Teh One Who Knocks
05-16-2016, 11:19 AM
Jen Mills for Metro.co.uk
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‘What’s going on? You want me to put this on? Why? Cause it’s cold?’
This is the moment a weather reporter was handed a cardigan and told to cover up live on air, because the station was ‘getting a lot of emails’ about whether her black sparkly dress was appropriate.
Liberté Chan was broadcasting the weather report for KTLA in Los Angeles but was interrupted by someone who held out the grey cover-up and asked her to put it on – all while the camera was still rolling.
Awkward… Couldn’t they have waited until the next segment to have a quiet word?
Understandably, the way they handled things prompted even more emails and feedback on social media:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Whoa. <a href="https://twitter.com/KTLA">@KTLA</a>! I didn't like the dress either, but you didn't have to make her cover up - ON AIR - like that. How embarrassing.</p>— Heather Poole (@Heather_Poole) <a href="https://twitter.com/Heather_Poole/status/731505046714601472">May 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">She shouldn't have been publicly shamed like that. <a href="https://t.co/tvv2OJ83iN">https://t.co/tvv2OJ83iN</a></p>— Heather Poole (@Heather_Poole) <a href="https://twitter.com/Heather_Poole/status/731508461532413952">May 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Before the show, she had tweeted a clip of the dress saying she was excited to wear it:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Even if it's early in the AM, can't beat a black beaded dress <a href="https://twitter.com/KTLAMorningNews">@KTLAMorningNews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AidanMattox">@AidanMattox</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PistolandStamen">@PistolandStamen</a> <a href="https://t.co/HYy1KUMYH1">pic.twitter.com/HYy1KUMYH1</a></p>— Liberté Chan (@libertechan) <a href="https://twitter.com/libertechan/status/731507105060937728">May 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Emails viewers sent in included things like: ‘Looks like she stayed out late at a party and came to work in the same dress. Not appropriate for the morning weather report’.
Hitting back at the negative comments, Danny Shea commented on Facebook: ‘It’s beyond unprofessional that they would interrupt you as you do your job and speak to you in such a patronising way because they immediately and unquestioningly prioritise the complaints of sexist viewers over their trust of your (and your producers’) judgment. Ludicrous.’
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Apologies! Didn't mean to offend 🙈😕 <a href="https://t.co/AtA3x7R2Kx">https://t.co/AtA3x7R2Kx</a></p>— Liberté Chan (@libertechan) <a href="https://twitter.com/libertechan/status/731507713780285442">May 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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‘What’s going on? You want me to put this on? Why? Cause it’s cold?’
This is the moment a weather reporter was handed a cardigan and told to cover up live on air, because the station was ‘getting a lot of emails’ about whether her black sparkly dress was appropriate.
Liberté Chan was broadcasting the weather report for KTLA in Los Angeles but was interrupted by someone who held out the grey cover-up and asked her to put it on – all while the camera was still rolling.
Awkward… Couldn’t they have waited until the next segment to have a quiet word?
Understandably, the way they handled things prompted even more emails and feedback on social media:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Whoa. <a href="https://twitter.com/KTLA">@KTLA</a>! I didn't like the dress either, but you didn't have to make her cover up - ON AIR - like that. How embarrassing.</p>— Heather Poole (@Heather_Poole) <a href="https://twitter.com/Heather_Poole/status/731505046714601472">May 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">She shouldn't have been publicly shamed like that. <a href="https://t.co/tvv2OJ83iN">https://t.co/tvv2OJ83iN</a></p>— Heather Poole (@Heather_Poole) <a href="https://twitter.com/Heather_Poole/status/731508461532413952">May 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Before the show, she had tweeted a clip of the dress saying she was excited to wear it:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Even if it's early in the AM, can't beat a black beaded dress <a href="https://twitter.com/KTLAMorningNews">@KTLAMorningNews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AidanMattox">@AidanMattox</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PistolandStamen">@PistolandStamen</a> <a href="https://t.co/HYy1KUMYH1">pic.twitter.com/HYy1KUMYH1</a></p>— Liberté Chan (@libertechan) <a href="https://twitter.com/libertechan/status/731507105060937728">May 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Emails viewers sent in included things like: ‘Looks like she stayed out late at a party and came to work in the same dress. Not appropriate for the morning weather report’.
Hitting back at the negative comments, Danny Shea commented on Facebook: ‘It’s beyond unprofessional that they would interrupt you as you do your job and speak to you in such a patronising way because they immediately and unquestioningly prioritise the complaints of sexist viewers over their trust of your (and your producers’) judgment. Ludicrous.’
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Apologies! Didn't mean to offend 🙈😕 <a href="https://t.co/AtA3x7R2Kx">https://t.co/AtA3x7R2Kx</a></p>— Liberté Chan (@libertechan) <a href="https://twitter.com/libertechan/status/731507713780285442">May 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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