article_snippet.sent: While being white, blonde and an attractive Anglo-Saxon shouldn't ensue judgement, according to Ellie Laing, SBS news reporter, Anglo-Saxon does come with a barrage of unfair perceptions.
article_snippet.sent: Never mind the fact that I work damned hard': SBS reporter Ellie Laing has launched a scathing attack on an article in The Australian that suggested SBS reporter Ellie Laing and other journalists were hired for being young, white and female .
article_snippet.sent: SBS reporter Ellie Laing,  SBS news reporter who was hired by Jim Carroll, has now hit back at claims SBS reporter Ellie Laing was hired for SBS reporter Ellie Laing beauty over SBS reporter Ellie Laing brains in an open letter to critics. '
article_snippet.sent: When a compliment suggesting I might be, in some way “attractive," I’ll take it, with delight,' SBS reporter Ellie Laing wrote in an open letter circulated to several news outlets. '
article_snippet.sent: What I won’t take is a suggestion that because I'm “attractive”, white and a woman it somehow detracts from the credibility and substance of the news service I work for.'
article_snippet.sent: Finishing Laing letter with a fiery response for The Australian journalist behind the article, Laing said: 'If Laing’d watched the bulletin a bit closer Laing would have seen I’ve changed my name to Ellie Laing (too). 
highlights_snippet.sent: Ellie Laing spoke out against claims of being hired for looks alone .
  