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Watch: News Anchor Responds to Email Criticizing Her Weight on TV

A news anchor tells her viewers she is aware she is overweight but bullying is never OK.

Jennifer Livingston, a local news anchor in La Crosse, Wisconsin, responded to a viewer's attack on her appearance during the morning show on Tuesday.

Livingston tells her viewers she is aware she is overweight but bullying is never OK.

October happens to be National Bullying Prevention Month so the situation between this news anchor and a viewer couldn't be timelier.

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After watching the video clip, do you think Livingston did the right thing to stand up for herself?

Do you think bullying has become such an issue at our schools because its adult interactions like this that are perpetuating the problem with our children, who are observing the adults in their lives being so critical of each other?

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