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Could a St Petersburg Times story have cost a Florida hopeful his spot in the Top 24 on American Idol The New York Post headlines Idol cut for spilling beans The Post and Fox Broadcasting which airs American Idol are both owned by News Corp The Post cited the Joe s Place Blog for reporting that St Petersburg native Michael Lynche had been sent packing for breaking the show s confidentiality agreement Marque Lynche Sr told the Times that his son was in the Top 24 and the Web site Reality Blurred said the comment might violate the show s rules Eric Deggans who wrote the article for the Times marveled at how the Lynche sto

y was ricocheting around the Internet On his blog The Feed Deggans writes But neither blog cites concrete evidence connecting the newspaper story to any possible dismissal of Lynche The Fox network has continually refused to comment on the status of contestants before it is revealed on the show and Marque Lynche Sr has now disconnected his home phone in Sarasota declining to comment The Top 24 won t be revealed on American Idol until Feb 17 I guess we ll have to wait till then to learn more Michael Lynche s late mother was a community columnist for the Times years ago