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Alycia Lane Home Free

DToTheJ

DToTheJ

The KYW anchor was told to "stay out of trouble" for half a year and perform one day of community service and the incident will effectively be wiped off her record. Meanwhile, her lawyer says she previously performed said community service... I think she's already looking forward to the next stop in her news career... Fox 5/New York or Fox 29/Philly, anyone?

Full story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/nyregion/26anchor.html?ref=nyregion
 
Yeah, I'm sure that an average middle class person would have gotten the same leniency in court, right? ::)

I hope that she never works in news again.
 
I don't know. Seeing how much coverage NBC 10 gave the whole story yesterday, I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't some sort of deal in place to bring her there, once the whole CBS 3 lawsuit is settled.
 
If she were to stay in Philly, NBC 10 would seem to be the only option, unless 29 is looking to 'not renew' Dawn Stensland's contract whenever it expires (and I have no idea when that is). But really, would NBC 10 dump Renee Chenault to give Alicia the 11 pm show too? It seems like a stretch. (Though they could revamp the 4 and/or 5 pm shows...)
 
Think that statement through. In addition to a severe lack of funds in which to pay Lane, why would WCAU spotlight a future employee's legal troubles? Why would they cover an incident that calls into question a potential employee's credibility?

Derek Smalls said:
I don't know. Seeing how much coverage NBC 10 gave the whole story yesterday, I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't some sort of deal in place to bring her there, once the whole CBS 3 lawsuit is settled.
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Not to take it out of context, but look at Terrell Owens. He's damaged goods X 10, yet he manages to find work after burning all of his bridges. Keep in mind, that everything Alycia Lane, like TO, was in their personal lives and nothing that they did, in Lane's case, on the air. So her credibility as a journalist is still pretty much intact.
 
trolleyk said:
Damaged goods except for FOX where their standards are very low on the sleaze meter
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Yeah, because NBC10 would never hire someone who's been arrested for something sleazy [cough]Vince DeMentri[/cough]
 
Derek Smalls said:
Not to take it out of context, but look at Terrell Owens. He's damaged goods X 10, yet he manages to find work after burning all of his bridges. Keep in mind, that everything Alycia Lane, like TO, was in their personal lives and nothing that they did, in Lane's case, on the air. So her credibility as a journalist is still pretty much intact.
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A poor analogy. A sports star needs to do something pretty bad to be canned, like be convicted of a violent crime (look at Ray Lewis - still in business) or, apparently worse, be caught uttering an ethnic slur. Short of that, sports guys can get away with being 'bad boys' because of their unique physical talents. You don't have to be a Rhodes scholar to talk about football. You do need credibility, which someone like TO has when it comes to football.

On the other hand, a news anchor's reputation is supposed to be above reproach. They are (theoretically) supposed to be credible, unbiased sources of information. Lane loses on the first part - at least. Anyplace where her peccadilloes are known, she should be considered damaged goods. That pretty much covers Philly and New York. Which is why I would not expect to see her on the tube in either place.

Look at her behavior: "I'm an f-ing reporter you dyke b*tch!" I don't care how lowly you may think of Fox, they're not going that route. Not now. No way. It's just too much to overcome. Nope, it will even be tough for her to go to a place where the incident wasn't well publicized, because the local papers would dig it up just before her gig would start. Can you imagine the headlines in a place like Kansas City or Memphis? That would akin to lobbing a softball to the local entertainment reporter! This is the problem for her. It's not just that she got in trouble with the law - it is the attitude and the fact that this wasn't even her first scandal.

Looks like she will probably have to survive on such gigs as doing ads for things like mattresses and male enhancement products for a couple of years.
 
her credibility as a news anchor in both the philly and n.y. markets as badly damaged for the near future ... but she sure could enhance many a male , being on a mattress , "brnout" (-:
 
This incident was not merely something from her personal life--her professional life was also involved. She identified herself as a reporter. And she called Governor Rendell on her way back to Philadelphia, which is a no-no. While she can say she did not flat-out ask him for assistance, it is obvious that is exactly why she called him.
 
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