Sometimes you encounter conspiracy theories that leave you wondering why anyone would bother.
During the most recent season of "Holiday Baking Championship" on Food Network, my mother disagreed with several decisions by the judges, including who ultimately won. She is now convinced that the competitions are rigged, with the producers deciding ahead of time who will win and instructing the judges to ignore any mistakes that person makes during the competition.
Her opinion is obviously the correct one. Three professional bakers who see and taste the items firsthand have a different opinion than a 75 year old woman who occasionally makes cakes and cookies and is only watching on TV, therefore all of the competitions are rigged.
There have been competitions where the producers clearly favored one of the competitors and gave them more attention. For example, Lenny McNab* the "gourmet chuckwagon cook" on Season Ten of "Next Food Network Star". In that case, the winner would have their own show and attract viewers and advertisers, so the network would have a vested interest in the winner, but that's not the case here. There's no reason to rig the results. It's just a matter of "I don't like the results, so it's fake."
What "trivial conspiracies" have people encountered?
*He ultimately didn't get a show, after racist and sexist blog posts were discovered, including attacks against a well established and very profitable Food Network chef. Oops.
During the most recent season of "Holiday Baking Championship" on Food Network, my mother disagreed with several decisions by the judges, including who ultimately won. She is now convinced that the competitions are rigged, with the producers deciding ahead of time who will win and instructing the judges to ignore any mistakes that person makes during the competition.
Her opinion is obviously the correct one. Three professional bakers who see and taste the items firsthand have a different opinion than a 75 year old woman who occasionally makes cakes and cookies and is only watching on TV, therefore all of the competitions are rigged.
There have been competitions where the producers clearly favored one of the competitors and gave them more attention. For example, Lenny McNab* the "gourmet chuckwagon cook" on Season Ten of "Next Food Network Star". In that case, the winner would have their own show and attract viewers and advertisers, so the network would have a vested interest in the winner, but that's not the case here. There's no reason to rig the results. It's just a matter of "I don't like the results, so it's fake."
What "trivial conspiracies" have people encountered?
*He ultimately didn't get a show, after racist and sexist blog posts were discovered, including attacks against a well established and very profitable Food Network chef. Oops.
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