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There's a bogus-blonde glut on TV news sets, says Shafer

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Jack Shafer says it's clear that many female newscasters lie about their true hair color -- notice all those blondes? -- every time they appear on television. TV newsreaders go blond to appear younger and thus more fertile. "The disturbing suggestion here is that men who watch lots and lots of TV news are cruising for vigorous virtual mates at the same time they're grazing for news," writes Shafer. "Ladies, don't leave your husbands alone with the TV."

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