Katie Couric's Trump Remarks puts her "Jeopardy!" future in jeopardy

[Montauk6]

(Oh but the LIBERALS are destroying the First Amendment, GTFOH!!!)


Producers at "Jeopardy!" are reportedly worried Katie Couric's recent remarks about Donald Trump and his supporters will turn off the show's largely conservative audience.




The former "Today" host — who's set to take over as a guest presenter on the trivia show in the wake of Alex Trebek's death — joined Bill Maher for a discussion about former President Donald Trump's legacy on the Jan. 15 edition of "Real Time."

During her appearance, Couric expressed frustration with congressional Republicans who she said seem to be, "believing the garbage that they are being fed 24/7 on the internet, by their constituents, and they bought into this big lie."

Couric added, "And the question is how are we going to really almost deprogram these people who have signed up for the cult of Trump."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/why-katie-couric-s-trump-comments-could-affect-her-future-on-jeopardy/ar-BB1d1ZEn?ocid=msedgntp

[Pachamama]

1. I am confused....

What was incorrect about anything she said?

[dewsgirl]

4. Me too, she was being straight up honest.

[TheBlackAdder]

19. Besides, I thought they were already pissed at her with the Sarah Palin 'Gotcha' magazine question.

[TrollBuster9090]

30. What she said SHOULD be the issue, but not the way it's being discussed now.

The REAL story should be, WHY is the 'conservative media ecosystem' reporting that "liberals want to send Trump supporters to DEPROGRAMMING CAMPS," when liberals are NOT saying that. The contrived MOUNTAINOUS culture wars faux scandal has been created from the MOLE HILL of Katie Couric saying THIS...

Then, simply play a clip of what Couric actually said, back to back with clips of what Hannity, Carlson, Ingraham etc. have TURNED IT INTO.

Literally, that's what the yacking heads on Fox News are saying. That liberal Democrats want to send Trump supporters to re-education camps. The REAL news media should be concentrating on how the right wing spin machine is doing the actual BRAINWASHING...and THIS is how they DO it!

[iluvtennis]

35. +++ agree. She spoke the truth about the BIG lie. nt

[Billytee]

47. In other words Katie Couric gets penalized for speaking the truth

[Claire Oh Nette]

2. Boo fecking hoo

Conservatives are a shrinking, aging minority.
There are at least 7 million more of us than there are of them. Worry about what we think.

[TrollBuster9090]

32. 74 million people voted for Trump, but I think that's the high water mark.

HALF of those people were extremists that simply wanted to scrap democracy (using some obscure, Glen Beck style interpretation of the Constitution---electoral college, VP discounting electoral college votes etc), and just make a permanent 'conservative majority' government.

They voted for Trump thinking he'd magically bring that about. Now that they've seen that this isn't within their grasp, a lot of them will fall away from the GOP, and crawl back under their rocks.

[Claire Oh Nette]

39. GOP is in the wilderness

This will split the party, and America will now have a Christo-Fascist White Nationalist Party.

Shame them. Shun them. Bankrupt them.

[LakeArenal]

3. We old people who like Jeopardy are not all dim bulbs.

Geez, producers, step into 2021 please.

[JohnnyRingo]

27. I don't know why so many conservatives watch Jeopardy

I imagine they sit before the TV screen and shout the same question to every answer:

"What is the invisible hand of the free market!"

[LakeArenal]

38. It's not a religious tenant in my life like some.

But I watched it. I sucked. Not so much with answers but I can never beat that dinger.

[JI7]

5. Hasn't Ken Jennings said things about Trump also ?

[musette_sf]

6. Not wild about the celebrity guest host idea

As much as I’m also not happy with some of Ken Jennings’s choices of people to publicly associate with, I have to say that after watching him as host for the last two weeks, I think he’s the perfect person to carry on for Alex. He is doing very well IMHO right out of the gate, and will only get better at it as time goes on.

[bullwinkle428]

7. Ken Jennings recently had to apologize for some Tweets that some Trumpanzees were

offended by, but he still kicked things off as the first "guest host" of the post-Alex era.

[spanone]

8. Fuck the producers at "Jeopardy!"

[Cirque du So-What]

9. Apparently, their disapproval of 'cancel culture' is highly selective

I, for one, have put up with enough of their shit.

[rurallib]

10. Jeopardy has a "largely conservative audience"?

That is surprising to me. Wonder how they decided that?

[Cirque du So-What]

11. I wondered that too

Of the people I know, the ones who watch Jeopardy are not conservative.

[rurallib]

13. I was going to say that

The people I know that watch Jeopardy seem to have an abundance of curiosity and knowledge. As such they seem to skew lefty

[NotANeocon]

18. Jeopardy has a largely INTELLIGENT audience

and therefore tends more toward analysis than mindless political partisanship.

[JI7]

41. I think they are basing it on age and how they mostly have older viewers

But these aren't MAGA types who are watching.

[Solly Mack]

12. Trump needs a job. Category: Mean to me. For $200 - Who is mean to me?

Answer: What is the Democratic Party?

