Sharon Tay in the news

Kevin Roderick • Bio • Email

Ron Fineman's complaint on his website a few weeks back about the way
Channel 5 anchor Sharon Tay dresses turned into a full-blown story in
today's L.A. Times Calendar section - complete with photo spread of
Tay. The piece by Grag Braxton quotes a few academics harumphing about
the line between news and entertainment being crossed, and asks are
anchors too hot? Fineman is quoted, saying "If a journalist is a
serious news anchor, a certain public image should be maintained,
and 'sex kitten' shouldn't be one of them." Tay explains her recent
spread in Razor magazine: "I need to be myself, and when I'm myself,
viewers respond. I can show that I can be girly. I can be funny. I can
be sexy. I can be honest. I can relate to them on a friend level. They
can trust me. I have a lot of credibility because I'm real."