forward and take credit for these sort of things, which is why they ask for submissions.
If I felt I had Canada's biggest collection and was concerned about someone with a smaller collection taking credit for being Canada's "top collector", I wouldn't be couch surfing with a Slurpee, a bag of Doritos and Season 3 of Lois and Clark. I'd be contacting somebody.
How long ago did CBC do this article and how long has Syd been taking credit for being Canada's top collector? There's no excuse for guys with bigger collections to have not come forward by now and say "That's wrong." I'd have done it in a heartbeat, if it were me.
Right, but if the reporter is given an assignment to do the story and if he isn't given a decent amount of time from his company to complete it, that isn't the reporter's fault. That is CBC's fault.
Don't get me wrong, I agree with you entirely, considering a story about Canada's top video game collector is hardly an urgent matter that ought to be rushed into completion.
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