Former American Idol Kelly Clarkson merely lip-synchs for charity
In your private life, when you commit to helping a friend or loved one with a project and then renege on your commitment, you damage your reputation with them, because they're disappointed in you. When you happen to be Kelly Clarkson, however, and you ride in on America's good graces from their generous votes seeking a sing-along idol, the stakes are higher, because your public reputation is at stake.
On Thanksgiving Day, Kelly Clarkson sang in the half-time show of the Cowboys-Jets game, officially launching this nation's oldest charitable fundraising drive, the Salvation Army's Red Kettle Campaign.
This year, the Salvation Army launched the "e-Kettle," where people can make donations online. This year, Clarkson is the honorary chairperson for both Red Kettle operations.
Clarkson told the press that you can donate to her e-Kettle, which should be found at www.kellyclarkson.com. But it's not there.
It would seem that someone with her fame-power could generate a lot of charitable giving, but an extensive search of her Website produced no kettle.
And since I couldn't find the kettle, I couldn't find out how much in donations she's generated thus far, because she hasn't followed through on her advocacy.
I would be willing to chalk this up to an inefficient webmaster, someone who doesn't update the Website as often as they should, but no - there are press releases from more recent than Thanksgiving on her site, and an even bigger surprise came when there was no news of her half-time event at all. Her Wikipedia entry did mention the game, but there was no mention of the Salvation Army.
What about your fans, Ms. Clarkson?
Common sense stipulates that if you have a fan site, and you want your fans involved in your career (what performer can do without their fans?) you tell them about every event you perform at, especially big media events like NFL half-time shows.
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On Thanksgiving Day, Kelly Clarkson sang in the half-time show of the Cowboys-Jets game, officially launching this nation's oldest charitable fundraising drive, the Salvation Army's Red Kettle Campaign.
This year, the Salvation Army launched the "e-Kettle," where people can make donations online. This year, Clarkson is the honorary chairperson for both Red Kettle operations.
Clarkson told the press that you can donate to her e-Kettle, which should be found at www.kellyclarkson.com. But it's not there.
It would seem that someone with her fame-power could generate a lot of charitable giving, but an extensive search of her Website produced no kettle.
And since I couldn't find the kettle, I couldn't find out how much in donations she's generated thus far, because she hasn't followed through on her advocacy.
I would be willing to chalk this up to an inefficient webmaster, someone who doesn't update the Website as often as they should, but no - there are press releases from more recent than Thanksgiving on her site, and an even bigger surprise came when there was no news of her half-time event at all. Her Wikipedia entry did mention the game, but there was no mention of the Salvation Army.
What about your fans, Ms. Clarkson?
Common sense stipulates that if you have a fan site, and you want your fans involved in your career (what performer can do without their fans?) you tell them about every event you perform at, especially big media events like NFL half-time shows.
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