Fat Anchor on News

Elzecat

bleh i just wana feel sick. whos she standing up for? the obese crowd? theres nothing right with that!

(/sarcasm) Wow. Because all obese people deserve to be shamed, made fun of, insulted, and told they are bad role models. (/sarcasm)

Rather than being treated as people.

/Facepalm.

PS Should I make fun of you or shame you for your apparent lack of spelling/grammatical skills? No, because that would be rude (and against MFP rules, actually)...even though the English major in me REALLY REALLY wants to.

LadyQueefsalot

Yeah- but he was commenting on her appearance, which is out of line. He wouldn't have written a letter to a Latino news anchor person saying "I see you're still Mexican and this concerns me because of our increasing border problem in America". The guy who wrote that was a condescending jerk who should have his mouth sewn shut.

I know right, why cant ppl just stop being fat, or Mexican or disable, i mean whats their problem? why cant they be productive members of society like me, a d.ouche who hides behind a screen to make fun of someone? /s

Source: I'm mexican

LMAO! love it.

source: I'm awesome

boomboom011

omg if someone is fat they are fat. its no secret.
this whole bully thing is driving me nuts.

someone is always going to get picked on. does it make it right? no but she is there to report the weather or whatever. just do your job and who cares. why do so many people care what other people think?
Sheesh!

oh and i am a fat mexican. pass the freaking tortilla and butter!

LadyQueefsalot

omg if someone is fat they are fat. its no secret.
this whole bully thing is driving me nuts.

someone is always going to get picked on. does it make it right? no but she is there to report the weather or whatever. just do your job and who cares. why do so many people care what other people think?
Sheesh!

oh and i am a fat mexican. pass the freaking tortilla and butter!

SEIOULSY. best snack ever, hella Mexican. And I'm not even Mexican.

boomboom011

omg if someone is fat they are fat. its no secret.
this whole bully thing is driving me nuts.

someone is always going to get picked on. does it make it right? no but she is there to report the weather or whatever. just do your job and who cares. why do so many people care what other people think?
Sheesh!

oh and i am a fat mexican. pass the freaking tortilla and butter!

SEIOULSY. best snack ever, hella Mexican. And I'm not even Mexican.

i am making you an honorary messican! because only real messicans call it a snack!

beckajw

Am I the only one that thinks she bullied the guy by broadcasting his name, without concent?

Go.

Ha ha! Good point. But lesson learned--letters are not private once sent.

However, I don't think either was a bully. If we're calling what he did bullying, we are making bullying into a meaningless word.

Agreed,

Actually with Email, private/public is a slippery slope. Most ethics classes determine Email a private message, and that just sending a message does not pass as concent to broadcast the letter writters name.

Not quite correct. The message belongs to the receiver to do with as he/she pleases. The act of sending doesn't make it public. But it does give the receiver possession.

beckajw

Yeah- but he was commenting on her appearance, which is out of line. He wouldn't have written a letter to a Latino news anchor person saying "I see you're still Mexican and this concerns me because of our increasing border problem in America". The guy who wrote that was a condescending jerk who should have his mouth sewn shut.

People might see this differently if the newscaster had been in a wheelchair.

"Dear Ma'am Newscaster, I see that you are still in a wheelchair after all these years. You're a bad role model for little girls because you can't get out of that chair and stand up, so they will assume that you're encouraging people to sit on their butts and be unhealthy."


I'm being ridiculous...sort of...because there WAS a TV newscaster in Denver for many years who used a wheelchair due to a car accident. No idea whether she ever received any insulting mail based on HER appearance or lack of "standing" skills, but I doubt if we'd all be saying that someone sending insulting mail to her would be ok.

Fat-shaming or body-shaming in general still seems to be ok with the general populace, even here on MyFitnessPal where many of us have struggled with our weight and/or eating disorders.

I don't think shaming or insulting someone based on their outward appearance is ever ok, particularly if you don't know their circumstances. That's what I was taught as a child and I try very hard to follow that today.

There is a difference between being disabled and being fat. It would be different if she was disabled and in a wheelchair, because that is something she has no control over. We all know she has control over being fat. I don't think calling people fat or any name calling is okay either. But he did do it in a private message. He wasn't making fun of her in front of others. She is the one who brought it to the public. He was a jerk, that's true, but that comes with the territory of being in the public eye. People are jerks to the president, to senators, to actors, to broadcasters, etc. all the time. People who work in the public eye know to expect it.

So it's ok to be rude to people who are fat but not to people in wheelchairs? Being rude/shaming people is not ok. Unless we know her personally, how does anyone know whether she works out/eats healthy/has medical issues?

I have a friend who's lost 150 pounds in the past 2 years. She's still overweight and still has a ways to go. But a stranger isn't going to know that she is one of my biggest inspirations and close friends, that she works out 5 days a week, that she runs half marathons, that she works with a doctor and trainer weekly, that she is working her butt off (literally) to get healthy...they're just going to see an overweight woman.

You are right that I didn't use a great analogy, but there was absolutely no reason for him to send the email.

Apparently it was her husband who wasmore upset about the email and wanted her to speak out...there's been some follow up on both that and the man who wrote the original email (who apparently is not a fitness expert or trainer of any kind so why is he saying anything anyway?) .

I still believe that saying someone is a bad role model because they're overweight is wrong.

Just my 2 cents that no one has to agree with

So, you intentionally misread my statement?

Because I never said it was okay to be rude to anyone. What I said was, you can't compare saying someone should have gotten himself out of a wheel chair to saying someone should have lost weight.

sc0ttie

I can't believe that there is people that are comparing obesity to being Hispanic and/or handicapped? I mean really???

ScumbagSteve

Man, dat ain't right. why you gotta be callin her names like that? you should be ashamed.

bikinibeliever

agreed!! omg thank you! thats what ive been saying. im from lacrosse, wi and i grew up watching news ch 8 and jennifer livingston. my fb is crowded with feedback saying omg she brought me to tears, omg shes my hero! bleh i just wana feel sick. whos she standing up for? the obese crowd? theres nothing right with that! the guys who wrote the letter wasnt even mean, he spoke eloquently and respectfully. wasnt even being a bully. thank God someone shares my feelings!!

Just because someone uses rosy language to call you a fat-*kitten* doesn't change the fact that the person called you a fat-*kitten*. It was a stupid and piggish move on that man's part to write that. All this anchor is trying to do is to do her job. All he's trying to do is shame her. Flowery language can't hide the stink of that message.

Makes me so happy to have you as my friend! Honesty, I could not have said it any better! I am amazed when people think that pointing out someone else's state of fatness is going to somehow help them!

es2189

The point that keeps coming up for me is that if she were anorexic, and she'd received that note, I don't know that people who be having the same issues. Being anorexic IS a health risk, it IS a bad example for young girls, and it would make her a bad role model. Why is this any different? Or what if she were openly smoking on a newscast? Would it be okay to call her out for that? I would never write an email like that, because I don't feel the need to make someone feel bad, but I do see the fact that this seems to be a double standard.