{"id":329617,"date":"2021-08-24T03:17:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T00:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-dark-side-of-tv-game-shows\/"},"modified":"2021-08-24T03:17:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T00:17:09","slug":"the-dark-side-of-tv-game-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-dark-side-of-tv-game-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"#the dark side of TV game shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35fd071d733\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35fd071d733\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-dark-side-of-tv-game-shows\/#The_%E2%80%98Quiz_Show_quagmire\" >The \u2018Quiz Show\u2019 quagmire<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-dark-side-of-tv-game-shows\/#A_dangerous_%E2%80%98Dating_Game\" >A dangerous \u2018Dating Game\u2019<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-dark-side-of-tv-game-shows\/#Gaming_%E2%80%98Press_Your_Luck\" >Gaming \u2018Press Your Luck\u2019<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-dark-side-of-tv-game-shows\/#Wrongful_actions_at_%E2%80%98The_Price_Is_Right\" >Wrongful actions at \u2018The Price Is Right\u2019<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#the dark side of TV <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> shows<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-starr-hs02.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Michael Starr\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-starr-hs02.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-starr-hs02.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Game shows have offered a steady supply of thrills, laughs, unforgettable moments and cult heroes since the dawn of TV\u2019s \u201cGolden Age\u201d in the 1950s.<\/p>\n<p>Yet behind that small-screen facade of cheery, perfectly coiffed, telegenic hosts lurks a sinister cauldron of sex, greed, cheating and in<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriate behavior that occasionally rears its head, exposing its ugly underbelly to America.<\/p>\n<p>Case in point: Mike Richards, who lasted all of nine days as the new host of \u201cJeopardy!\u201d before quitting on Friday amidst controversy over past\u00a0misogynistic\u00a0comments and\u00a0other\u00a0lawsuits. He remains with TV\u2019s top-rated game show as an executive producer. Go figure.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cJeopardy!\u201d kerfuffle is just the latest in a long line of nefarious incidents that have plagued game shows since Dwight Eisenhower was president. Here are four more.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_%E2%80%98Quiz_Show_quagmire\"><\/span>The \u2018Quiz Show\u2019 quagmire<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In the 1950s, the infamous \u201cQuiz Show Scandals\u201d rocked the industry and almost destroyed the genre after word broke that producers of the NBC game show \u201cTwenty-One\u201d ensured that Ivy League golden boy Charles Van Doren (who was in on the plan) defeated schleppy, Queens-born trivia wunderkind Herb Stempel, who\u2019d already won nearly $70,000 in prize money and was set to take down fan-favorite Van Doren.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cTwenty-One\u201d scandal was later the basis for the 1994 movie \u201cQuiz Show,\u201d starring Ralph Fiennes as Van Doren and John Turturro as Stempel.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-2058909.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Photo showing Charles Van Doren on the 1950s game show &quot;Twenty-One.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-19221863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-2058909.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-2058909.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-2058909.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-2058909.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Charles Van Doren on \u201cTwenty-One,\u201d the first of the big game-show scandals.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_dangerous_%E2%80%98Dating_Game\"><\/span>A dangerous \u2018Dating Game\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In 1978, Rodney Alcala \u2014 armed with shaggy hair and a disarming smile \u2014 appeared on the popular syndicated daytime show \u201cThe Dating Game.\u201d As \u201cBachelor No. 1,\u201d  he was introduced by host Jim Lange as \u201ca successful photographer who got his start when his father found him in the darkroom at the age of 13.\u201d Alcala vied with two other \u201celigible bachelors\u201d for a date with contestant Cheryl Bradshaw \u2014 who, hidden behind a wall, asked them leading questions as per the show\u2019s titillating format. <\/p>\n<p>When Bradshaw asked Alcala her first question, \u201cWhat\u2019s your best time?\u201d he smiled and answered \u201cThe best time is night. Nighttime.\u201d He won the game \u2014 but Bradshaw refused to go out with him because she found him creepy. One of Alcala\u2019s fellow \u201cDating Game\u201d bachelors, Jed Mills, told CNN in 2010 that Alcala \u201cbecame very unlikable and rude and imposing as though he was trying to intimidate \u2026 he got creepier and more negative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The following year, in 1979, Alcala was arrested, and later convicted, for killing a 12-year-old girl who was on her way to ballet class in Huntington Beach, Calif., one of at least eight murders he eventually admitted to, including two in New York (of a restaurant heiress and a TWA flight attendant, for which he was put on the FBI\u2019s Top Ten Most Wanted list in 1971).  