NBC, CBS Shamelessly Censor Alex Trebek, Cut Out One Key Word From His Cancer Fight Update

Remember this good news earlier this week about ‘Jeopardy’ host Alex Trebek’s cancer fight?

Trebek announced the “mind-boggling” news that his doctors tell him that his cancer is in “near-remission” and that some of his tumors have already shrunk by 50%.

“It’s kind of mind-boggling … The doctors said they hadn’t seen this kind of positive result in their memory … some of the tumors have already shrunk by more than 50 percent,” Trebek said. https://t.co/C7mbu9yalp

— CNN (@CNN) May 29, 2019

Wow! Great news, right?

Except that Trebek credited people’s “prayers” for his awesome progress. And the mainstream media just couldn’t handle it.

So, what did they do?

Well, if you’re NBC or CBS you just censor the game show star and cut out all reference to the word “prayers” altogether.

From Conservative Tribune:

In its story Wednesday night on Trebek’s fight against cancer, NBC’s “Nightly News” removed the “Jeopardy!” host’s mention of “prayers” by his supporters, according to NewsBusters.

First, here’s Trebek’s original quote, as delivered to People:

“I’ve got a couple million people out there who have expressed their good thoughts, their positive energy directed towards me and their prayers,” Trebek told the magazine. “I told the doctors, this has to be more than just the chemo, and they agreed it could very well be an important part of this.”

Alex Trebek Reveals Some of His Tumors Have Shrunk by 50 Percent: ‘It’s Kind of Mind-Boggling’ https://t.co/VrYncDAZYJ

— People (@people) May 29, 2019

In the version read aloud Wednesday night by NBC’s Joe Fryer, Trbek’s mention of prayer didn’t quite make the final cut.

“I’ve got a couple million people out there who have expressed good thoughts,” Fryer said, quoting Trebek.

Fryer then skipped Trebek’s mention of “prayers” and moved on to a different part of his quote: “I told the doctors, this has to be more than just the chemo.”

The “and their prayers” part was cut out of the written, on-screen version of the quote as well.

CBS, meanwhile, decided to go a different route in covering this story. The network’s Wednesday broadcast of “CBS Evening News” simply did not include any mention of Trebek’s praise for his fans’ thoughts and prayers. …

Typical.

But in case you needed any more evidence that Alex Trebek is a national treasure, there’s this:

My grandma was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last month. Her idol, Alex Trebek, was also recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I wrote to Mr. Trebek asking for some words of encouragement and well wishes. To my complete surprise — he responded! Thank you for taking … pic.twitter.com/hwPJbCaoQd

— Wonder of Life (@awonderoflife) May 29, 2019

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