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UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 12:01 PM Jul 2016

Woman Who Worked At Fox News Says She Had To Wear Her ‘Skirts Short’ And Her ‘Heels High’

Woman Who Worked At Fox News Says She Had To Wear Her ‘Skirts Short’ And Her ‘Heels High’
“Good ol’ Boys’ network.”


Dimond said Ailes was the one who called her about the job, since she had known him a bit for years. She was paid quite well, but ultimately she didn’t like the way the network expected her to look on air.

“There is a good ol’ boys’ network thing there at Fox,” Dimond said. “There was when I was there. ... It’s a boys’ shop. You do not complain. You’ve got to wear your skirts short and your heels high, and you’ve got to put lots of makeup on if you’re a woman.”

Dimond said in the last month she was at Fox News, the hairdresser asked her if she would go blonde. When she asked the woman who told her to ask that question, the hairdresser wouldn’t say.

“I wasn’t into the false eyelashes and the short short skirts,” she added. “I’m a little older than the rest of them.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/diane-dimond-fox-news_us_577f0095e4b0344d514eb1d5?section=
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Woman Who Worked At Fox News Says She Had To Wear Her ‘Skirts Short’ And Her ‘Heels High’ (Original Post) UCmeNdc Jul 2016 OP
Okay just out of sheer curiosity I looked at FOX early this AM Peacetrain Jul 2016 #1
Thats their early show. Yes pure cheesecake. underpants Jul 2016 #2
More proof that "Idiocracy" was a documentary: arcane1 Jul 2016 #4
That's as surprising as Quantess Jul 2016 #3

Peacetrain

(22,875 posts)
1. Okay just out of sheer curiosity I looked at FOX early this AM
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 12:06 PM
Jul 2016

to see if they had anything to say.. and I swear .. they had two women co-hosts reading the news, both blondes (nothing against blondes..just referring to what was in your post).. sitting on high stools.. legs crossed .. high heels.. reading the news.. and I had to ask my hubby is this what I think it is.. cheesecake news.. and he said.. yep exactly..

underpants

(182,788 posts)
2. Thats their early show. Yes pure cheesecake.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 12:34 PM
Jul 2016

I get up way early to go running. I usually don't flip over there but the TV was on Fox from last night. Yes it is their "test the new blonde" show. As a guy it is very apparent what the hook is.

A while back they had a non-blonde co-cohost. Stood off to the side and did weather or something. Every intro from the blondes in the chairs was a profile shot from the ground up. Can't remember her name. STUNNING profile. She must have tested well because they moved her up into regular daytime.

At the gym I used to go to several of the TVs had on a rerun of O'Reilly from the night before. The last 20 minutes of his show probably 3 nights a week is BillO with at least two women who old guys can doze off to and have sweet sweet dreams.

Quantess

(27,630 posts)
3. That's as surprising as
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 12:59 PM
Jul 2016

a former muppet voice claiming that Jim Henson used fake-fur puppets on the show.

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