Posted on 03/09/2020 12:00:01 PM PDT by Forgiven_Sinner
NEW YORK, NY—Reliable reporter and decorated Iraq war veteran Brian Williams has been tapped to host a new game show on MSNBC: Are You Smarter than a Journalist?
Contestants will be put up against our nation's elite journalists with questions like "Is $500 million enough for everyone to get $1 million?" and "How many genders are there?"
"Want to see regular Americans test their intellect against journalists on tough topics like basic math and geography? Then join us on Fridays at 8/7 central for Are You Smarter than a Journalist?!" Williams says in a promo for the show. "The pilot episode was simply a delight to film. I know -- I was there."
Participants will get access to a few lifelines, such as "Dox a Friend," "Make up an Anonymous Source," and "Gaslight the Public" to help even the playing field. Those who manage to outsmart journalists from reputable outlets like The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Teen Vogue on topics like economics, addition, subtraction, and basic morality will have a shot at the grand prize of $10 million.
Unfortunately the show was canceled after one episode as the contestant, a "dumb hick farmer" from Iowa, was able to guess that Mike Bloomberg could not have given every American $1 million and walked away with the $10 million prize.
Quick question: how many of you thought this was a real article?
“Are You Smarter than a Journalist? “
Dang, before I realized this was a joke I was on the way home to have my dog’s nails trimmed and get him a new collar.
He had this in the bag!
What is 500 million divided by 327 million? Calculators will be provided assuming you know how to use one.
I also heard that, prior to naming the show “Are You Smarter than a Journalist?”, they considered giving the show the name “Is your IQ greater than room temperature?”
There is another show coming out soon on the Progress Channel:
“I’ve Been on a Bender, What’s My Gender?”
I am 100% sure my dog is smarter than a journalist, NOT SATIRE!!!
Well, if he gets 150,000,000 people to watch it, it’ll be a success. . . . Ah, no, that’s how many people were killed by guns in the past few year. So that question would be good for Sleepy Joe.
A study performed in the 90’s compared college departments on the basis of course work difficulty and on the abilities (standardized tests) of their students. Journalism ranked second from the bottom with education being the bottom.
I have been surprised how badly journalists, (and celebrities) do on Jeopardy.
Some were just awful.
Brian Williams has calculated that the money lost with the market panic the media caused could have paid every single citizen 1.5 million.
Here’s a real story from my undergraduate career.
I went to an engineering school, Case Western Reserve, college of engineering. Half the freshman class was in the top 1% of SAT scores. Valedictorians struggled; I know, had one as a friend.
I had to take a liberal arts course. I picked urban studies, thinking it would be about urban planning (LOL—I was 19). I attended it with a nutrition student who was also a valedictorian. The course consisted of reading three books of your choice on urban topics and writing three book reports. That’s it.
The nutrition major and I handed in our first paper and when they were handed back, the teacher went on a rant. Out of 150 students in the class there were only three As. When we got iyr papers, I had one A and she had the another.
I never thought highly of liberal arts majors after that.
Forgiven_Sinner wrote: “Here’s a real story from my undergraduate career.”
Had a classmate who was an engineering major his first semester, a physics major his second, a math major after his third. He was told to pick wisely because he only had one more chance. He choose journalism and became a straight A student.
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