Originally Posted by
cf-62
Oh, it checks out? on twitter?
Really? So a guy gets filmed by a camera crew - with a producer - and picks up a passport from one of the teams. The producer doesn't tell him "if you go to LAX, you can catch them - they're in trouble" but the filmee tweets about it - and ANOTHER random producer tweets back "take it to LAX." This was contrived, plain and simple. Twitter paid $120K (or whatever the going placement rate is) and got on the Amazing Race.
In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the entire event, including the loss of the passport, were scripted, given that the showgirls were going to be on the second flight no matter what. Notice we didn't see how long everybody had to sit at the airport.
And, in real time, I had a fleeting thought that somebody had finally come up with an actual use for twitter (although I guess if you can make 6 figures from getting paid BY TWITTER, that should count).