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The Sharon Reed story came to my attention about a week ago. Posters on the Howard Stern Bulletin Board were talking about some newsanchor who took part in a Spencer Tunick production and aired it as a new story. Tunick is the artist who uses nude models and interesting locations across the globe for his photographic canvass. As of late, and perhaps all along, he looks for volunteers. He offers them a photo of the final product as their "pay". He did this in Buffalo at the old Central Terminal. Nonetheless, it looks like his artistic endeavors have been exploited by some cheesy news operation in Cleveland, OH. If you look at this Web site, the shots on the right side of the page are in black and white, leading me to believe that an undercover camera was used. If I'm not mistaken, Tunick is very much against media exploitation of his shoots. In my eyes, Ms. Reed and Channel 19 News misused his work for their ratings. Reed is attractive. I wonder if her news director would have sent her out if she were older and 30 pounds overweight? I doubt it.
Long gone is journalistic integrity. It used to be a basic principle of the profession to report a story *not* become part of it. If Ms. Reed would have done this on her own time--just because she really wanted to--I'd have no problem with her participation. They took advantage of a legitimate artistic endeavor so Joe Six Pack can just beat it during November sweeps.
A much older story came to my attention courtesy of the folks at awfulplasticsurgery.com and it ties in with the one above. A Youngstown, Ohio anchorwoman while vacationing in Key West in 2003 participated in wet t-shirt contest. Cameras were rolling and with a few clicks her performance became part of the Internet.
Catherine Bosley ended up resigning 8 months later. She should've kept her clothes on as she's not very attractive and has a lousy boob job. However, she wasn't reporting and theoretically it shouldn't have been anybody's business. Unfortunately, the WWW has made the world smaller and more voyeuristic. Bosley went on to work for a lame classic rock station in Youngstown. What's wrong with anchorwomen in Ohio? Are things a little too boring?
Happy Turkey Day!