The Apprentice and Lorraine Tighe's eyes

As you probably know if you read this blog regularly, I love the reality TV show The Apprentice. What I don't love is when one of the contestants candidates wears glasses and a columnist for a national paper writes tosh such as this:

The rival team's amazing Body Rocka - a slab of plastic with no discernible purpose - romped to victory thanks to four-eyed Lorraine Tighe's impressive business pitch.


Kevin O'Sullivan of the Mirror: describing bespectacled individuals as 'four-eyed' is hackneyed, lazy writing. It's also insulting without being clever. Just stop it.

Lorraine Tighe, courtesy of http://www.bbc.co.uk/apprentice/candidates.shtmlLorraine 'two eyes' Tighe


On a brighter note, if you're a Twitter-using Apprentice fan, then I recommend you follow @NotSirAlanSugar. That's how I came across O'Sullivan's piece in the first place.

3 comments:

The Ridger, FCD said...

Four-eyed?

Is he serious?

@notsiralansugar said...

Thanks for the recommendsation. Loving the way you're now getting Google ads for astigmatism correction.

Great blog. Keep up the good work!

Anonymous said...

Underestimate Lorraine at your peril.