farmteam Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 In case you haven't heard, Ken Jennings has bitten "the hand that fed him." Well, according to the NY Post (and various other outlets, such as the AP), he has. However, he wasn't doing anything of the sort. He was being completely facetious. If you read the actual blog post on Jennings' web site you'll see what I mean. It appears the initial hoopla was started by the NY Post article, and was then picked up by the other services. Since that was the case, Michael Starr (who wrote the Post article) obviously read the entire blog post. However, his readers didn't -- they just took the word of this so-called journalist and think that Jennings really is a spiteful former contestant. I guess really ticks me off is that a large group of people now are angry at Jennings- by all accounts a nice guy- because of some idiotic piece by a "journalist" who was just looking for some readers, not an actual story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 You want a great "The media has no ability to understand a joke" segment? Colbert Report, last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rventura23 Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jul 26, 2006 -> 04:54 PM) You want a great "The media has no ability to understand a joke" segment? Colbert Report, last night. fox news was all over that, im glad colbert addressed it again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 oh man that was awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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