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MSNBC reporter refuses to read out Paris Hilton story live on air

  • 29-06-2007 7:00pm
    #1
    Judt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 594 ✭✭✭


    Hehe... great bit of American journalism here, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAcU3HSMKPU

    Basically the reporter / news reader refused to lead on the Paris Hilton story because, as she said, it wasn't news... Or at least, the top news item. I agree with her, and think her colleagues were being jerks about it - Since when should Paris Hilton being released from jail after drink driving be the top story? Except maybe to point out that she got off early...


Comments

  • #2
    LivingDeadGirl
    Registered Users Posts: 1,150 ✭✭✭LivingDeadGirl


    Good on her ! Great to see someone finally throwing out that rubbish, its getting ridiculous at this stage !


  • #3
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    LOL!

    Her colleagues are gas... "Another symbolic gesture... you're changing the world, Mika!"


  • #4
    jaggeh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,997 ✭✭✭jaggeh


    she is a legend

    i watched it last night


  • #5
    Thrill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    I admire her for sticking to her guns like that but will she still have a job in the morning?


  • #6
    jaggeh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,997 ✭✭✭jaggeh


    you better beleive it. garunteed a lot of people called/emailed in compliments/complaints

    means people are watching :)


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  • #7
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    I can only assume Mika Brzezinski was pissed off that the younger blonde was getting all the news time.

    Mike.


  • #8
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,009 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    I have to say I agree with her actions, though think trying to burn the script on air was taking it a little too far. Her colleagues though seemed to be complete dicks?!


  • #9
    Thrill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    eo980 wrote:
    I have to say I agree with her actions, though think trying to burn the script on air was taking it a little too far.

    First thing i thought of was, would it set off their sprinkler system?
    eo980 wrote:
    Her colleagues though seemed to be complete dicks?!

    The two men were the ones who wanted to talk about that saddo Hilton. You would have thought it would be the other way around.


  • #10
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    I think they were being at least a little post-modern ironic.

    Mike.


  • #11
    norbert64
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,192 ✭✭✭norbert64


    what's this, Paris is back in after hours :p

    at the story, well it seems as though the only thing MSNBC are actually gonna do, is milk this for all it's worth, so there goes much of the credibility out the window, lol.


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  • #12
    aidan_dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,265 ✭✭✭aidan_dunne


    Fair play to her. Pity other journalists and news channels wouldn't give that stupid spoilt whore the same treatment and refuse to talk about her. The less publicity that c*nt (pardon my language but I really do hate her that much) gets, the better!

    Though, having said that, we're now all back talking about her again. AH DAMMIT! :mad: Ya can't win, can you? :rolleyes:


  • #13
    JIZZLORD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,484 ✭✭✭JIZZLORD


    i hear she's apparently "found god"


  • #14
    stepbar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,123 ✭✭✭stepbar


    Ah she may have got angry, but you'd still give her one ;)


  • #15
    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    stepbar wrote:
    Ah she may have got angry, but you'd still give her one ;)

    If she was the only woman for 100 miles.


  • #16
    Thrill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    JIZZLORD wrote:
    i hear she'a apparently "found god"

    Yep, He was her cellmate.


  • #17
    ctc_celtic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 234 ✭✭ctc_celtic


    JIZZLORD wrote:
    i hear she's apparently "found god"
    poor god


  • #18
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    What a pair of pricks those two guys are.


  • #19
    stepbar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,123 ✭✭✭stepbar


    The boys were just sh1t stirring and boy was she rising to the bait :D


  • #20
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    mike65 wrote:
    I can only assume Mika Brzezinski was pissed off that the younger blonde was getting all the news time.

    Mike.

    Mike, much as I respect your opinions normally, I disagree with the above comment. I think she's just rightly pissed off about the amount of exposure this pointless person gets. I mean, the lead story? Come on. Fair enough, a "and finally" type story, but the main one? Fair play to Mika.


  • #21
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Of course she's right Dudess, I was joking (damned failings of the written word!), Paris Hilton is as complete a definition of a non-person as one can imagine apart from a typical BB inmate of course.

    Mike.


