A Florida TV Anchor is Being Shamed by Her Fellow Journos for Posting Sideboob Images
It's my proud honor to introduce respected Florida TV journalist Jacey Birch, a member of of Miami's WPLG news team. When she's not delivering the news to Floridians, Birch is a big fan of two things in particular. Music festivals and costumes:
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Those two passions of hers, plus her willingness to share them on her socials, have gotten her in trouble at work. Thanks to some small-minded, judgmental, back-stabbing sexists in her own industry:
NY Post - A Miami TV news anchor flashed side boob in racy photos from a Florida music festival despite her boss’s directive against posting “cringeworthy” social media content — and after allegedly being warned about her online behavior in the past, according to a report.
Industry site FTVLive reported that WPLG anchor Jacey Birch shared a series of revealing photos from the Electric Daisy Carnival in Orlando, prompting complaints from colleagues who questioned why management had not taken action.
The photos surfaced months after WPLG Vice President of News Bill Pohovey circulated a memo warning staff against posting influencer-style content that could undermine their credibility as journalists.
Birch posted the photos … where she posed in a revealing outfit that exposed the sides of her breasts.
FTVLive reported that at least 10 journalists sent the outlet links to Birch’s social media posts, with some expressing frustration over what they viewed as inappropriate behavior by a television news anchor.
The outlet also cited a WPLG newsroom insider who claimed Birch had previously been warned about her social media activity but continued posting revealing photos despite management’s concerns.
Oh no! Sideboob! A TV anchor, part of whose job involves looking good on camera, posts PG-13 images of herself looking good on camera! Let's all go to management and complain! She can't possibly be trusted with delivering the local news! How can our viewers believe it when she says how many alarms that house fire was or describes the news copter's footage of a police chase after she sported a sexy outfit on Instagram? What happens when she throws it to the weather desk for the weekend forecast? Won't somebody think of the children???
This may be hard to believe, but Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy pretty accurately captures what local TV news was like when I was kid. How the local anchor was always a respected paragon of the community. A man you could trust to tell you everything you needed to know. With a heavy emphasis on the word "man.
And a female in the industry, like the Veronica Corningstone character, faced an uphill climb through all the sexism of what was then commonly referred to as The Old Boys Club.
As Veronica so boldy puts it in a moment of defiance when she's being prevented from getting the big break of her career, "Mr. Harken, this city needs its news. And you are going to deprive them of that because I have breasts? Exquisite breasts? Now, I am gonna go on, and if you want to try and stop me, bring it on. Because I am good at three things: Fighting, screwing, and reading the news. I've already done one of those today, so what's the other one gonna be? Huh?"
Yes, she's a fictional character. But hundreds of competent, qualified and determined young women like her were shattering the Glass Ceiling all across America. But it seems like some shards of that ceiling still remain. And free spirits like Jacey Birch are still getting cut on them.
But this is still more hilarious than it is tragic. When you think back to all the times you've been lied to by the national and the local news over the course of the past 10 years or so, then realize they think Jacey Birch's breasts - her exquisite breasts - are what's going to destroy their journalistic integrity, you can't help but laugh.
Keep doing you, Jacey. Don't let the bastards drag you down. As far as I'm concerned, you're the most trusted name in all of journalism.