Hail, the Hairs Apparent on CNBC:
Fifty years ago, if a woman wanted to get a job in the business world, she needed to know shorthand. Oh, we are sooooooo-o-o-o-o beyond that!
Helloooo-o-o-o, long locks and cleavage.
- Beauty and the Beast.
Those long tresses may be saving the day for the network: hair averaging. If the average lifespan of a strand of hair is 5 1/2 years, these women look good for at least a five-year contract, but the men may be hanging on by a hair.
There are almost 700,000 Google references to the CNBC women–guesses about their bust size, rating their sexiness. CNBC is all about numbers, I suppose.
Smart women? Think Ginger Rogers doing the same dance that Fred Astaire did, only backwards and in high heels.
I do wonder about the dearth of long-haired blondes in the anchor seats. Does that harken back to the jokes about blondes being…well, you know… dumb?
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She was what we used to call a suicide blonde – dyed by her own hand. – Saul Bellow
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Faux News has female anchors who have long, blonde hair. FWIW.
Ah. . . so my theory holds water!!!!
I think CNN may, also. It’s the financial network that seems to have its own little set of rules.
And then we have what’s her name on morning jolt a joe – but she is blonde – so I guess you can have one without the other?? Candy Crowley is middle aged, overweight and even she has let her hair grow out. But – but – Katie Couric just cut hers!! Alas, I hear she may not be renewed… is it true?… I ponder… ‘hair’s’ the deal!??
Your range of topics is as great as your postings!!:):) Love it!!!:)
Yet another reason I get my news from Jim Lehrer’s Newshour. There are no cute chicks but women who know what they are talking about and do more than read a script. They don’t ask stupid questions, either. Oh, and there is none of that inane babble.
ABC has the answer to the dumb blonde chick. It’s the dumb blonde dude named Sam Champion on “Good Morning America.” What a doofus!
Sssssssigh. We have a long way to go. Hmmm, but CBC (Canada’s public broadcaster) has a lot of women on air with short hair. In fact, Wendy Mesley (often anchors the national nighttime news) used to have long blonde hair, but it was cut short after her breast cancer treatment. But instead of growing it back, she has kept her short pixie cut which really suits her.
Oops, I rarely watch the news but listen. I am generally doing something else, usually in the kitchen. I run out for video footage that sounds interesting but mostly go by voice appeal which until you get my age, doesn’t change much with years. I guess I kind of defeat the whole purpose of TV.
They clone blonds over at Fox…..
Don’t get even get me started on what SEEING women reporting news has done to women’s advancement. Set us back 1000 years.
Oh, so true–the long locks and cleavage. I hate it.
Oops–I think you got me started.
Well said! I love all the contrasting pictures you found. I personally drool over Jon Stewart and you are right, I wouldn’t have cared if he looked like Letterman, and I found Letterman at times quite intriguing as well all because I know he is a man of great intellect. I am pretty sure if I didn’t know WHO he is, I’d probably found him revolting. LOL. Now I have to really think to see whether I think the same way towards women. Do I find Kathy Bates attractive? Do I? Will I be able to? *sigh* I think I should turn in my feminist badge… 😦
By the way, I personally feel that the female reporters on CNN are much hotter. But their men also have more hair… Do you know who is the hottest? Not Anderson Cooper with all his white hair, but Robin Meade. Oooo child.