In 1981. Christine Craft was working as a television news anchor for a station in Kansas City, Missouri. Six months into her two-year contract, she was demoted from the anchor desk, because of the findings of a focus group.
The TV station had hired a team of outside researchers to find out what Kansas City viewers thought of. Christine Craft. And what they found was starling.
The focus group said that Christine was too old, not very attractive, and didn’t properly defer to men.
Well, she left the station, then filed a federal discrimination lawsuit. I’ll let her tell you, in a few minutes, what happened next.
I met her in 1988, after she wrote a book whose title was based on that focus group research. It was called Too Old, Too Ugly, and Not Deferential to Men
So here now, from 1988, Christine Craft.
Christine Craft is 79 now, and lives in Northern California, where she practices law and is a part-time radio talk show host.
You may also like these episodes:
Helen ThomasJoan Lunden
Buy Books / Media from Amazon
