FOX NEWS’ GRETA VAN SUSTEREN AND THE HOTLINE’S REID WILSON TO FACE OFF IN “COMEDY CENTRAL’S INDECISION GAME”
Underground Competition between 20 of the Nation’s Foremost Political Pundits and Reporters
Winner to Be Crowned ‘The Greatest Political Mind of Our Time
NEW YORK, September 13, 2012 – In what will undoubtedly go down as the greatest intellectual competition in the history of mankind, 2K Play and “COMEDY CENTRAL’s Indecision Game” announced that during the Republican and Democratic conventions a clandestine political trivia tournament was held between 20 of the nation’s greatest political pundits and reporters.
The climactic end to the tournament will come when the two finalists, Fox News Anchor Greta Van Susteren and National Journal Hotline’s Editor-in-Chief Reid Wilson will play to claim the title of “The Greatest Political Mind of Our Time” by facing off in a monumental match of “COMEDY CENTRAL’s Indecision Game.”
The select reporters and pundits were entered into a March Madness-style bracket and pitted against one another in the politically-themed smartphone trivia game, with the winner of each round advancing to the next. Fox News Anchor Greta Van Susteren and Editor-in-Chief of The Hotline, Reid Wilson, bested opponents representing the Washington Post, NBC News, Fox News, Salon, Politico and Roll Call among other esteemed media outlets to claim the prestigious title of Finalists.
“This game is more than just trivia, it requires masterful political calculations and the competition is cutthroat,” said Mary Phillips-Sandy, Editorial Director for COMEDY CENTRAL’s Indecision. “The shrewd tactics these reporters took – from collecting greenbacks to dropping smear campaigns and whipping up voters, all while quickly and correctly answering rapid-fire questions - makes the 2012 Presidential Race look like child’s play.”
Members of the political media are among the thousands of Americans who are proving their political prowess by downloading and playing the FREE “COMEDY CENTRAL’s Indecision Game” app for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android devices at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/comedy-centrals-indecision/id515143187?ls=1&mt=8, the Amazon App Store and Google Play.
The winner will formally be announced by 2K Play and COMEDY CENTRAL with great pageantry and celebration.
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