BBC wrote:US newsreader Mika Brzezinski has attempted to burn her script live on television in protest at being made to lead her bulletin on Paris Hilton.
The co-presenter of MSNBC's Morning Joe programme refused to read out the story about the celebrity socialite's release from jail ahead of items on Iraq.
"I hate it and I don't think it should be our lead," she said, before tearing up and trying to set fire to script.
Hilton has described her time in jail as "traumatic".
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Throughout the show Brzezinski refused to read the script and eventually screwed up and shredded it.
"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," she said.
Her co-presenters and producers continued to tease her by playing images of Hilton leaving jail, whilst she sat with her head in her hands.
The edited version of Brzezinski making her protest on the talk show has been viewed more than 250,000 times on the video website YouTube.
Speaking on CNN's Larry King Live show yesterday, Hilton, 26, said she wanted to help her fellow inmates, do more work for charities, and said that partying would no longer be the "mainstay" of her life.
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Well, the woman will lose her job, and hopefully be hired for a far better one working for someone sane who's recognized her potential as a decent individual after this.
Because jesus fucking christ, it's about time someone stood up to our modern trash-culture.
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I didn't get the impression either Joe Scarborough or Other Guy (no idea who that is) were being dicks - they were mocking Hilton just as much, was my impression.
Finally open rebellion in the news room, long overdue that it might be.
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The Duchess of Zeon wrote:Well, the woman will lose her job, and hopefully be hired for a far better one working for someone sane who's recognized her potential as a decent individual after this.
Because jesus fucking christ, it's about time someone stood up to our modern trash-culture.
Its a sad comment that the first place that came to mind as a good place for this person to go was the Daily Show.
The Duchess of Zeon wrote:Well, the woman will lose her job, and hopefully be hired for a far better one working for someone sane who's recognized her potential as a decent individual after this.
Because jesus fucking christ, it's about time someone stood up to our modern trash-culture.
Oh, c'mon, this was a stunt. It's a slow news day, the cameras were in position and ready to capture every angle of Mika's tirade, they had the Paris footage spooled and ready to play when Scarborough called it up, and it's a morning show. It was all good fun.
MSNBC itself is also getting a kick out of this. Note that Mika is Zbreginew Brezinski's daughter, which just adds to the hilarity (Scarborough almost got a joke out of it).
Metavac, go fuck yourself. Paris deserves no more air-time and Scarborough is a prick with no integrity whatsoever only concerned with ratings rather than what is important, and in doing this he has contributed further to America's problem where celebrities become more important than the lives of our soldiers.
Woah, that came out of left field. Your rant aside, I was just allaying DoZ's fear that Mika might lose her job over this. I said nothing and have nothing to say about the newsworthiness of Paris Hilton.
Insert Username Here wrote:The two guys were dicks to her, but at times they were also pretty funny.
But good for her. I can't believe leading the news with Paris Hilton when there are real stories to report.
I suppose that would be why I don't watch the news...
If you're even a semi-regular viewer, you'd know that these sort of antics between Joe, Mika and whoever's in the third chair are fairly frequent. This format isn't terribly unusual for morning shows, you see pretty much the same straight-laced female journalist, male joker correspondent chemistry on Fox and Friends. I think it descends from the local affiliates.
1. The incident occurred on "Morning Joe", the current replacement for Imus in the Morning.
2. The show is not meant to be a serious newscast, but a more entertaining sort of wake-up program that's not 100% newscast.
3. The "other guy" is Willie Geist, who is probably better known as Tucker's former(?) producer and sidekick.
4. They weren't being dicks, they were trying to get a rise out of her.
5. While Scarborough's show has shifted from politics to celebrity gossip, Scarborough himself is not a big a prick as some of the other conservative douchebags on the airwaves.
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