In his Q&A session after day 1, Jennings said that "I wouldn't call this unfair...precise timing just happens to be one thing computers are better at than we hu

In his Q&A session after day 1, Jennings said that "I wouldn't call this unfair...precise timing just happens to be one thing computers are better at than we humans. It's not like I think Watson should try buzzing in more erratically just to give homo sapiens a chance." So my guess is that the daily news had more to do with that title than Ken. It doesn't seem like him, at any rate.