{"id":790,"date":"2007-01-22T12:31:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-22T12:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2007\/01\/american-idol-embarrassing-tryout-22.html"},"modified":"2007-01-22T12:31:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-22T12:31:00","slug":"american-idol-embarrassing-tryout-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2007\/01\/american-idol-embarrassing-tryout-22.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;American Idol&#8221;: Embarrassing Tryout Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2007\/01\/is-idol-too-mean.html\">&#8220;American Idol&#8221; judges mean<\/a>&#8211;and getting meaner by the season&#8211;or should contestants&#8217; family and friends be more honest in advising them to <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2007\/01\/american-idol-and-our-culture-of-lies.html\" target=\"_New\">stay off national TV<\/A>? 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