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I'm in the profession and I think that yes, absolutely she should have been fired. Anchors, whether they like it or not, are the public face of the TV station. That's one reason they get paid much more than anyone else at the station. Reporters generally make 30-50k in a large market. Photographers, 17-35 or so. Anchors routinely make over 100k, and one (Paul Magers in California) makes 2.2 million.
You want the money, you accept the fact that the public is watching you whether you're on camera or not. The station wants a serious news reader, not some dumbass who'll shed her clothes the second she leaves the market. Hasn't she ever heard of the internet? Did she really think this wouldn't get back to her market?
What I find interesting is that a bunch of people on journalism websites are all up in arms that she was forced out. Anchors are routinely fired because their looks aren't perfect, their voice isn't perfect, or the viewers decide they don't like them, and no one bitches about it. In a business where you can be fired for such relatively trivial reasons, why in hell are people upset that a public figure can be fired for acting like an amateur porn star?
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