Nieman Foundation at Harvard
The answer is “All of them”?
On Wednesday evening, after a 40-game winning streak (the second-longest in the show’s history), Amy Schneider lost Jeopardy, taking home $1,382,000.
Rather: She lost on Wednesday evening East Coast time, as West Coast Jeopardy fans hastened to point out when certain East Coast–based news organizations totally ruined the surprise by sending out push notifications at 7:30 PM ET, before the episode had aired on the West Coast or even in all East Coast markets. (Jeopardy! itself would never do this.)
Little disappointments hit especially hard during a pandemic. This was not an exception. It was, perhaps, the anti-exception.
WASHINGTON POST HOW COULD YOU
— Chelsea Cirruzzo (@ChelseaCirruzzo) January 27, 2022
Such cruel overlap in people who DVR Jeopardy! and people who opt into Washington Post push alerts
— Lindsay Deutsch (@lindsdee) January 27, 2022
@washingtonpost just tweeting and sending alerts mid-episode even within the DMV area…FYI it airs at 7:30 here!!! pic.twitter.com/T19TpsIYvs
— Britt Kregs (@bkregsdc) January 27, 2022
okay but are you gonna keep ruining Jeopardy for us?
— bradnewman.eth (@legaltechIRL) January 27, 2022
It was not just the Post.
Guys???!!! Spoiler alert????!!!!
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) January 27, 2022
YOU ALL HAVE SPOILED ONE TOO MANY THINGS FOR ME NOW. I’M STILL SUBSCRIBING BUT I’M DONE WITH YOUR APP pic.twitter.com/06uhlfuBmQ
— Erin Hatfield (@erininknox) January 27, 2022
I'm still mad about this. I DVR @Jeopardy so I can watch it later in the evening and do everything I can to avoid spoilers when there are big streaks going…only for @nytimes to feel the need to announce @Jeopardamy's loss with a f'n push notification. #BreakingNews…really? https://t.co/uzr2MqDeCA
— Sarah J. Belcher (@SarahJBelcher83) January 27, 2022
Seriously, what the hell is wrong with you, NYT?
This went out at as a *push notification* at 735p. Jeopardy! airs in many east coast markets 730-8.
This wasn't a news decision (you would've tweeted it after it aired in earliest market if so, ~330p) so why not wait til 11p? https://t.co/6HeAXOspbK
— Zach Binney (@binney_z) January 27, 2022
.@HuffPost Thanks for ruining @jeopardy for me today. If you send a push notification that says Jeopardy Spoiler, don't make the preview have the spoiler in it. Also, maybe just wait another hour or two. Y'all should be ashamed. #jeopardy #jeopardyamy
— Kelly Jean Gainor (@steelykellyjean) January 27, 2022
Even local news was in on it.
Hey @virginianpilot! A good local news source doesn’t send out a push notification that spoils the Jeopardy! result before the show finishes airing locally!
— Kristin (she/her) (@verumsolum) January 27, 2022
@nypost WHY THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SPOIL JEOPARDY FOR ME WITH A PUSH NOTIFICATION #Jeopardy #wtf
— Rose Gold Bentley (@rosegoldbentley) January 27, 2022
I will remember this when it's time to renew my subscription. Goodbye.
— Julie Gramm (@Jagrah) January 27, 2022
Ah well, moving on, as long as nobody tries to ruin … oh no.
