Bob CollinsIt’s been decades since Christine Craft first raised the issue of whether female TV anchors and reporters could be allowed to get old.
Now, a La Crosse, Wisconsin TV anchor is raising the stakes: Can they be allowed to be fat?
Jim Romenesko carries the story today of Jennifer Livingston, who got a letter from one of her viewers at WKBT in the city:
Sure you don’t consider yourself a suitable example for this community’s young people, girls in particular. Obesity is one of the worst choices a person can make and one of the most dangerous habits to maintain. I leave you this note hoping that you’ll reconsider your responsibility as a local public personality to present and promote a healthy lifestyle.
She made a lot of fans by talking about it…
Comments on the state’s Facebook page are fairly unanimously.
In other news: She tells pretty interesting stories…
