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Mission Implausible ..or Tom Cruise and the riddle of the 'rigged' internet poll

Title: Mission Implausible ..or Tom Cruise and the riddle of the 'rigged' internet poll
Date: Wednesday, 19 April 2006
Publisher: Daily Mirror (UK)
Author: Ryan Parry
Main source: mirror.co.uk

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TOM Cruise fans have been accused of rigging a poll to save the star from ridicule over his bizarre antics. 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 ... [Read the rest at mirror.co.uk]