Should TV Reporters Wear Tight Clothes For Top Ratings? - LBF

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Writer Beth Teitell has an interesting piece in the Boston Globe today about women newscasters and sexy clothing.

It came on the heels of Heather Unruh's interview in New England Living TV where she confessed that “women are ‘encouraged’ to dress more provocatively than I feel is appropriate for delivering news.”

Remember the dress Bianca de la Garza wore during Hurricane Sandy? It caused quite a storm of its own!

Sex sells, but should the news be off limits? Are bare arms and plunging necklines part of the job? And why do women bear the brunt of the changing style? (I'll bet no one is asking Randy Price to wear Spanx or lose the top button.)

Here's the story. What do you think?

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/08/14/why-newswomen-look-like-they-going-cocktail-party/AQq0w7piieQagmHCeFQ8IO/story.html?event=event25

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Lauren Beckham Falcone is the co-host of Bob & LBF in the Morning. Formerly an award-winning reporter and columnist for the Boston Herald, she credits her current success as a pop culture commentator to watching too much TV as a kid and scouring the internet too much as an adult. LBF is a regular contributor to NECN and is an honorary board member at the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress. Lauren lives in Canton with her husband Dave and her daughter Lucy. Lauren writes about trending topics, New England destinations, and seasonal DIY.