SwanShadow Thinks Out Loud: Ken Jennings ate my baby
In case you've missed the furor: Last week, Ken Jennings  you know, the guy who won 74 straight games on America's favorite quiz show  posted an "Open Letter" to Jeopardy! on his blog, in which he made a number of snide ripostes about the show and its host, Alex Trebek. (For one thing, Ken implied that Alex is a robot. Which I'm not saying is true, but would explain a few things.)
Before you could say "Brad Rutter," Michael Starr, a writer for the Post  a tabloid not exactly renowned for its thoughtful and accurate reportage  had published an article stating that Ken was bashing Jeopardy! on his blog.
If you read Ken's original post, it's clear  at least, to anyone who's functionally literate and possesses mental faculties unclouded by pharmaceuticals or deadline pressure  that he's writing with his tongue planted firmly in his cheek. Maybe the satire works, maybe it doesn't  humor is a notoriously subjective beast  but satire it is.
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