US TV newscaster rips up lead story about Paris Hilton

This is worth watching. The newscaster on MSNBC, Mika Brzezinski (daughter of Zbigniew - for political anoraks), refuses to read the lead story about Paris Hilton. She tries to burn the script on air, before ripping it up and then shredding a second copy given to her.

It looks a bit staged to me. If it is real, you can understand the lady's feelings. The "second" story, which had been demoted in favour of Paris Hilton, was the news that leading Republican Senator Richard Lugar said he might not support Bush's Iraq policy when it comes up for its next funding vote in September.