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TV anchor Jennifer Livingston blasts viewer who attacked her weight
New York Daily News ^ | Oct. 2, 2012 | Christine Roberts

Posted on 10/03/2012 5:51:11 AM PDT by RochesterNYconservative

A local news anchor took the air Tuesday to blast a viewer who attacked her for being overweight.

Jennifer Livingston of WKBT in La Crosse, Wis., slammed the viewer on-air after he wrote in to complain that Livingston wasn't "a suitable example for this community's young people, girls in particular" because of her size.

"I was surprised indeed to witness that your physical condition hasn't improved for many years," the viewer wrote in the email titled "Community Responsibility."

"I leave you this note hoping that you'll reconsider your responsibility as a local public personality to present and promote a healthy lifestyle."

The letter quickly went viral after her husband, fellow WKBT anchor Mike Thompson posted it to his Facebook page Friday, telling followers that it made him "sick to his stomach."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fat; livington; news; obese
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To: VA_Gentleman
I began watching Univision in order to learn Spanish. I have learned a great deal to date, including the fact that their female anchors are muy caliente!


41 posted on 10/03/2012 6:29:30 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (Cogito, ergo armatum sum: "I think, therefore I am armed".)
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To: RochesterNYconservative

she’s not too bad to tell you the truth.


42 posted on 10/03/2012 6:30:52 AM PDT by youngidiot (The name's Bond. James Bond. James Bond Jovi.)
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To: andy58-in-nh

Bonitas tetas....um, sonrisa.


43 posted on 10/03/2012 6:32:34 AM PDT by wtc911 (Amigo - you've been had.)
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To: Tax-chick

Careful now, guys - dem BigAssas be the new minority and be demandin deys rights.

Seriously, though - I have pins in my heel from an old skiing + military injury and must spend $180 per pair of custom made shoe inserts so I don’t walk with a limp. You oughta see the tribe of grossly overweight middle aged couch potatoes (mostly female) in the waiting room every time I’m there. I commented on this to the technician - his answer: “Every day I want to scream at these fools: Loose some fu*kin’ weight, get off your big butt, get out and exercise, and you’ll be fine.”

The poor guy dedicated his career to help the handicapped. The last time I was there he was waiting on a 300#, 5’2” slob.


44 posted on 10/03/2012 6:33:12 AM PDT by QBFimi (When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree; All

Her response is a classic fat person response.

She is quick with words and low on actions.

Is she blaming a medical condition?

Is her weight George Bush’s fault?

Is she waiting for Obama to fix her fat?


45 posted on 10/03/2012 6:33:12 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Coldwater Creek; RochesterNYconservative
How shallow you are!

I agree with Rochester.. like my women fit...would never date or marry a chubby or fat women no matter how nice they are personality wise..

The problem we have in todays society is fat acceptance and it should not be that way..no reason for any person to be fat..very unfair to their spouse if they were thin before marriage and got fat afterwards..would be serious grounds for divorce in my book.

46 posted on 10/03/2012 6:33:30 AM PDT by trailhkr1
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

Your post was the first post to make me chuckle in over two years...this used to be a pretty funny place...thanks for bringing it back.


47 posted on 10/03/2012 6:34:54 AM PDT by wtc911 (Amigo - you've been had.)
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To: RochesterNYconservative
The only physical attribute required for TV anchors is that they have small hands.

You know, wee paws for station identification.

Ba-da-bum.

48 posted on 10/03/2012 6:35:22 AM PDT by southernnorthcarolina ("Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own." -- Aesop)
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To: longtermmemmory

>> classic fat person response... quick with words and low on actions.

Outta the park, baby, outta the park!


49 posted on 10/03/2012 6:35:59 AM PDT by QBFimi (When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
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To: andy58-in-nh

Si senor, muy muy caliente. Univision does it right when it comes to their anchorwomen.


50 posted on 10/03/2012 6:36:37 AM PDT by VA_Gentleman ("Poor Al Gore. Global warming completely debunked via the very internet you invented." -Jon Stewart)
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To: youngidiot

I admit Ms. Livingston is not awful looking. In Rochester NY local news there is a chubby news anchor named Norma Holland...I have met her...totally full of herself, and overweight to boot.


51 posted on 10/03/2012 6:37:10 AM PDT by RochesterNYconservative (ROMNEY/RYAN 20121)
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To: wtc911
Bonitas tetas....um, sonrisa.

Noté la sonrisa primero, por supuesto. ;-)

52 posted on 10/03/2012 6:37:41 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (Cogito, ergo armatum sum: "I think, therefore I am armed".)
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To: GeronL
You don’t spend 15 minutes of broadcast time lambasting a private emailer without offering rebuttal time.

If there truly was an emailer. Something about this email seems suspicious to me.

53 posted on 10/03/2012 6:38:24 AM PDT by Jane Long (Soli Deo Gloria!)
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To: RochesterNYconservative

So, Edward R Murrow, Ernie Pyle, and Walter Cronkite were never seen as role models? I disagree.”

...they were role models but they didn’t have a responsibility to stay fit for the sake of their audience.


54 posted on 10/03/2012 6:41:25 AM PDT by albie ("Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow." Benjamin Frankli)
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To: PapaBear3625

She’s a little plump but is healthy looking and good looking. Lots of those skinny gals have mean driven looks and don’t look too healthy


55 posted on 10/03/2012 6:42:04 AM PDT by dennisw (Government be yo mamma - Re-elect Barack Obama)
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To: albie

But they were fit and slim! You can count MALE fat news anchors on one hand throughout television history.


56 posted on 10/03/2012 6:42:42 AM PDT by RochesterNYconservative (ROMNEY/RYAN 20121)
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To: RochesterNYconservative

and no bald men? (not shaven, bald)


57 posted on 10/03/2012 6:44:56 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: RochesterNYconservative

Ernie and Murrow were chain smokers. Were they supposed to quit for the sake of the audience?


58 posted on 10/03/2012 6:45:54 AM PDT by albie ("Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow." Benjamin Frankli)
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To: RochesterNYconservative

What a pathetic drama queen. Just suck it up, lose the Twinkees, and keep it to yourself. I think she feels “empowered” to yap about it because her husband is the anchor and her brother is a Hollywood actor (Ron Livingston). But “BULLYING”? Seriously. Just pathetic.


59 posted on 10/03/2012 6:45:58 AM PDT by montag813
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To: woweeitsme
Completely agree. That highly insulting email was unjustified, cruel, and way over-the-top.

I'm not too sure about the "bullying" charge, but I can certainly see how it was very hurtful to her - it certainly came across that way to me when I read it.

And just think about it for a minute: since when do newscasters' physical appearance convey, well, the NEWS?

The creep who wrote that email was as clueless as he was shallow.
60 posted on 10/03/2012 6:45:58 AM PDT by MarineDad (Wherever mosques and JDAM's meet, civilization benefits greatly!)
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