 The following day, on August 22, 2011, the "Review-Journal" retracted the report, saying that Lewis had not been invited back to the telethon; the source close to Lewis said that the MDA had "reconciled" with Lewis, not "reinstated" Lewis.In addition, admission to the telethon by the general public was severely restricted, due to the cut in the length of the telethon, and the cut in the length of the local segments; in previous years, the telethon used the local segment time to swap audiences.Most of the attending audience members were representatives and invited guests of sponsors and major donors.