in this case Huffington Post, in search of another equally easy story thought they found it in Jeopardy. They headlined their story :"Jeopardy" Contestant Makes the Most Embarrassing Move Ever. Here's how they came up with that: The answer to final Jeopardy was the peace symbol, and the contestant was wearing a peace symbol. But the question was, "Meant to evoke a person with arms outstretched and pointed downward, it was designed in 1958 by Gerald Holtom." So you see there's nothing embarrassing about not guessing the answer. No contestant did, nor did I. (Did HuffPost think the symbol worn by the contestant was a talisman that would reveal the answer to her? ) So chalk this up as another non-story in the world of increasingly stupid news coverage.
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