CBS affiliate braces for bikini backlash
“Station hires bathing-suit model, WWE diva to anchor news, turn tide on low-rating woes”
She wants to be the next Katie Couric, oh really??
I swear men are such pigs!!!
Some might say KYTX president and general manager Phil Hurley has decided to pull his station’s news ratings out of the toilet by stepping into the gutter.
The Tyler, Texas, CBS affiliate will premier its latest news anchor next week – Lauren Jones, an actress, bikini model and former World Wrestling Entertainment wrestler with no journalism training or experience.
While Hurley admits his decision to hire Jones will attract criticism, he sees it as a smart business move.
“We think this will accelerate our growth and that people will see this as entrepreneurial,” he told the Longview, Texas, News-Journal.
Jones’ 30-day contract is a tie-in with the new Fox reality show, “Anchorwoman”, scheduled to broadcast in August.
Fox is paying KYTX to film the five-episode “comedy/reality hybrid” in its studios. KYTX news ranks behind the regional leader, KLTV.
“It’s not about the money,” Hurley said. “We want our newscast to grow.”
Lets get to the point shall we…
As WND reported, bikinis and newscasting seem to go together at Fox.
Fox News Channel, frequently criticized for focusing on glitz and sex, hired swimsuit model and host of “World Poker Tour” as a substitute anchor and host of “Fox & Friends Weekend.”
Fox’s Jane Francis told the entertainment trade paper Variety the show had mapped out a basic storyline and a wish list for camera scenes, but beyond that, she wants the action to be as spontaneous as possible.
“We agreed internally that we don’t want to rig anything, or overproduce it,” Francis says.
“Anchorwoman” director Mark Jacobs is sold on Jones as the inexperienced novice suddenly thrust into the news environment.
“She is serious about this,” he said. “She wants to be the next Katie Couric.”
Having “the next Katie Couric” may not be enough to pull Hurley’s ratings out of the toilet.
According to Media Life Magazine, CBS’s “Evening News with Katie Couric” was third for the week ending June 3, with another all-time low of 5.50 million total viewers. ABC’s “World News with Charles Gibson” was No. 1 among total viewers for the sixth straight week with an average of 7.86 million tuning in.
Read the full story here, but why bother.
Hey I’m not gonna bitch about having a hot news anchor, as long as she can read and does not say “like” every other fucken word.
Frankly I’m tired of hearing the news from graying old white dudes.
The people bitching about the mixing of serious news and a little cleavage coverage are the same people with annual subscriptions to the Spice or Playboy channels. Shut the fuck up!
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June 11th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
note to all the males drooling over this babe’s picture - those boobs are about the size of an egg - total weight. If you use the right bra and padding, you can scoop up a very little amount of boob and make it look a lot larger. To those who are not aware of the tricks.
Just food for thought, in case you care!! LOL.