He was suspected in many more crimes. <\/p>\n<p>The serial killer, who was serving several life sentences, died in prison in July of \u201cunspecified causes\u201d at the age of 77.  How he fooled the \u201cDating Game\u201d producers, or passed a background check (if there even was one), remains a mystery.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dark-side-of-game-shows-016.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Photo showing Rodney Alcala and Cheryl Bradshaw on &quot;The Dating Game.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-19221893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dark-side-of-game-shows-016.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dark-side-of-game-shows-016.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dark-side-of-game-shows-016.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rodney Alcala and Cherly Bradshaw on \u201cThe Dating Game\u201d in 1978.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Gaming_%E2%80%98Press_Your_Luck\"><\/span>Gaming \u2018Press Your Luck\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Quirky \u201cPress Your Luck\u201d contestant Michael Larson didn\u2019t break any rules \u2014 technically \u2014 but his run on the CBS daytime game show raised a lot of eyebrows and forced the show, and others, to change the way in which they programmed their computers.<\/p>\n<p>Larson, 34, bearded and wearing a thrifted sports coat, appeared on \u201cPress Your Luck\u201d in 1984 to try his hand at winning big dough on the game, in which contestants answered questions by buzzing in on a big board, hoping to avoid the dreaded \u201cWhammy,\u201d which would take away all their winnings up to that point. <\/p>\n<p>Larson landed on a \u201cWhammy\u201d the first time around but then, in a blur of answers and lightning-quick buzzes, he won a total of $110,000 in one game, leaving show host Peter Tomarken and fellow contestants Ed Long and Janie Litras Dakin nearly speechless. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s this guy who needed grooming and bought a sports coat at a thrift store on his way in [to play the game]. I just knew I could beat him. I was there to win,\u201d Dakin told The Post in 2019.  \u201cAs it went on I was thinking, \u2018Is this \u201cCandid Camera\u201d or something? There\u2019s something wrong here, come on.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<p>It turned out that Larson, an unemployed ice cream truck driver, had spent the previous year studying tapes of \u201cPress Your Luck\u201d episodes on his VCR (remember those?), memorizing the game board\u2019s five cash-winning patterns and, in each pattern, where a \u201cWhammy\u201d would pop up and take away his cash.<\/p>\n<p>CBS thought about s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>ping Larson of his winnings, but allowed him to keep the $110,000, since he didn\u2019t break any rules. No one in their wildest dreams envisioned someone memorizing the metrics of the electronic game board. \u201cPress Your Luck\u201d retooled its game board, supposedly making it impossible to memorize, and other shows using like-minded electronics followed suit.<\/p>\n<p>In the ensuing years, Larson lost most of his \u201cPress Your Luck\u201d bounty in a succession of get-rich-quick schemes. When he died in 1999 from throat cancer, at the age of 48, he was being investigated for fraud by the SEC, FBI and IRS. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/ML2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Photo showing Michael Larson on &quot;Press Your Luck&quot; during his incredible run to win $110,000.\" class=\"wp-image-19221914\" width=\"618\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/ML2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1236 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/ML2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=926 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/ML2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/ML2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=309 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/ML2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Michael Larson during his unbelievable run on \u201cPress Your Luck\u201d in 1984.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wrongful_actions_at_%E2%80%98The_Price_Is_Right\"><\/span>Wrongful actions at \u2018The Price Is Right\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Broadcasting legend Bob Barker\u2019s \u201cgood guy\u201d facade as an animal advocate \u2014 he closed every show with his catchphrase, \u201cAnd remember folks, always spay or neuter your pets!\u201d \u2014 was irretrievably dented in 1994, when \u201cBarker Beauty\u201d and Playboy centerfold Dian Parkinson sued him for a reported $8 million for alleged sexual harassment following an unlawful termination. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dark-side-of-game-shows-012.