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They say wrong version of game show was sent to TV stations
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Jan 14, 2020 12:20 PM CST
In this April 30, 2017, file photo, "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek speaks at the 44th annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Pasadena Civic Center in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
(Newser) – Producers of the game show Jeopardy! have apologized for a clue that waded into political hot water involving Israeli control of the West Bank, saying an incorrect version of the show was sent to television stations, the AP reports. A game shown last Friday asked contestants to identify the location of famous churches. One clue was "Built in 300s AD, the Church of the Nativity." Contestant Katie Needle answered, "What is Palestine?" and host Alex Trebek said she was incorrect. Her opponent, Jack McGuire, answered "What is Israel?" and was awarded $200. The show was immediately attacked on social media. The church, in Bethlehem, is located in the West Bank. Some countries recognize that as the state of Palestine while others, including the US, do not.
Jeopardy! producers, in a statement on the show's website Monday, explained: "In the process of taping this clue ... we became aware that the clue was flawed as written and that determining an acceptable response would be problematic. In accordance with our rules and in the interest of fairness, we voided the clue and threw it out. We restored Katie's and Jack's scores to what they were prior to the clue. The outcome of the game was not affected." A replacement clue was taped and the show continued. However, due to what Jeopardy! called "human error in post-production," the uncorrected version of the pre-taped show was sent to television stations and broadcast by mistake. "We regret the error and we will make sure this never happens again," the show said in its statement. (See what Needle thinks about the whole thing.)
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All this began about 4000 years ago when the name Bethlehem was first mentioned. Rachel (means Ewe) was one of the two wives of Jacob, the ancestor of Israel .. She gave birth to Joseph and then she died in child birth to her second child Benjamin. "So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day that pillar marks Rachel's tomb." (Genesis 35 written 3500 years ago). The pillar of the place was called Migdal Eder (the tower of the flock) . Yes, later for intermittent 1000 years, the shepherds nearby raised the lambs for the purpose of temple sacrifices for their sin offering. Nearby there was this natural rock formed trough used to feed the animals called a manger, where the babe Jesus was with His creation. He would be the lamb who takes away the sin of the world. "And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, "Do not fear, for you have another son." The angels said the same to the shepherds in the same field. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid; for behold, ..... you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger." When Rachel was about to die, but with her last breath she named the baby Ben-oni which means "son of my sorrow". The baby's father, however, called him Benjamin which means "son of my right hand".(Genesis 35:18) Jesus on the cross was the son of my sorrow to Mary, but the Abba Father now seated Him on His right hand, He is now Son of my right hand.
cyborg51
So what's the big deal? It was a question on a game show, you can't get them all right all the time..or wrong half the time...
Bethlehem has always been a Jewish township, it was only recently (last 500 years) has it been taken over by hostile terrorists.