Comments on: NESN Adds Jade McCarthy To On-Air Cast

By: chris

chris — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:37:04 +0000

annoying voice?? have you heard Jade McCarthy yet?? She's a knockout, but that voice goes right through ya

By: alyce57hf (Alyce Lindsey)

alyce57hf (Alyce Lindsey) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:03:42 +0000

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By: E

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:01:19 +0000

Bring me an intelligent woman who can ask an interesting question and is attractive, and I’ll gladly show Heidi the Bore the door.

By: JayCee

JayCee — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:01:28 +0000

Judging by that video, Jade is definitely much more of a Tappen/girl next door type than a Watney/professional model type.

By: Butch

Butch — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:56:39 +0000

I don’t think they care that much about looks when it comes to men. I mean come on. Tanguay looks like an aging dork, Shaugnessy looks like an ugly old woman. Michael Holley looks like a Sleestack (do a google image search if you don’t know what a Sleestack is)

By: DaveR

DaveR — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:44:58 +0000

Tony, there’s ZERO potential for a harassment suit here. Heidi does not work for Nick Green, or any of the other Red Sox — she works for NESN. Harassment suits only stem from sexual discrimination in the context of one’s job; i.e. your boss refuses to renew your contract unless you “service his needs.” Lisa Olson, for example, did not have a workplace sexual harassment cause of action — she had a “common” harassment claim (which happened to have been sexual in nature, but which also could have been non-sexual and still been actionable) against the individual members of the Patriots, and, since the acts took place while they were working, their employer the Patriots.

I tend to agree with your bad PR point — although don’t think it would be as bad a PR disaster as you think, so long as she wasn’t dating a married man — but that’s not a conflict of interest. That’s just bad PR.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:03:04 +0000

Tony, great line about Clint Howard. However, I beg to differ. Mike Dowling can pass for Clint’s father.

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:27:48 +0000

I think it’s less about conflict of interest and more about bad publicity.

This Sox ownership group is about the most P.R.-conscious gang I’ve ever seen.

If Heidi were dating a player, or players, and God forbid, one or more of them were married, that would be a P.R. disaster when it eventually leaks out.

In addition, there’s always the potential for a sexual harrassment suit, which would no doubt be filed not only against the player, but against NESN and the team too….another public relations disaster.

So no, the conflict of interest angle doesn’t hold water, but fears of negative publicity sure does. (Again, the TV network out in LA axed Caroyn Hughes shortly after it was discovered that she was shacking up with MARRIED Dodgers’ pitcher Derek Lowe—a P.R. nightmare that reflected not only on the TV network, but on the Dodgers as well, even though the Dodgers had no ownership stake in the network to my knowledge.)

By: DaveR

DaveR — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:50:44 +0000

I don’t mean to belittle your point, which is valid, but…

The TEAM OWNS a large chunk of NESN, and you’re worried that a reporter/player relationship might be a conflict of interest? That’s a bit like worrying about a child playing with matches while sitting in the middle of a forest fire, isn’t it?

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:16:57 +0000

To be fair, that looked like a show about female Philly TV personalities in general, and that everyone who participated was asked to do a “sexy” photo shoot. Most women in the media, if asked, probably would do something like that–even the ones who want to be taken “seriously” as journalists. Let’s face it, MOST TV “news” personalities, both male and female, wouldn’t have their jobs if they looked like Clint Howard (Ron Howard’s ugly brother).