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Photo showing Janice Pennington, Bob Barker and Holly Hallstrom smiling for the cameras at a book party in 1994.\" class=\"wp-image-19221938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dark-side-of-game-shows-012.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dark-side-of-game-shows-012.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dark-side-of-game-shows-012.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Holly Hallstrom (from left), Bob Barker and Janice Pennington at a book party in 1994. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Ron Galella Collection via Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In her lawsuit, Parkinson, who\u2019d been with the show for 18 years, claimed that she\u2019d been forced to have oral sex with Barker in his dressing room \u201cabout twice a week\u201d for three-and-a-half years, \u201cfirst by using force and later by other means of coercion,\u201d according to an Associated Press report. She also\u00a0claimed in court docs that she had intercourse with Barker six or eight times, fearing she would be fired if she refused. <\/p>\n<p>Barker, who retired in 2007 and is now 97, countered that she\u2019d initiated \u201ca little hanky-panky\u201d and copped to having a consensual relationship with Parkinson for a year and a half. A judge dismissed the wrongful termination charge in the suit but let the sexual harassment charge stand. Then, in 1995, Parkinson dropped the whole shebang, citing medical stress related to the lawsuit (a bleeding ulcer) and her inability to afford a costly legal battle.<\/p>\n<p>Still, such \u201chanky-panky\u201d on the set appeared to be widespread.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dark-side-of-game-shows-08.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"Photo showing Kathleen Bradley posing at an event in 2018.\" class=\"wp-image-19221961\" width=\"618\" height=\"927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dark-side-of-game-shows-08.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1236 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dark-side-of-game-shows-08.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=927 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dark-side-of-game-shows-08.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dark-side-of-game-shows-08.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=309 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dark-side-of-game-shows-08.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Kathleen Bradley at an event in 2018.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019d come out in swimsuits and bikinis \u2014 who wasn\u2019t going to look?\u201d former \u201cPrice Is Right\u201d model Kathleen Bradley told The Post about her time on the show, which ended in 2000 and which she chronicled in her 2014 book, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Backstage-Price-Memoirs-Barker-Beauty\/dp\/099121000X\/?tag=nypost-20\">Backstage at \u2018The Price Is Right\u2019: Memoirs of a Barker Beauty<\/a>.\u201d \u201cI remember CBS put out a memo \u2014 they had what they called \u2018the eight second rule.\u2019 If, for some reason, a guy was looking at you for more than eight seconds, it was considered sexual harassment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the backstage guys would rub up against you if you were coming in for the next scene. One guy was so fresh he got a Polaroid camera, got down on the ground and started taking pictures up our skirts \u2026 but after a period of time he became one of my best friends,\u201d added Bradley, now 70.<\/p>\n<p>Still, she said, \u201cBob [Barker] never did anything to me that was offensive or demeaning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the Parkinson lawsuit the floodgates opened, and Barker faced a flood of litigation. In 1995, \u201cBarker Beauty\u201d model Holly Hallstrom left the show and then sued Barker, claiming she was fired for not defending him in the Parkinson drama \u2014 and claiming he asked her to spread false information about Parkinson. Barker countersued for slander and the case was settled out of court.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2000, Bradley and Janice Pennington \u2014 an original \u201cBarker Beauty\u201d \u2014 were let go from the show. Pennington, who was knocked unconscious in 1988 by a \u201cPrice Is Right\u201d camera, signed a confidential settlement. Bradley received an undisclosed monetary settlement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBob became such a bitter guy if you didn\u2019t suck up to him,\u201d said Bradley. \u201cHis ego got the best of him.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Yet behind that small-screen facade of cheery, perfectly coiffed, telegenic hosts lurks a sinister cauldron of sex, greed, cheating and inappropriate behavior that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":329618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/24N.FOULPLAY_WEB.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[82356,114768,75448,40509,113515,114769,74445],"class_list":["post-329617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bob-barker","tag-family-feud","tag-game-shows","tag-jeopardy","tag-mike-richards","tag-the-dating-game","tag-the-price-is-right"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}