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Diamond_Dog

(32,030 posts)
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 08:20 AM Mar 2021

Jeopardy!' contestants petition to remove Dr. Oz as guest host

In an open letter published on Medium.com last month, a consortium of former “Jeopardy!” winners and contestants urged the show to rethink the decision, alleging that casting the “dubious” doc in the role would celebrate “the elevation of … talking head[s] at the expense of academic rigor and consensus.”

Throughout his nearly two decades on television he has used his authority as a doctor to push harmful ideas onto the American public, in stark contrast with his oath to first do no harm. These ideas include promoting supplements that do nothing, legitimizing gay conversion therapy (which is banned in California, as well as 19 other states), dangerous ‘cures’ for autism, and, most recently, the use of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19.”

A 2014 study found “half” of all Dr. Mehmet Oz’s medical advice to be “baseless and wrong.”

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https://nypost.com/2021/03/22/past-jeopardy-contestants-petition-to-oust-dr-oz-as-host/

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Jeopardy!' contestants petition to remove Dr. Oz as guest host (Original Post) Diamond_Dog Mar 2021 OP
I completely agree Rorey Mar 2021 #1
I am boycotting Jeopardy while this person is on as guest host LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2021 #2
I don't watch Jeopardy all that much. But I might tune in this evening. lpbk2713 Mar 2021 #3
Dr. Oz is a fraud PJMcK Mar 2021 #4
MAGAt Oz LessAspin May 2022 #5

PJMcK

(22,039 posts)
4. Dr. Oz is a fraud
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 10:45 AM
Mar 2021

The "Jeopardy!" producers are foolish to have him hosting the show.

He's also a lousy host.

LessAspin

(1,156 posts)
5. MAGAt Oz
Sat May 7, 2022, 07:55 PM
May 2022

Seems like a lot of tv shows are run by right-wing assholes..

Jeopardy with Mike Richards. Oz, and even anti-vaxxer Mayim Bialik. Masked Singer: Sarah Palin, Rudy Giuliani.. Dancing With the Stars: Sean Spicer...







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