Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus fiction vs reality: has your opinion changed?

[Ouch!]

First of all, how can you be so sure of that, Nikotine? Have you ever tried to write a song?

See post title.

Second, I don't recall ever hearing Miley use auto-tune yet, but even if she did, no talented singer uses auto-tune all the time. They might use it to add some sort of audiovisual special effects, but that's about it. I'm sure you can tell when a singer is using auto-tune and when they're just using their regular voice, because when one is using auto-tune, you can hear some sort of special effect in their voice.

You're confusing the use and abuse of auto-tune. When used in moderation, as it was originally used for music, auto-tune does just that: it automatically corrects the vocalist's voice so that they're singing in tune. Auto-tune, and other similar effects, are often the reason why a vocalist will sound much cleaner and clearer in a recording and be damnably awful live. The abuse of auto-tune as a distinctly and intentionally recognizable audio effect didn't really pick up until T-Pain started abusing it for his first solo album.

Also, for reference, I do genuinely think that Miley Cyrus lacks talent. If "Party in the USA" is the extent of her song-writing ability, I'm not even remotely impressed. Beyond that, I do not believe that she has a pleasant voice, and I have seen little to suggest that she has much in the way of musical skill beyond prancing around on a stage.