Thursday, May 5, 2016

When In Doubt, Blame The Blonde

WANE TV's newsroom has a nasty habit of being lazy. They seem to no longer gather the news, they merely cut and paste their stories from government-provided releases, or poorly-written court documents. 

The latest crime against journalism:


The story smacks of sexism and stereotyping. One has to wonder why WANE TV didn't mention the woman's breast size. Oh, that's right, it was not mentioned in the "court papers". 

The only reason this story even made the air is that it's "cute". A blonde distracted the driver who hit the worker. If it was a brunette, would we even see this story at all? 

While one might argue that it's not WANE's fault, the blonde description is in the court papers. WANE TV chose to use that information to write an ignorant and sexist story. 

The Maven guesses they decided to give Tommy Schrader a day off, as he's been a 24/7 content for WANE TV since the election. 




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