"When I started reading about the expose of quiz shows," said former Twenty One Contestant James Snodgrass. "I was hoping I'd be the forgotten man." But the New York County District Attorney's office remembered Artist Snodgrass for his moment of fame in Twenty One's low-income brackets (he won $4,000). His testimony, as reported by the New York Post, added up to one word: fraud. Like Contestant Herb Stempel before him (TIME, Sept. 8), said Snodgrass, he was given answers in advance, was eventually told when to lose gracefully to Research Consultant Hank Bloomgarden (who went on to win $98,500). An employee...
Show Business: Quiz Scandal (Contd.)
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