‘Misogyny is alive and well’: Reporter’s gross on-air move with female fan

News.com.au - 16/04
This baseball reporter didn’t strike out asking for a fan’s number but his peers are calling foul.

This baseball reporter didn’t strike out asking for a fan’s number but his peers are calling foul.

A FanDuel Sports Network segment showing Braves reporter Wiley Ballard asking for a female fan’s digits during Atlanta’s 8-4 win over the Blue Jays has come under fire for highlighting a double standard in journalism, the New York Post reports.

“If a woman covering a game started hitting on fans & asking for their numbers on TV they would be crucified on the internet & fired,” Kylen Mills of Big Ten Network posted on X.

“But here you see this inappropriate behaviour being celebrated as ‘t...
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