xokristabelle answered Tuesday March 11 2008, 9:29 pm: I'll be honest with you, MTV is pretty much rigged. I watched a documentary on it (god I sound like a nerd). Basically the reason it started was to show promotional videos for artists, and it evolved from there. In case you hadn't noticed, everything is pretty much commercial based- like the upcoming dating show When Spicy Meets Sweet, which is basically run by the people behind Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos.
It's no secret that they control the order of their videos...remember Valentine's Day week? Step Up 2 came out and they did a feature on it...and, surprise, surprise, "Low", the featured song on the soundtrack was the number 1 video. I'm sorry, but that song and video are OLD and there's no way in hell it's number 1.
My advice: try to cut down on your MTV (and Vh1 for that matter). Or at least don't take it so seriously. If you love music videos, go to launchcast.com. You can watch whatever video you watch, whenever you want, as many times as you want. And they have a Top 100, too, that you can definitely influence. Besides, MTV only shows you part of the video, which is really annoying. You want the show for half an hour just to see 30 seconds of your favorite song...what's the point? [ xokristabelle's advice column | Ask xokristabelle A Question ]
Brandi_S answered Tuesday March 11 2008, 6:35 pm: As a person who remembers the channel coming on the airwaves, MTV has been being weird for quite some time, now.
Obviously they have this thing rigged. Seems as though the people at MTV don't like the Jonas Brothers, and don't care what their fans think.
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