[ April 24, 2024 ]
Jesus was a Jew born in Bethlehem. There was no Islam. He was born in Judea, and the Church of the Nativity was built on the site traditionally believed to be where he was born. It was only renamed “Palestine” later. Jeopardy was right the first time. The territory including Bethlehem is not “occupied.” It has always been the land of the Jews, and belongs to the State of Israel according to international law. There never was a State of Palestine that is suffering an occupation. Bethlehem was part of the land allocated after World War I for a Jewish National Home. Israel is that home. Bethlehem is in Israel, but is currently occupied by “Palestinians.”
“Jeopardy! Addresses Controversial Bethlehem Question Amid Backlash: ‘We Regret the Error,'” by Gabrielle Chung, People, January 14, 2020:
The producers of Jeopardy! are setting the record straight about a contentious question that aired during Friday’s episode, in which it seemingly deemed that Bethlehem is located in Israel and not Palestine in its answer.
Story continues below advertisementThe controversy began when contestant Katie Needle responded to a question under the “Where’s That Church?” category. When prompted by a clue about the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, where Christians believe to be the birthplace of Jesus, she answered Palestine — which host Alex Trebek said was incorrect.
Fellow contestant Jack McGuire was rewarded with $200 for buzzing in with the answer of Israel moments later, causing an uproar among Palestinian rights advocacy groups online.
Bethlehem is geographically located in Palestine, but sits on a territory currently occupied by Israel in the West Bank.
On Monday, producers released a statement to Deadline to explain the gaff, attributing the broadcast of the question to “human error in post-production.”
“In the process of taping this clue, ‘BUILT IN THE 300s A.D., THE CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY’ we became aware that the clue was flawed as written and that determining an acceptable response would be problematic,” the statement read. “In accordance with our rules and in the interest of fairness, we voided the clue and threw it out. We restored Katie’s and Jack’s scores to what they were prior to the clue. The outcome of the game was not affected.”
“Unfortunately, through human error in post-production, the uncorrected version of the game was broadcast,” the producers said. “We regret the error and we will make every effort to ensure this never happens again.”
Jeopardy! since also released a video of what should’ve replaced the question, which featured a clue about the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico….
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23 Comments
4 years ago
HEY GELLER: Your FRONTPAGE link to THIS page IS IN ERROR. I had to actually SEARCH in your search box to find it. PLEASE CORRECT THE LINK ON YOUR FRONT PAGE.
4 years ago
Kiss the ass of social justice warriors. Apologize for being right the first time.
4 years ago
Can’t really add to what Ms. Geller stated….Rewriting history is part of the liberal agenda to also appease Muslims.
4 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Indeed, Felix, the Left, which is a misnomer, Marxist-Fascists is more befitting, has rewritten history for decades to meet their autocratic agenda and endeavor. They not only rewrite history, but they also sterilize it to secret the historic evildoings of the Democratic-KKK Party’s perfidy and out-and-out racist past and present. Great post, Felix.
4 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
You forgot to include:
Introduce subtly disguised islamic blasphemy and heresy laws
4 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
They are no longer “Democrats,” but MarxiCrats, reminiscent of the Bolshevik movement that decapitated Russia in 1917.
4 years ago
Pamela is right – by logic
– the Eastern boundary of Israel is the Jordan river.
– this is the legal boundary, and the Palestinian territories are part of Israel, not Jordan
– this is the only logical way to describe Judea and Samaria
– because they are not autonomous countries, and NO other country claims them
– they are governed by Israeli laws, protected by the Israeli military, and are taxed by Israel
– claiming that Judea and Samaria are not Israel is illogical, because they are not an autonomous country.
4 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
Accurate for the present. Irrelevant for the original TV question.
“Where was Jesus born?”
When that birth happened…”Islam” and “Palestine”did not exist.
4 years ago
Yes, Bethlehem is in Israel …
A propaganda pitch for a terrorist “state” does not change the fact.
No surprise here, but I wonder if any drones will be triggered …
4 years ago
Reply to
Ziggy46
And the same backatcha Ziggy … thank you …
you and yours have a great weekend!
