Obama Crushes ZuneGate Rumor With His iPod

The Obama camp dealt a crushing blow to a hopeful community of Zune goons on Thursday when a spokesman for the president-elect put a scandalous rumor to death. “Not true, the President-elect uses an iPod,” he said. That one statement confirmed what every Machead already knew, there's no way Barack Obama deliberately owns a Zune media player.

The wild rumor, quickly coined as 'ZuneGate', was launched on December 2nd when Philadelphia writer, Neal Santos posted a story recounting his routine morning workout that unexpectedly included President-elect Barack Obama on an adjacent treadmill.

"He hopped on the machine next to me and broke a mean sweat while reading a copy of USA Today and listening to his Zune." Santos said in his report.

Overly zealous Zune zombies immediately began to jump on the story, celebrating the news like Tom Cruise on Oprah's couch. One user wrote on a Zunerama message board; “Look at what President Reagan did to the sales of jelly beans! This is great news!” “This is probably the best endorsement Zune could’ve gotten… for free,” another poster said.

On December 3rd Neil Santos sparked instant controversy after posting an awkward correction to his claims about Obama using a Zune. At that moment 'Zunegate' was officially born. Judge for yourself.

"I want to correct what I said yesterday about Obama using a Zune. I claimed that it was his Zune. I don't know for sure that it was his. It could belong to one of the many Secret Service dudes that were at the gym, Michelle, or even one of his daughters." said Santos. Source: WSJ

By the afternoon of December 4th, the Wall Street Journal reported a statement made by an Obama spokesman confirming that the President-elect is a committed iPod user. A brief moment of hope and adulation gripped by a gaggle of drooling Zune goons was instantly ripped from their hands by a shocking dose of iPod reality. The President-elect had been properly exonerated.

I would expect its gonna take some time for the Zune scene faithful to fully recover and come out of deep denial over the loss of their mistaken spokesmodel. It must have been incredibly difficult for any Zuneiac to ignore the hype of an Obama Zune rumor. It was one change I could not believe in.

[Zune Photo by Peter Boden]

Comments

[Partners in Grime]

The guy has good taste!

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[jbelkin]

You mean the 5 people who aren't paid shills for MS who own a Zune?