Mission Implausible ..or Tom Cruise and the riddle of the 'rigged' internet poll - 2006-04-19
Mission Implausible ..or Tom Cruise and the riddle of the 'rigged' internet poll April 19, 2006,
Some 15,100 out of 18,000 votes in a magazine's internet survey - 84 per cent - blamed the media rather than the Mission: Impossible hero for his poor image.
But suspicious bosses found 14,000 of the pro-Tom ballots came from just 10 computers.
Alexis Collado, a spokesman for the magazine, Parade, said: "One computer was responsible for nearly 8,400 votes, all blaming the media for Tom's troubles.
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{{cite news | first = Ryan | last = Parry | title = Mission Implausible ..or Tom Cruise and the riddle of the 'rigged' internet poll | url = http://www.mirror.co.uk/archive/2006/04/19/mission-implausible-89520-16962961/ | work = Daily Mirror | date = April 19, 2006 | accessdate = January 14, 2017 }}
