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Television Sun Mar 21 2010
Swapping Out One Asian-American for Another?
Okay, I have to post this because it looks sort of odd: check out Phil Rosenthal's Tower Ticker post about Fox Chicago News. Rosenthal says that Nancy Loo is not going to get her contract renewed. Meanwhile, they will hire Joanie Lum. What's weird about that is it makes you wonder if there's a kind of expectation to hire a Chinese-American woman when they let another go. Do viewers now expect Asian women on newscasts, and does it really matter what someone's ethnicity is?
It just looks sort of weird, like the station is saying, "Hey--we're getting rid of one Asian-American woman, but look--we might hire another!"
I haven't met either of them, though I did see Joanie Lum interview Spike O'Dell a few years ago about experiencing loss. She looked cheerful and friendly. I should've at least said "hi" but I guess I hesitated because I have no idea if TV people get annoyed when a non-famous person approaches them.
Nancy Loo / March 22, 2010 9:49 AM
Please say hello if we ever cross paths.
:-)