Presenter Flips Over Hilton Lead

[budge]

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Presenter Flips Over Hilton Lead
Friday June 29, 2007

A US television news presenter refused to lead her bulletin with the latest Paris Hilton story, then screwed up, shredded and attempted to set fire to the script on air.
Mika Brzezinski, co-presenter of MSNBC's Morning Joe programme, refused to read out the story of the celebrity socialite's release from jail ahead of items on Iraq and developments at the White House.

Paris: Sparked rowA clip showing the presenter's stand has been viewed more than 250,000 times on the popular video website YouTube.

It shows Ms Brzezinski repeatedly refusing to read the Hilton script and arguing with her co-presenters about its place as the lead item.

She told viewers: "I hate it and I don't think it should be our lead."

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She went on: "I just don't believe in covering that story, at least not as the lead story on the newscast, when we have a day like today."

Ms Brzezinski's father is Zbigniew Brzezinski, the former National Security Adviser under President Jimmy Carter.

On Wednesday night, Hilton, 26, told CNN's Larry King Live show that she wanted to help her fellow inmates, do more work for charities.

She told him partying would no longer be the "mainstay" of her life.

AND HERE IS THE VIDEO OF IT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn9SWEJQnm0

 

[little*red]

i think she was toatlly right to do this. i was watching GMTV the dya she got released and they interupted and important report about a dam about to burst in the midlands, which people obviuosly needed to know details of if theylived in the area, half way through they went 'oh we have to stop this report here as we needto cut to paris hilton being released from jail!" WTF i was disgusted i mean who gives a crap about her coming out of jail! there are more important things in the world than that stupid idiot being relesed from jail, the media needs to get its prioriies right . *rant over!*

 

[laetitia85]

just watched it... damn she must really hate her!

 

[leckershell]

i think she was toatlly right to do this. i was watching GMTV the dya she got released and they interupted and important report about a dam about to burst in the midlands, which people obviuosly needed to know details of if theylived in the area, half way through they went 'oh we have to stop this report here as we needto cut to paris hilton being released from jail!" WTF i was disgusted i mean who gives a crap about her coming out of jail! there are more important things in the world than that stupid idiot being relesed from jail, the media needs to get its prioriies right . *rant over!*

me too, it was so annoying, I was in the middle of the dam story and then it cut to her and i'm like, who cares..?!

 

[frangelle]

I know!!! What has the world come to when Paris Hilton is bigger news than floods, and dams bursting and people losing homes, and even some losing their lives

 

[little*red]

I know!!! What has the world come to when Paris Hilton is bigger news than floods, and dams bursting and people losing homes, and even some losing their lives

exactly frangelle 3 people had lost their lives in the flooding over the weekend, its disgusting that they think PH is more important than that.