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TIL that the House of Representatives once investigated TV quiz shows to see if they were rigged (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Turns out--they were!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

I was about to say the same. TV channels noticed early on that game shows were rated higher when an attractive contestant won, and started rigging the games accordingly.