Did the release of Paris Hilton from a Los Angeles jail merit the media attention it received? That question reached a critical point for one US cable news presenter when she refused to read out the lead item on a popular morning breakfast show.
"I have an apology," presenter Mika Brzezinski told the host of MSNBC's Morning Joe programme, "and that is for the lead story. I hate this story. I don't think it should be the lead.
Taunted by her co-presenters, Brzezinski proceeded to tear up the script, attempting to set light to it before finally putting it through a shredder. "You have changed the world," mocked host Joe Scarborough."Yes I have," replied Brzezinski, "at least my world."
Throughout the exchanges Brzezinski appeared angry at the inclusion of the item as the lead in the morning's news
She took a cigarette lighter from a fellow presenter and tried, but failed, to set light to the sheaf of papers.
Brzezinski was shown with her head in her hands.
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