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In reply to the discussion: Does Alex on MSNBC think she is at the beach? [View all]calimary
(81,193 posts)@AlexWitt Dear God, Alex, would you mind PUTTING SOME CLOTHES ON? PLEASE?? Horribly inappropriate on-camera outfit for a news anchor!
@AlexWitt Who OK'd your "anchoring" the news with all that bare skin showing? HORRIBLY inappropriate! Credibility, NOT semi-nudity! @msnbc
SHAME on her. Jodymarie aimee, you're absolutely right. You wear stuff like that to the beach. NOT to the news set. Unless, I suppose, if it's the Playboy Channel or some such thing.
I'm very uneasy about all that "look how my clothes are almost falling off!" fashion that's so pervasive right now. All those bare-shoulder tops that are okay if it's a cocktail party or an awards night or a heavy date that is deliberately planned to end in the bedroom. I WAS a news anchor when I was younger. Even on radio, I understood how important it was to dress for credibility. When I was working, women were just starting to gain entree - not only into the newsroom but actually on the air. That was back when the only female on the news set was the weather girl or some other professional cutie-pie who did the feature story or the kicker at the end of the news cast, and even then, said cutie-pie dressed at least somewhat appropriately. Back then, your credibility was all you had - ESPECIALLY for women trying to break through that particular glass ceiling. When I started, straight out of college radio in the mid-'70s, there were almost NO women in any significant positions. My first several jobs were because they had no women, at all, and needed one to be able to "check that box". Back then, a woman NEVER dressed like that - unless, of course, she wanted the boss's couch instead of the anchor chair.
Shit - I remember going to radio conventions where I was the only female wearing a blazer. Most of the other women there were dressed like Alex Witt chose to dress, for on-air, this morning. DISGRACEFUL!!!
I hope women all over America are tweeting to her about how slutty and inappropriate she's "dressed", while purporting to anchor the news. GOD, why didn't she just go on, wearing a bikini forcryingoutloud!