Meteorologist asked to cover up

I think the dress is inappropriate for being a news anchor. It is a party dress, not business dress. BUT, I also think her clothing choice should have been addressed off camera either before or after she did her bit.

I don't get it - why do women who do weather reports always dress like they are going to a Bachelorette party in Vegas? That dress is just silly. It looks like she was out the night before and forgot she had to be at work early and ran in from a club. All that being said, it's not professional to handle it the way they did.

Yea, now THAT is not business casual. ha. I thought it looked like something she got home in the morning wearing from the night out. The walk of shame. But yes, they could have handled it better, vs the on air shaming.

It a nice dress, but I don't think that's professional attire at all.

On one of our local morning news shows, we often see anchors & reporters wearing all kinds of "party" looking clothes with really bizarre blazer combos over them. DH and I often joke about them going straight from the club to work in the morning and thinking no one will notice if they put on a blazer. But this is the same am show that has had several clips go viral for their bloopers and antics. They actually do a recap at the end of the last show each month with all of their outtakes & shenanigans. But people watch.. Just to see what will happen next!

She just looks stupid. I envision a walk of shame taking place, with her barely making it to work, wearing last night's outfit that she had to find on the floor of Random Guy's apartment.

That's not a work dress. That's a cocktail dress. You shouldn't wear it alone to work. She could have put a cardigan or a jacket on with it and it would have been ok maybe.

Liberte is our local meteorologist. the funny thing is, she is usually the most conservative dresser out of the other women who do the weather on that channel. she is a really sweet, soft spoken person and believe me, she is usually not dressed like this.  others wear far more questionable clothing.  those in the area know what I'm talking about (Vera, I'm talking to you).  

The news station said the whole thing was a joke. That it is the kind of humor the station has.

No one complained about her dress.

Her coworker handed her the sweater as a joke.

She wore it for that segment, then took it off and finished the rest of the newscast in that dress without the sweater.

It's ludicrous that they did that on air. It didn't feel like making fun of the complainers to me; it felt demeaning to her. The dress may not be ideal for on camera, but a dress that messed with the green screen would have been even worse, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Sometimes things aren't perfect. It's not like her boobs or lady garden were on display; it was the weather report in a less-than-ideal-on-air dress. WhyTF people complain about stuff like that, I will never understand.

I have a friend who is a female news anchor and you would not believe the shit she is subjected to from viewers. When she had a baby, she didn't lose the weight fast enough. Or she came back to work too soon/not soon enough. Or her makeup is not enough/too much. Or her hair is not flattering/too long/too short/not stylish enough. Or she wore the same suit two times in a moth. Or when she lost weight, she lost too much. And on and on and on and on.

It's unbelievable what the public thinks they are entitled to comment upon.

And the anchors keep track - at the last count, the women get 12x the feedback from viewers on their appearance as the men do.

And it matters because???

If you read the story, you'll see that she had a different dress for the forecast but it wouldn't' work with the green screen. I guess this is probably just what she had available. The cardigan was a joke given to her by the anchor. The station did not make her put it on live on the air.

Was it the best choice? No, it looked like a club dress. However, everything was covered up nicely, not even a smidge of cleavage so I don't know why anyone would get all worked up. If you don't like it, roll your eyes and move on.

I'm getting so tired of women being held to some standard by their LOOKS but men are only held to a standard of how their job is done.

Insane. And every woman here should be bothered by this. Every.single.one.