“You can count MALE fat news anchors on one hand throughout television history”
Do you mean national news anchors? Because I know of 2 chunky local news anchors just in NC off the top of my head: Larry Stogner and Bruce Snyder.
The rarest of all is the sighting of an older female news anchor, age 55+. Old dudes are all over the evening news. Older women? Forget it. I guess they aren’t good role models for young girls. /s
They may been been on their air since they were young and thinner...my guess. Rarely do they hire NEW on the air male or female talent who are either fat or unattractive. I am sure they are put before focus groups and test marketed before they are even allowed on the air. I do agree female news anchors over age 50 are treated fairly. Heck, the national news people drove Jessica Savitch to drink and eventually kill herself...and she was relatively young and pretty.