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Another quick one, sorry about that....
I was reading a South FL TV site about an admittedly very attractive weather girl coming to one of our local news stations (The NBC affiliate) from the northeast.
As I was reading the comments, most were rather negative. Not at the woman herself, but 3 these points:
1. The station put her on and pushed the male weather reporter that was there to late at night, which is a trend among all the new stations.
2. Even since the lone male anchor on the station's local morning show retired it's an all-female cast. Cue comparisons to The View.
3. The news girls don't dress professional, they look like they're going to a club instead of reporting the news.
My responses:
To #1: Yes, it's a trend. BUT please remember this is Florida, where it's either hot or hot and rainy. You don't need to watch the weather for that. So in order to get people to watch the morning broadcast they put on an attractive female reporter and save the male reporter for the less-watched late night edition. Makes business sense.
To #2: The guy retired and the station failed to get a male reporter to replace him because probably no one wanted to take his place. How is this the station's fault? Cue comparisons to the View? This station's local morning show is a fluff show - ten minutes of news and weather and then.... fluff.
To #3: It's South Florida! Women are going to dress according to the atmosphere around them. Dresses/tops that are low-cut and many times sleeveless and shorter-than-knee length skirts are the norm. Besides, if you saw the female anchors on this morning show, you'll understand. Definitely the best looking news crew around.
I'm not complainin'.
I was reading a South FL TV site about an admittedly very attractive weather girl coming to one of our local news stations (The NBC affiliate) from the northeast.
As I was reading the comments, most were rather negative. Not at the woman herself, but 3 these points:
1. The station put her on and pushed the male weather reporter that was there to late at night, which is a trend among all the new stations.
2. Even since the lone male anchor on the station's local morning show retired it's an all-female cast. Cue comparisons to The View.
3. The news girls don't dress professional, they look like they're going to a club instead of reporting the news.
My responses:
To #1: Yes, it's a trend. BUT please remember this is Florida, where it's either hot or hot and rainy. You don't need to watch the weather for that. So in order to get people to watch the morning broadcast they put on an attractive female reporter and save the male reporter for the less-watched late night edition. Makes business sense.
To #2: The guy retired and the station failed to get a male reporter to replace him because probably no one wanted to take his place. How is this the station's fault? Cue comparisons to the View? This station's local morning show is a fluff show - ten minutes of news and weather and then.... fluff.
To #3: It's South Florida! Women are going to dress according to the atmosphere around them. Dresses/tops that are low-cut and many times sleeveless and shorter-than-knee length skirts are the norm. Besides, if you saw the female anchors on this morning show, you'll understand. Definitely the best looking news crew around.
I'm not complainin'.
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