For $400 - People are saying that I am a???

Answer: What is a stable genius?

Turn Jeopardy into a pity-love fest!

Keep your conservative viewers and lose your sponsors!

It's OK though. Trump will make up the difference! He's a smart businessman, haven't you heard? And he's a billionaire! And he always pays his debts!

LMAO

[Mike Nelson]

14. I don't know...

... too many "Conservatives" personally - but don't know any that watch Jeopardy.

[IngridsLittleAngel]

15. That damned "librul media" strikes again..

What's been overlooked with all the griping about Ken Jennings' tweets, and now Couric unloading on Drumpf, is that Pat Sajak has posted many controversial things - from the right, of course - on his own Twitter over the years. While there's no question that Ken totally missed the mark and swung and missed on some of his attempts at humor, it does feel to me like Sony, the production staffs of both shows (of which there is some overlap) and the media has made far more of an issue of those who attack Drumpf (Jennings and Kouric) than they have over good ol' Republican Sajak and his tweets.

Gee. A double standard? I would've never guessed...

Mind you, Sajak has come nowhere close to going Full Chuck Woolery (tip: never go Full Woolery), and his Twitter account is far less horrifying than the Fucking Chuck Woolery Shitshow. But I'm rapidly getting frustrated over "Ken tweeted this!" and "Couric said that!" while Sajak's tweets are being overlooked, and no one is calling for his job.

[ThoughtCriminal]

16. Source is "Page Six" (NY Post)

"Concern" is from a right-wing gossip column? Yeah right.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Post#Page_Six

[NellieStarbuck]

17. This is the very first I've ever heard about Jeopardy!'s "largely conservative audience".

I've been on Jeopardy! and I'm a big fan and I'm a leftie. Most of my friends who are also fans are, likewise, liberal. (That makes sense to me, since it is my observation that smart people tend toward liberalism.) I hadn't heard Katie Couric was being considered as a replacement, either. I'm still hoping for Levar Burton as the new Alex.

[Staph]

40. I've been on Jeopardy, too.

I've been watching the show since the Art Fleming days. I really don't think that Trump conservatives watch the show, because it requires knowledge and intelligence. Perhaps old school business Republicans might watch, but not the MAGA crowd. They're more the Wheel of Fortune types.

And I'm hoping for Levar Burton, too!

[paleotn]

20. Jeopardy!?

Seems they're confusing it with Wheel of Fortune. I doubt there's a whole host of trump scum watching Jeopardy.

[yokbizzi]

21. Conservative audience? Says who?...

no matter. The cult of the deplorables probably can’t spell Jeopardy let alone understand a single term or reference on the show. Just sayin’...

[Teddy Beer]

22. "Jeopardy!" is a FACTS-Based Program

I cannot imagine any of today's alt-right excuses for 'conservatives' tuning in!

[Mr. Sparkle]

23. I think the fact she is a smart woman,will piss them off even more!

[IsItJustMe]

24. Great for her. Speak the truth and and the cards fall where they may.

[malaise]

25. I don't know any conservatives who watch Jeopardy

Big mistake by the producers

[SleeplessinSoCal]

36. I do.

My mother.

[malaise]

43. LOL

How does she enjoy watching facts while hating them in the political sphere ?

[bringthePaine]

26. and the answer is: how the fuck is Katie Couric not white enough for THAT show? 🤨

[octoberlib]

28. Ken Jennings is the only host of Jeopardy.

[helpisontheway]

29. Trump's cult is not watching Jeopardy. Tell them to find another guest

presenter if they are so concerned.

[Marcuse]

31. Elections for $100: "He won the 2020 Presidential election"

[nolabear]

34. Elections for $1000

“She won the 2016 election.”

[SleeplessinSoCal]

33. it is the $64,000 question

How to deprogram the cult of T***p.

[Raine]

37. Ken Jennings should be the permanent host

he's the best replacement for Trebek.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

42. Conservative audience?! Huh...

The last time I watched it, it was full of questions (answers) best suited for a liberal arts major.

Not enough science categories for me, but that's not a conservative strong-point either!

[Bucky]

45. No one gets to be a Trump supporter without learning to compartmentalize.

To them, the questioning and learning and analyzing of clues that makes Jeopardy fun is the same "muscle" in the brain that allows them to see through the plots of the Illuminati/Lizardians as they corrupt the Deep State into hiding their liberal child slavery pizza basement ring. Or something. Trust me, before they get to the conspiracy theory cognitive dissonance, they first have to master the "Trump is a devout Christian" cognitive dissonance first.

[Bucky]

44. You can't get into the scrap if you want an anodyne job. But the problem isn't her Trump comments...

The problem is the phrase "deprogram these people". It's true, of course, but it's also insulting to the people who were suckered by the big orange con artist. There's no reason why the show's sponsors should feel obliged to take a hit like that.

[obamanut2012]

46. But Ken Jennings is allowed to be BFFs with Bean Dad

And defend appallingly racist tweets. But the producers are against calling out Q and insurrectionists?!

Never watching Jeopardy again, and yes, I watch it.