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  • #22
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Oh silly me! As I said in an earlier post, the old irony detector is faulty. ;)


  • #23
    DaBreno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,156 ✭✭✭DaBreno


    Urge to love Americans...rising...


  • #24
    Pigman II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,921 ✭✭✭✭Pigman II


    She should have put the lighter to Joe Scarboroughs toupee. It causes more offense than the Paris Hilton story.


  • #25
    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    I refuse to talk about Paris Hilton in AH!


  • #26
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    Good on that newsreader for refusing to talk about Ms. Hilton. There is the E! channel for crap like that.
    conzymaher wrote:
    I refuse to talk about Paris Hilton in AH!

    Your refusal means nothing now.


  • #27
    kelle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,243 ✭✭✭kelle


    conzymaher wrote:
    I refuse to talk about Paris Hilton in AH!
    You just did.


  • #28
    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    Judt wrote:
    I agree with her, and think her colleagues were being jerks about it - Since when should Paris Hilton being released from jail after drink driving be the top story? Except maybe to point out that she got off early...
    A great way of showing solidarity with the reporter would have been to not to start yet another thread about that Hilton girl on boards.


  • #29
    PeakOutput
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,639 ✭✭✭PeakOutput


    i think thats the first time i have ver heard americans use sarcasm effectively...........

    "awww shes shy" shes thinking "dont take pictures of me"


  • #30
    kittenkiller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,433 ✭✭✭kittenkiller


    DaveMcG wrote:
    LOL!

    Her colleagues are gas... "Another symbolic gesture... you're changing the world, Mika!"
    Yeh, that was gas!
    When Mika reached for the lighter I figured she was on drugs though.

    Brilliant stuff though!


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  • #31
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Has Mika still got a job!!!


  • #32
    Lirange
    Registered Users Posts: 2,108 ✭✭✭Lirange


    The other anchor urged her to make her own decision and not lead with the story (knowing what it was). Then they seemed to think she was being a bit of a grandstander so they began to take the piss.


  • #33
    Black Swan
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 47,342 CMod ✭✭✭✭Black Swan


    The reporter was doing a media stunt to draw attention to herself and her news programme (and succeeded). Taking out a lighter to burn her story notes was cliche' and sensationalistic. It's not about journalism ethics and the Paris Hilton story, but rather ratings that attact and sells advertising.

    The news is not about the news. It's a business that must make a profit or go out of business. And if you look critically at TV and cable news programmes, you will see that they are not in the reporting business so much as the entertainment business. It's all about glitz, packaging, delivery, with an occasional flash in the pan to keep you entertained.


  • #34
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Blue_Lagoon wrote:
    The reporter was doing a media stunt to draw attention to herself and her news programme (and succeeded). Taking out a lighter to burn her story notes was cliche' and sensationalistic. It's not about journalism ethics and the Paris Hilton story, but rather ratings that attact and sells advertising.

    The news is not about the news. It's a business that must make a profit or go out of business. And if you look critically at TV and cable news programmes, you will see that they are not in the reporting business so much as the entertainment business. It's all about glitz, packaging, delivery, with an occasional flash in the pan to keep you entertained.

    So she's in for a bonus... :D


  • #35
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,714 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    Blue_Lagoon wrote:
    Taking out a lighter to burn her story notes was cliche'

    I agree. I am so sick of all these newsreaders taking out lighters and burning their story notes. They should come up with a new gimmick.


  • #36
    AngryBadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,251 ✭✭✭AngryBadger


    I think shes right about the paris hilton story, the two lads were trying to get a rise out of her.

    At the same time her little tantrum was HIGHLY unprofessional, and for the two guys with her that's gotta be an unenviable position since they have to report what's in front of them.

    Could she not have gotten someone else to read the story if she was that pissed off about it?


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  • #37
    The_Minister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,255 ✭✭✭✭The_Minister


    I love that woman.


  • #38
    stepbar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,123 ✭✭✭stepbar


    Shes only a ****ing ****


  • #39
    skywalker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,707 ✭✭✭skywalker


    Good for that newsreader!


  • #40
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    ugh

    I'd say good for her if it didn't all feel so contrived, like she pitched it and her boss said 'good idea, do that then, that'll get some ratings'.


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