Simon comes late to the party
I know everyone has probably seen this already, but I’m compelled to post this Youtube video where an MSNBC journalist physically shreds the copy for a Paris Hilton story because she refuses to report on it. The irony is that the result of the act gives Paris Hilton even more publicity, since the video has been seen over 600,000 times on Youtube. You just can’t win!
via buzz machine
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That’s hilarious. I only wish the story could have died quietly, because, as you said, her refusal to report it only made more publicity. Oh well, chock one up for journalistic integrity anyway.