4 years ago
Don’t forget evil never sleeps, the enemy of Israel/US are always constantly working to undermine their legitimacy. Amazing that they can warp other people’s history and replace the truth that Judea always belonged to the Jews with their made up lie of Fakestine. Just another reason to hate Muslims/Islam.
4 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
I can only imagine what Orwell would think of the UK in the 21st century.
4 years ago
You can’t co-exist with deranged 7th century savages who want you dead.
4 years ago
In the First Century CE, the Romans crushed the independent kingdom of Judea. After the failed rebellion of Bar Kokhba in the Second Century CE, the Roman Emperor Hadrian determined to wipe out the identity of Israel-Judah-Judea. Therefore, he took the name Palastina and imposed it on all the Land of Israel. At the same time, he changed the name of Jerusalem to Aelia Capitolina.
http://www.indaweb.com/oil/editorialopinion/tzemach.news.service01l.htm
4 years ago
“Jeopardy! apologizes for saying that Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity is in Israel”
I’ll take…….What is the mozzlems will kill Trebek before the cancer does for one thousand please, Alex……..
4 years ago
traitors
4 years ago
It’s ABC/Disney what do you expect?
4 years ago
You must wonder why this question and answer were included in the game and who suggested it and why.
4 years ago
So Betlehem was there as Israel or phantom squaterland Palestine.???
4 years ago
CHRISTIANS OF THE WORLD NEED TO GET REAL AND KEEP ALL CHRISTIAN HOLY PLACES UNDER ISRAELI CONTROL TODAY AS I BELIEVE THE CASE OF NAZARETH DEMONSTRATES AS CHRISTIANS ARE NOW PERSECUTED THERE SINCE THE ISRAELIS GAVE THE PALESTINIAN MUSLIMS POLITICAL CONTROL! FACT IS THE PLIGHT OF PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS TODAY IS REAL LIKE ALL MIDDLE EASTERN CHRISTIANS!
SAD TRUTH IN HISTORY IS IF CHRISTIAN COUNTRIES OF THE U.K. AND FRANCE HAD ALLOWED RELIGION TO GUIDE THEM ON THIS SITUATION, THEY WOULD HAVE ALLOWED CZARIST RUSSIA TO BEAT CONTROL OF PALESTINE OUT OF THE ISLAMIC CALIPHATE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE TO BRING CHRISTIAN ADMINISTRATION TO THE CHRISTIAN HOLY PLACES AS THAT WAS WHAT THE CRIMEAN WARS WERE ALL ABOUT! EITHER RUSSIA THEN OR THE GREEKS IN THE EARLY 1920’s IN THE BATTLES TO PRESERVE THE EASTERN ORTHODOX REGION OF WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE BYZANTIUM AREAS OF WESTERN TURKEY UP TO SMYRNA AND CONSTANTINOPLE NOW CALLED ISTANBUL GIVEN TO GREECE BY TREATY AS AN ALLIED VICTOR NATION OF WWI THAT WERE GREEK WOULD HAVE HELPED STRENGTHEN MIDDLE EAST’S ORIGINAL CHRISTIAN LEFT-OVERS TO WHAT WAS A PRIMARILY JUDEO-CHRISTIAN AREA OF THE WORLD! SHAME ON THE BRITISH FOR PROMISING THE GREEKS TO ONLY SUPPORT THEM IF THEY TOOK ANKARA FROM ATATURK WHICH WAS A BATTLE THAT COULDN’T BE WON WITHOUT AID THE BRITISH WOULDN’T GIVE AT THE END!
THE PLIGHT OF LEBANON IN THE 1980’s WHOSE CHRISTIAN ENCLAVES WERE THE LAST CENTERS OF A NATIONAL CHRISTIAN RESISTANCE OF A MIDDLE EASTERN CHRISTIAN NATION TO THE ISLAMIC CONQUEST SEALED THE DEAL FOR CHRISTIANS OUTSIDE ISRAEL! ALL OF THIS HISTORY WILL NEVER BE MENTIONED ON JEOPARDY EITHER!
