Written by AI Now's Michael Lamp. Check out his weekly Idol recaps in the "I'm Just Sayin'" section!

Everyone with a pulse has been lashing out at Taylor Swift ever since she claimed music’s biggest prize (Grammy for Album of the Year) and managed to stink up the joint with her live performance…all in the same night.

Like most entertainment news stories, this would/will die very quickly. It seems, however, that Taylor’s own record label is doing everything they can to keep this bit of bad press…in the press. “Jigga what,” you ask? Allow me to explain.

Scott Borchetta, head of Big Machine Records (Taylor’s label), spoke out in defense of the singer. That would be fine if he didn’t take a slam at a bunch of other artists in the process. Intentionally or not, and I’m gonna go with intentionally, Mr. Borchetta manages to discredit most/all singers that rose to fame via American Idol in one ittle wittle sound byte. Oh Scotty boy, the trouble you’ve caused. You can read his words, which are making the rounds thanks to the Associated Press, right here. For fun, I’ve pulled out two of my favorite quotes:

“She [Tayor] is the voice of this generation.”

“This is not ‘American Idol.’ This is not a competition of getting up and seeing who can sing the highest note. This is about a true artist and writer and communicator. It’s not about that technically perfect performance.”

What. A. Tool. Way to attack the biggest show on television – and probably blacklist your artist from ever appearing on said show – in one fell swoop. What a dumb dumb.

Everyone’s favorite Idol, Kelly Clarkson, has responded to Mr. Borchetta’s asinine comments via her often-sassy blog. You can read her words by clicking here. Again, allow me to pull out some highlights:

“…we not only hit the high notes, you forgot to mention we generally hit the ‘right’ notes as well.”

“Sincerely, One of those contestants from American Idol who only made it because of her high notes ;)“

Oh Kelly. You’re so wise and so hilarious. I was also glad to notice that she doesn’t really attack Taylor in the post at all. We all know (right, Kanye?) that Kelly is a big fan of Taylor, and she does a good job in the post of keeping her sights firmly set on the douchery that is Scott Borchetta.

What do you say? Agree with the source of all goodness in this world? Or do you agree with Borchetta that Idol churns out technical ’singers’ but not true ‘artists’?

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