She is now back on the air and growing her hair. Like a good girl. Now, it would be na ve to suggest that appearance doesn't count in television news. But it would be equally na ve to suggest that women and men face the same standards in this area. I talked to Berg about this, and he insisted that if one of his male anchors came in one day with bleached hair, he would react the same way.
TV news is driven by ratings, period.
I had this image of viewers writhing in pain at the mere sight of Cindy's new 'do. But I sense that Hernandez is just as much a victim of the culture as she is a reflection of it. I asked her news director about that. I didn't know quite how to thank him. ABC News Internet Ventures.