NBC News is scoring online backlash following a now-viral piece they wrote about history-making “Jeopardy!” champ Mattea Roach.
Roach, 23, has been on a winning streak on the classic game show, emerging as the victor of 17 consecutive games with a grand prize total of $396,182 as of Wednesday.
NBC shared a tweet Monday promoting their article about Roach’s win:
“Try this: Congratulations to Mattea Roach, Canadian tutor, for her amassed sum of $320,081, the most won by a Canadian contestant in ‘Jeopardy!’ history,” one person chimed in.
Another penned: “And somehow, in all the coverage of Mattea here in Canada, not once has her sexuality been mentioned…because it doesn’t have anything to do with her success on ‘Jeopardy!’ ”
“I will so enjoy the day when posts highlighting someone’s sexuality are a thing of the past. What the hell does it have to do with the show or her profession? Mattea is doing awesome and making her home town and country proud! Let’s leave it at that,” a user said.
The phrasing elicited some angry responses from fans for explicitly pointing out that Roach was part of the LGBTQ+ community.
“Is her sexual orientation really relevant here?” one asked.
“This is such a weird tweet,” another said, with another chiming in: “Agreed… the wording is so horrible.”
I stopped watching the show when almost immediately after Alex died and they started with the new producer, it's gone completely woke since then. First there was a succession of woke guest hosts (Katie Courrick? Andersen Cooper? lots of lefties . . . ) and then when Ken Jennings permanently took over, one of the first contestants was a transgender almost as obvious as "Admiral" Rachel whatshername - did they really think they were going to keep the same audience ?
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