A PAIR OF DENVER broadcast journalists posed provocatively for the cover of Denver Magazine. Is there anything wrong with that?"My credibility is not based on what I look like," one of the women explained to the Denver Post. "My credibility is based on work I've done over the last 10 years."
Do you agree? Does the image sacrifice the journalists' credibility?
Should journalists stay in the background or can they have their own lives, and be proud of their appearance?
11 comments:
I think that journalists should not always have to stay in the background. But, when in the spotlight or public eye, they should present themselves in a respectable manner. Not half naked on the cover of a magazine. I think that is an inappropriate way to present yourself.
Danielle Rosati
Freshman
Journalism & Society
What happened to, "If you got it, flaunt it?"
Shouldn't these women be proud of their appearance? Can't they be intelligent and beautiful? Do they have to play down their looks in order to be taken seriously?
- George
(your teacher, and part-time devil's advocate)
You've got a point. I don't think in anyway a beautiful woman should down play her looks. But, in my opinion it should have been done in a more tasteful manner, where her beauty and intelligence are both accentuated together.
I do not see how there could be anything wrong with this. Sure it is provocative but there has been front covers so many times worse than this. The two broadcasters just got a load of attention and potentially raised the number of viewers tuning into the show. Besides it looks like harmless fun aside from the same job they do everyday.
if these women ever wish to be taken seriously the first step would be putting their bras away, theyre making a mockery of every strong smart woman. These two women are not making a powerful statement that says " Hey, we're proud of our bodies!" theyre saying, " Hey look maybe if we take our clothes off someone will pretend to like us." By dressing up in kitten heels and sexy negliges they are not themselves, they are who theyve been taught and tricked into being. I am ashamed.
Provocative? I've seen covers of Teen Beat that are more provocative than this.
There's nothing wrong with being a journalist and being on the cover of a magazine. The only thing is you should be cautious about how you look on the cover. These two journalist should now be concerned if people are going to take them seriously as journalist now or if the are just gonna look at them because they were on the cover of a magazine.
I do respect her 10 years of work but this does sacrifice her credibility. I'm just so sick of women being looked at as sex symbols that's why I'm disappointed in the journalist for presenting the sex symbol stereotype. I think that the reason women in workplaces get discriminated against is because men are too busy being "turned on" by women to actually take them seriously. After seeing this magazine cover I'm just sad that the women would be followers instead of leaders. They are followers in the sense that millions of women out there have dressed like they have on the cover. However, if they were leaders then wouldn't pose like this on a magazine cover. I think that if women stopped acting like the sex symbol stereotype that they are recognized as then maybe just maybe America can have a women president one day.
As a journalist, I believe our attention should be geared towards directing the public's attention to the news and information rather than ourselves. Our job is to be as capable of gathering and reporting information as possible and if we are the subject rather than the news our job has not been done.
Anonymous said...
As a journalist, I believe our attention should be geared towards directing the public's attention to the news and information rather than ourselves. Our job is to be as capable of gathering and reporting information as possible and if we are the subject rather than the news our job has not been done.
I think it will ultimatlly threaten their credibility. However I don't believe it should. The one woman is right her credibility should not be based upon what she looks like it should be based upon the work she does. If these woman are good looking enough to pose for a magazine good for them. It's good promotion for them the magazine, and the companies they work for. Like we've said many times in class journalism is a business, and ultimatly it is about selling issues, and making money to pay for those advertisements. This is publicity that will raise awerness to all media outlets involved
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