“Next week,” [Associated Press] entertainment editor Jesse Washington wrote in an e-mail memo obtained by The Transom, “the print team is planning an unconventional experiment: We are NOT going to cover Paris Hilton....
Reached for comment, Mr. Washington said, “There was a surprising amount of hand-wringing. A lot of people in the newsroom were saying this was tampering with the news.” One editor’s response was apparently: “This is a great idea—can we add North Korea?”
(New York Observer)
Washington goes on to say the AP might write about Paris Hilton if it turns out Paris Hilton is in the news. Or if anybody else writes about Paris Hilton. Or something. Which won't be us.
In solidarity with the Associated Press we at Yet Another Media Empire pledge not to write about Paris Hilton or North Korea for one whole entire week. Except this one time, of course. But that was the AP's fault. Or if Paris Hilton and North Korea are spotted in a club somewhere necking.
Maybe then too.
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