Age Isn’t Just a Number for Anchors, Reporters

By Andrew Gauthier 

Daily News

Want to see TV news people scatter faster than cockroaches at an exterminators convention?

Ask them about their ages.

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In an interview here in late 2003, Kaity Tong dodged age questions. She later called back to whisper the number–then 52. She’s 59 now, according to an age-discrimination lawsuit recently filed by former news director Karen Scott.

Given Tong’s reluctance to discuss her age, it’s a safe bet that neither she nor the others whose ages were disclosed were happy about it either. More…

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