Why did CTV News drop famed anchor Lisa LaFlamme? The vanishing of women may be caused by backlash against women’s gains in previous decades but it may also be pandemic panic. Opinion by HeatherMallick
The sudden dismissal of Lisa LaFlamme, 58, as chief anchor and senior editor at CTV National News, andThe public termination of a much-loved figure in Canadian journalism was one thing. But a stricken LaFlamme had toWho jumped in suddenly to tweet how “excited” he was to get her job? Her replacement, Omar Sachedina, who may be a fine TV journalist but whose social skills match those of CTV management: awkward, off-putting, viewer-alienating.
They had apparently been distracted by LaFlamme’s continuing hotness, saying, according to The Beaverton, “Women over the age of fifty should not be anchoring the news, they should be taking it easy by knitting, gardening, or playing with their great-grandchildren.” Further afield, women are disappearing everywhere. J.K. Rowling, speaking in support of writer Salman Rushdie, nearly killed onstage last week, received even more death threats than usual.
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