Posted on 08/11/2004 12:50:35 PM PDT by martin_fierro
Baring the facts as Britain gets first 'Naked News'
LONDON (AFP) - Some British viewers may become more interested in what is going on in the world next week when a satellite television channel shows, for the first time in Britain, the day's news read by naked women.
Photo AFP Photo
"Naked News" will be broadcast at 10:30 pm (2130 GMT) every night from Monday on Get Lucky TV which can be accessed on Sky Digital.
In the show, each of the 12 female anchors begin their segment fully clad before gradually disrobing as they continue to speak.
One of the show's anchors, 27-year-old Lily Kwan, demonstrated the stripping-while-you're-reading technique as photographers snapped her during a central London press conference on Wednesday to launch the show.
Asked whether women would find it degrading, she said: "Fair enough, I recognize some people will feel that way. But I think this is an empowering position. Nudity is okay."
She said there had been a lot of positive feedback from female viewers but added that stripping while reading the news had proved hard at first.
"It required a certain amount of coordination and it was difficult. But I have a great cast to work with."
Samantha Page, 35, will be the first ever British "Naked News" presenter. She has a degree in psychology and zoology and holds a black belt in karate.
"We are not perfect women," she said. "We are normal women and viewers accept that we are no better than they are."
"Naked News" was launched in Canada in 1999 and reaches a potential weekly television audience of 34 million people in the United States. While the British "Naked News" will feature only women, men are anchors in programs in other countries.
United Kingdom broadcasters for Naked News Lily Kwan (C) and Samantha James (R) do a stand up presentation for the channel's press launch at Central Hall Westminster, London.(AFP/Jim Watson)
{Check out the agog cameraman. Probably the first real topless women he's ever seen}
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LOL
((((((PING)))) or are you already watching the news hmmmmmm???? ;-)
Regards, Ivan
Please, Dan -- no big ideas.
I don't know if media bias will be a problem, but at least the Brits will be able to see if the presenters are balanced.
Regards, Ivan
"What's the weather looking like this afternoon, Mary?"
"Well my Dopler Radars are telling me its starting to get a bit nippy."
This is all Bush's fault!!!
(paid for by the 'standing on head while watching tv coalition', our only motto: Hey, what's up?)
Man, after the first pic, this thread has gone south quick!!
so as to force someones hand ---
Laura Ingram
Laurie Dhue
Annie Coulter
K.D., too!
OK,, we have rules of FR Etiquette, post master fierro!
Naked News motto:
"All Bush, All the Time."
ahahhaha. Martin, this is a hoot. You always find the neatest stuff.. thanks
That's-a quite-a way to introduce-a all-a the stupido pansies to Amazonian feminisma and-a goddess-a worshippa, no?
Pretty soon, hordes of men will be wearing women's underwear and confronting their wives to take whips to them.
...that, as the naked news women get fatter and fatter.
I've always said Annie needs a few extra BigMac's a day,
but anything, even Ter-Ah-Za as the scarecrow,
beats what's in post #10! OMG!!!
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