prgclb@ihuxm.UUCP (08/10/83)
What, no discussion yet on Christine Craft, the deposed Kansas City TV anchorwoman, who recently won a sex discrimination suit against her former employer? Seems she was dismissed because her managers thought she was becoming too old and ugly for their viewers' tastes. While I sympathize with her and am glad she was successful in her lawsuit, you have to admit that all TV stations demand good looks as well as good journalism from their on-air personnel. Do you think Bill Kurtis, formerly Chicago's highly rated anchor who moved up to the CBS Morning News, got where he did strictly because he's a good journalist? Heck no, he's good looking! His replacement, Don Craig, is also good looking. Perhaps the issue is that TV station managers consider men to look more distinguished as they get older, but not women. But there are some notable exceptions to this generalization. Look at Barbara Walters and Betty Furness -- both much alive and successful. Carl Blesch Bell Labs - Naperville, Ill. IH 2A-159, (312) 979-3360 ihuxm!prgclb
larry@grkermit.UUCP (Larry Kolodney) (08/12/83)
The people who do the 5-7 evening news can hardly be called journalist
at all. As anyone can tell from the advertising for news shows, what
they are selling is personality, not news reporting ablility. A recent
advertising campaign for some Boston station tried to give the
impression that the news crew was "family" to New England. In NYC,
there are freqent ad campaigns trying to show how the news reporters
are family oriented nice "neighborhood" people.
For those of you in the NYC area: Does anyone really beleive that Sue
Simmons knows ANYTHING about the news!?
-Larry ("I haven't watched local news in 4 years") Kolodney
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