WWW- They say sex sells. So why should the reporting of current events be any different? But for many, news stories accompanied by some skin is simply sinful.
“When you have naked women on TV, there’s bound to be controversy,” says LUCAS TYLER, programming producer for “Naked News.” “Obviously some people don’t agree with nudity and I just say to them, ‘So don’t tune in.'”
For the uninitiated, “Naked News” is both a daily as well as weekly program designed to give its millions of Internet members and “television audience” the latest weather, news, sports and entertainment in the same fashion as more traditional broadcasts. Just without all that distracting clothing.
“If you ever watch our program, we deliver the same kind of news that you’d see at 6 and 11 o’clock,” says Tyler. “Time magazine actually said we have the best international coverage aside from the BBC.”
For senior anchor VICTORIA SINCLAIR, she thinks that those addressing the undressing should “watch it and compare it to your own local news, and then come back to me with your arguments. I don’t think you’ll have any.”
“There are some people who don’t agree with the nudity and think that maybe we are trivializing the news,” adds Tyler. “But I say to them that we’ve brought so many people back to the news who felt they’d been disenfranchised. Any way you can inform people is a good way.”
And now “Naked News” is providing voyeuristic viewers with the latest from Turin, Italy.
“‘Naked News’ has dedicated a segment in the program strictly for Olympics coverage, and what makes our coverage special is that it’s global. It’s not just dedicated to one area or one country,” explains reporter CAMERON SHORE [pictured].
But to give the Games justice also means mastering a multitude of multisyllabic words from around the world.
“One of the challenges is to be able to deliver the coverage fluently,” says Shore. “I mean, some of the names are very challenging, and I think it takes a lot of practice, going over and over them.”
And just how hard is it performing perfect pronunciation while presenting physical perfection?
“You kind of separate the two, the disrobing from the reading of the story,” says Shore. “The two are not attached at all. It’s like rubbing your head and patting your belly. They’re different.”
For a look behind the “Naked News,” watch tonight’s “Insider”!