Yeah, I doubt there's any malice here. I just think it's something they should have been able to address beforehand given how long this specific instance been public knowledge and how long expressing pronoun preference has been a thing.
David On Friday, March 4, 2022, 10:07:10 PM PST, PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: I hope folks don’t get too fired up over the Smith thing. Only assholes intentionally misgender people, but occasional unintentional mistakes are inevitable. Hopefully the J people issue an apology and intention to do better and we move on. On Fri, 4 Mar 2022 at 9:20 PM Jim Ellwanger <train...@ellwanger.tv> wrote: The show has aired everywhere, so I'll take "non-spoiler" out of the subject line and explain both of the below cryptic comments: In the first round, in a category called Sams Club, the $800 clue was a photo, and the text Ken read was, "In 2015, he took home four Grammys, including one for the song 'Stay with Me.'" Sam Smith uses they/them pronouns -- I suspect the fact-checkers on the "Jeopardy!" staff will henceforth be instructed to double-check personal pronouns used in clues. In the Double Jeopardy! round, the $800 clue in the category Bordering Russia was, "The Kerch strait -- along with serious border issues -- separates Russia from this country on the Black Sea." As the clue was on-screen, they put up a graphic in the top left corner that read, "Recorded on January 11, 2022." On Mar 4, 2022, at 8:24 PM, PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: They seem to be getting more heat for a clue they did not explain regarding Sam Smith. On Fri, 4 Mar 2022 at 2:18 PM Joe Hass <hassgoc...@gmail.com> wrote: Today's episode not only featured an on-air disclaimer regarding a clue, but the fine folks in the social media department just posted the same disclaimer on Twitter and Facebook. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1555010809.57749.1646461513606%40mail.yahoo.com.