Contributed anonymously:
The way ‘American Idol’ winners Ruben Studdard and Kelly Clarkson were picked to be pop stars is much better than the way Britney Spears was selected, muses pop culture and teen scene columnist Sabrina Mehra in the latest edition of her column, ‘sabrinaspeak.’ “It sure beats how pop stars are usually selected, by executives in boardrooms who set the course for what’s hot and churn out the illusion of choice,” writes Mehra in ‘Idol Thoughts’. “At least with ‘American Idol,’ you get to vote for whose sickly-sweet song is going to be the bubblegum hit of the week.”