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Snow I went back and read the second half of this drivel. I have some further thoughts and it comes from being a former newspaper reporter and editor.
This "interview" took place over the phone. It was a Q&A where probably Allison was given the questions beforehand or may have supplied the answers in a written format. I would suspect that it was a promotional PR gig done by the SO people themselves who probably contacted this reporter at the Observer.
It's common practice for the company/organization to go to the hometown newspaper and say, "hey we have a local person who made good and would like you to put something in your paper about her." We used to get military service announcements all the time, aimed only to the hometown of where the guy/gal was from (i.e. "Joe Blow, from Hometown, USA, just completed basic training...")
Notice no local pics of Allison. All were promos from the SO show itself.
I would also supsect a reciprocal reason why the Observer used this story. They got something from B-M SO themselves or owed a favor - you see this more often in television with their affiliates having to offer stories from their mommy station (ABC, NBC etc...) such as the hype on American Idol on affiliated Fox networks.
This interview is hokum and bunkum. It's canned sweetheart. Canned liked Green Beans.
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