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Alex Trebek

Jeopardy host caught reading answers

Controversy struck longtime “Jeopardy” host Alex Trebek this week as reports surfaced that he has been confirming the correct answers with notes and cue cards instead of simply knowing every answer. “Jeopardy,” a trivia-based game show, asks contestants to respond to Trebek’s hints with the correct subject being hinted at. When a question remains unanswered, […] Read more

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Local satire paper disappointed to not find name in Panama Papers

Following the release of the Panama Papers- a series of documents exposing world leaders’ offshore tax havens- a local satirical publication’s newsroom was let down. Hours into digging through document after document, The DailyER’s staff failed to find any reference to its publication. However, it did find potentially incriminating evidence against ranking state officials in […] Read more

lying weatherman

Weatherman, seeking cheap Runzas, fired for reporting false temperatures

Area weatherman and television personality Dan Summers was fired from the KLNK newscast this past week after a team of industry insiders discovered a pattern of deliberate misinformation in Summers’ reporting. Since at least 2011, Summers reported lower-than-true temperatures every Tuesday morning in the months of January and February in order to lower the price […] Read more