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What a ‘Jeopardy!’ Scandal Teaches About the Age of Accountability

Who survives, and who goes down, can seem scattershot. That’s why it was so perplexing to see Sony Pictures mishandle the 'Jeopardy!' transition so badly.

Mike Richards accepts the award for outstanding game show for The Price is Right at the 2016 Daytime Emmy Awards
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Matthew Belloni
August 22, 2021

I remember sitting in an agent’s office as a headline appeared on his screen revealing that CNN had dropped Kathy Griffin over her infamous tweet depicting a decapitated Donald Trump. “Well, that crosses the line,” he said. “But tell me where, exactly, is the line?”