On Jeopardy January 25, 2022, the final clue in the category of Sea Life was, “In 2018, National Geographic reported that half of this was dead, ‘akin to a forest fire after a devastating fire.’”
All three contestants correctly answered the Great Barrier Reef.
This was day 40 of Amy Schneider’s dominant performance watched by almost ten million people.
The long-running syndicated show sat comfortably as the highest-rated non-sports program across broadcast and cable television during her record run.
So, almost ten million folks heard that the Great Barrier Reef was half dead in 2018!
Shame on Jeopardy researchers for not doing their homework! They totally did not get the facts correct
The best data on the Great Barrier Reef coral cover is provided by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), which has been measuring over 100 reefs every year since 1986.
AIMS data show that coral cover fluctuates dramatically with time but at present, the amount of coral on the reef is at record high levels.
This is a record-high, despite all the doom stories by reef science and management institutions and Jeopardy spreading this falsehood to ten million people. 1
References
- Peter Ridd, “Record coral cover of Great Barrier Reef shames climate alarmists, media,” The Australian, July 23, 2021 (paywall)
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THE EARTH IS NOT FRAGILE thats one of the biggist lies we get from the Eco-Freaks
The MSM cannot and will not tell the truth no matter what. Never in my life have I observed such blatant lies and fake news peddled to the masses. I have a policy not to believe anything here in Australia unless I can find clear evidence on line. Sadly it has become worse with Covid; the fearmongering, outright lying and actually hiding the truth is now THE pandemic!
Well said Dave – Being in Australia as well, I have the attitude “What am I NOT being told” in MSM news reports. Trust for that lot disappeared long ago.
I totaly quit the M.S. Media went Cold turkey on the whole thing their overpaid liars these liberal journalists
Recalling funny memories of the Game Show Match Game 73(Gene Rayburn) and their Dumb Dorris question