THE world of television is infamous for its office politicking and backbiting so we were not surprised to hear all sorts of stories concerning the moving of reporter Yolanda Choy from the TVB English language newsdesk to a coveted position at The Pearl Report.
Some said it was the innate talent of the young San Franciscan that prompted it. However, gossip-mongers have revealed to Keeping Posted another possible reason, and, as ever, it's more to do with personalities than journalism. Our sources said that Yolanda did not get on with anchorwoman Diana Lin, who reads the English language news and also possesses the power to hire and fire staff.
Feelings are running particularly high because Diana has a localisation policy, demanding that all reporters read and speak Chinese. Yolanda, who was not hired by Diana but by Diana's boss, does not speak particularly good Cantonese. One day, she decided to vent her feelings about Diana by sending a series of uncomplimentary messages about her to a friend and colleague, Deborah Kan, via the computer.
By a hideous mistake the messages were sent to Diana's computer instead. To her relief, when she realised her error, she noticed that Diana was not at her terminal, so she rushed over and began calling up and erasing the words . . . until a shadow fell over her shoulder. Diana had returned and seen what was written. She was not happy and told her superiors she could no longer work with Yolanda.