Quirky News
Anchorwoman faints on live TV
Pretty anchorwoman Seda Selek made the headlines when she passed out while reading the headlines on an evening news programme in Turkey.
Colleagues rushed to help when she fell off her chair during Kanal 24's daily bulletin.
A pal said: "She's fine, just embarrassed at fainting in front of the entire nation."
what do you think?
Michael Booth
Simon.... I can't agree more but remember there is one rule for us and another for "others" , if you know what I'm saying!!!!
Michael Cooke
Maybe she is pretty, whats the problem?
Mac McMacintosh
Simon-- I fully agree. It's rubbish. Orange--grow up and report your news as you should -- without fear, favour or sexism.
d and d Phillips
Anchorwoman of undisclosed attractiveness faints on live TV. Grow up PC brigade!
Mike Williams
Um Simon, do you complain about excessive health and safety measures? Did you ever say 'that's ploitical correctness gone mad'? If so, you have only yourself to blame. Since when was a compliment sexism?! If they had said, 'pretty little anchorwoman fainted when trying to do a man's job' then yeah, I`ll give you that, that would be sexist. Complimenting her is just that. A compliment. Stop trying to find ill in everything, it becomes an obsession and leads to changing the word 'black board' to 'chalk impression surface' because someone forgot the word black is actually what people commonly refer to the absence of colour as and isnt just a way of describing the colour of someone's skin. you high horse, sir, is a small asthmatic donkey suffering from malnourishment.
Matthew Stoner
She shouldn't feel embarrased...fainting is bloomin' scary......I passed out for no reason in the bathroom....woke to the sound of hammering on the door from worried relatives.....I was lucky to only have bruises....I somehow managed to miss cracking my head off the sink, radiator and towel rail....not a nice feeling coming round from passing out either.....
Stuart Harley
..HEY ORANGE THIS IS A LEMON STORY..THIS IS NOT NEWS....ITS JUST SILLY!
Nicola Anderson
if you want real news, look at the regular section. this is called 'qurkey news', as in its not really to be taken seriously. you have clearly taken something seriously, or maybe you're just one of those types on the net that just likes a good moan
Mac McMacintosh
@ Mike Williams -- Simon (and myself) aren't going over the top. You've missed the point, probably never even saw it. These sorts of articles only use beauty adjectives when it's women, never men. THAT'S the reason it's sexist-- because underneath it all lies a patronising attitude. Patronise the little woman, but do you ever hear the equivalent of "handsome anchorman John Smith brings us the weather etc". Nah! Being patronising to women and their looks has become such a common attitude that you've bought into it just like Orange. PC? This has nothing to do with being too PC. This has everything to do with being so used to treating women a certain way that it's now seen as harmless. It has to do with people being so used to presenting or addressing women by their looks that no one thinks twice about doing it. As long you think it's okay to define a woman by her looks first and person second, the situation can be defined as sexist.
Adrian Wagstaff
Aha! I don't agree with that because many times I've read news stories which clearly state things such as, "Hollywood hunk blah-blah" or "Heart throb person-whoever" etc. So, the idea that males aren't also talked about in similar ways to this newsreader seems not correct, I think.
Michael Cooke
Sounds like you work for the goverment buddy, lighten up a bit...
Adrian Wagstaff
She looks a bit like Avril Lavigne in that photograph. If I lived in Turkey, I might feel the same as her, considering it's right next to Syria and all the news I've been reading about that place. Yeah! These comments just go to prove my point, whatever people say or do, someone always complains about it. You can say, "Hello!" Someone will then find a reason to complain. So, you have this story simply saying a newsreader was pretty, then look at the complaining comments!
Simon .
2:33pm on 19/7/2012
HOW SEXIST IS THIS! "Pretty anchorwoman" Would you have pointed out if she were plain or ugly? ORANGE - Edit this story NOW!
Gary Corbett
11:42am on 21/7/2012
She is pretty and if she was ugly id want to know
Tom Mullen
9:50am on 22/7/2012
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