The article "'Turd Ferguson' makes it to real Jeopardy'" is not newsworthy or relevant.
In the article, it talked about how a contestant answered the final jeopardy question with "What is the ballad of Turd Ferguson p.s. hi mom?" The article also had tweets from several people and their responses to the episode of jeopardy. People are saying that the contestant is their hero. Videos from the episode end with CNN saying that the response was a prank.
But how is this relevant? Yes it was funny to some viewers but this is not news. And the fact that the article was under the money section was unbelievable. I was astounded at why this is on one of the most "reliable" news publications.
Yes the article is true, has multiple views, and has room for dissent. But the article is not relevant to me. It is not local or will have an impact on my life in the long run. After reading the article I was asking myself questions like "so what?" which I guess makes the article have no explanation.
Another one of the big yardsticks that this article violated was the yardstick of enterprise. The article author was mainly reacting to what the contestant did and not investigating why or what her intentions were.
Overall, this article is for entertainment only and is not newsworthy.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/17/entertainment/turd-ferguson-jeopardy-feat/index.html
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