Archivesnews story, flashed image of Cara in Playboy causes news director his job.
A Toledo, Ohio, news station’s story about Cara Zavaleta’s Playboy appearance has caused the station’s news director to resign. The problem: a photo of the Road Rules South Pacific cast member from the November issue of Playboy made it onto NBC 24’s Wednesday at 6 p.m. newscast. As the Toledo Blade reports, “The image was captured as he photographed a man flipping through the magazine while standing in line for her autograph.” People in Toledo are apparently unaware of what a naked female looks like, and the station’s news director Lou Hebert has resigned over the exposure. The station’s general manager, Rick Lipps, said, “This is not what we stand for. This is not what we want on the air, and I apologize to our viewing public for that.” The news director, “I was stunned by what had occurred on the air. When it occurred, I was the first one down the hall to tell Rick that it had happened. No one in the newsroom took this lightly. Everyone understood the gravity of it, and the possible consequences.”
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news story, flashed image of Cara in Playboy causes news director his job.
link to this story + posted Nov. 1, 2004 at 8:00 AM by Andy Dehnart
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