'Idol' accused of weight bias; show denies claim

This story caught my attention by the very headline. A scandal from a show as big as American Idol would be a huge story if it were truly the case. The story is about a girl who made a complaint about being denied a front row seat during an American Idol filming on the grounds of her weight. The fact of the matter is that she was part of a group who were all promised really good seats, and hers just happened to be a few rows farther away from the stage.

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