Either she, or the writer, is a liar.
Nobody goes backwards like that. Nobody.
Karie Ross was not well-liked at the ABC affiliate in OKC, and the guys in the sports department were especially glad when she moved on. She was a drag on the system & very naive...perfect lib-dem material. I suspect at some point she realized she'd never have gotten her job if some general manager hadn't been ordered to hire a female. Also, hailing from Clinton I doubt she was exposed to much conservatism when she was growing up. The Clinton-Elk City-Sayre area played host to one of Jimmy Carter's Town Hall Meetings in the late 70's.