Mike Nadel answers criticism of column on You Know Who
Holy hemline!
Just when I thought I was through with the saga of the ESPN Reporter Whose Name I Vowed Not to Mention for the Rest of the Month, I got an e-mail Sunday from Mike Nadel, whose syndicated column started it all.
Mike was nice enough to send this interesting link to an interview with a female TV journalist who took issue with the ESPN Reporter Whose Name I Vowed Not to Mention for the Rest of the Month.
I still think the original column was weird. But I regret the fact that in my most recent post on this topic I took some cheap shots at Nadel and the newspaper chain that employs him.
During these troubled times, newspaper people should be respectful of one another, because if we're not, who the heck else is going to be?
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I think Trenni is a pretty smart woman... obviously!
I didn't know a Wisconsin media outlet was allowed to do a story without mention Brett Favre.
In all seriousness, it's a very tough line that women in sports media have to walk. Look, realistically you're not going to get on TV, no matter how knowledgeable you are, unless you're good looking--preferably very goodlooking. But you also have to be aware that you are only allowed to push those good looks--which your employer seemingly wants to highlight--so far, and maybe the line isn't always clear. Sometimes it seems like a no win situation. I remember hearing some guys on a sports radio station snarkily talking about a female sideline reporter who looked like she'd "had some work done" (an eye job, maybe some botox, to be exact). But if she hadn't had said work done, they would probably have been the first to comment on her not looking great, or maybe her employers would have noted it and just shifted her off the broadcast. It's like you have to do everything you can to look good, but then you can also get criticized for doing everything you can to look good.
Excellent post, Katie. I'm glad I'm a man, to quote the Kinks.