Hairy diktat

IN Media Watch Briefs | 20/12/2012

Anchors working for Bloomberg TV India had been asked to cut their hair short, failing which they will be taken off air or fired. While it is not clear if the firingwarning was serious, everyone has followed the diktat. Three anchors and one reporter have cut their hair, while other anchors already had shoulder length hair. One anchor with long hair is on leave.On December 19, anchors received an email with pictures of Emma Watson, Lara Dutta and two others, all with shoulder-length hair. The pictures are supposed to serve as reference hair styles.

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