Hopefully everything is alright with Alex and her family, and hopefully we'll hear some sort of response or statement from her soon.
Quote from: TampaMillTWC88 on November 10, 2010, 12:08:10 AMHopefully everything is alright with Alex and her family, and hopefully we'll hear some sort of response or statement from her soon.I don't really see why she would make a statement. No other OCMs have. In fact I imagine she enjoys being left alone for a while. Seriously have you seen some of the creeps who post on her facebook page? What is wrong with some of the people in this world. Its sickening
OK wow.... learned some new information today. I can't say exactly for obvious reasons but she is certainly not on vacation/medical leave.
Quote from: Martin on November 10, 2010, 12:43:51 PMOK wow.... learned some new information today. I can't say exactly for obvious reasons but she is certainly not on vacation/medical leave.Oh my.. I have a really bad feeling about this... I hope it's not too severe.
The most important thing is that Alex is OK. I hope she wasn't in something like a car accident or is having problems with her health, but since Martin said not to worry, I won't and will stop talking to avoid a member riot.
If it's truly a lawsuit it wouldn't be the first time ... Bob Stokes/Hillary Andrews. Also Marny Stanier.
Anyone know how old Alex is? I know TWC has had to deal with age discrimination problems in the past
From the NY Post in 2005/2006A storm of controversy has engulfed The Weather Channel, after a 40-something former anchor accused network brass of washing her out of a high-ranking job to make way for a hot front of sexy young weatherwomen. Marny Stanier Midkiff, 42, this week filed a lawsuit claiming she was booted in the fall of 2003 as part of a reputed "reorganization" of the storm channel, which she believes was really an excuse to get more young female weathercasters on the air. Midkiff says that, in the months before she was let go, her boss allegedly spoke of female staffers as "matronly," "dowdy" and "nun-like" and asked that female on-air talent turn up the temperature on their look with more revealing "V-neck" shirts. Midkiff and her attorney claim The Weather Channel also began hiring new young weathercasters starting in 2003 as part of this effort, and the then-41-year-old, who spent 16 years reporting on sun and rain for the network, was left out in the cold. "She got tossed aside because The Weather Channel wanted a younger look," said Midkiff's attorney, Daniel Klein. "She was one of the top [meteorologists]. She was one of the best they had, but she didn't fit the image they had in mind." He said hires such as weathercasters Alexandra Steele and Nicole Mitchell are among those who demonstrate this trend. Klein's office also provided a picture of what was called the "new look" of the channelF, in which recently hired meteorologists wear hotter-looking low-cut blouses. According to Midkiff's suit, filed in Atlanta federal court, the forecast looked sunny for the veteran meteorologist in early 2003 as she was promoted to be a high-level manager of the other on-air talent, in addition to her regular duties reading the weather on air. But Midkiff claims her boss, programming chief Terry Connelly, was becoming convinced the older look of the staff was costing The Weather Channel viewers. The network declined to comment on the allegations because of pending litigation. But Midkiff claims the first major step Connelly took was to hire an image consultant. "Connelly openly expressed animosity toward older female [meteorologists]," the suit says. "He spoke freely of his goal to 'young up' The Weather Channel. "At one point, Connelly announced, 'We're old and we can't be . . . Our ratings are going down.' " The worst for Midkiff came in August of 2003 when Connelly held an "open forum" in which he said viewers thought the network's female weathercasters looked too old.
