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News Anchor Shreds Script, Hailed as Hero

Posted Jun 30, 07 12:52 PM CDT in Business,  Arts & Living,  Gossip,  US 

(Newser) – Bloggers, who normally revel in afflicting TV news anchors, have made one a star. MSNBC newsreader Mika Brzezinski won legions of fans in the blogosphere when she refused, despite prodding from her co-hosts, to read a news item about Paris Hilton Wednesday morning, and then shredded the script. “I have a new hero, and her name is Mika Brzezinski,” one blogger wrote.

The brouhaha has drawn the attention of  the Guardian, which notes that both the overexposed Hilton and the little-known Brzezinski are blonde, telegenic and the daughters of influential fathers. Some have suggested that Brzezinski’s antics were staged; they  certainly expressed annoyance widely felt over the saturation coverage of Hilton.

Source Guardian (UK)

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