When I read that Larry King was going to conduct the first post-jail interview with Paris Hilton, I thought "yeah, that's about right." NBC and ABC passed on the interview after, depending on who you believe, the Hilton family insisted on getting paid for the chat; or NBC News got embarrassed after the network's entertainment division agreed to pony up, and ABC decided to stay away from the mess altogether.
At any rate, if the world must endure an interview with Paris Hilton, Larry King Live is about as appropriate a venue as exists.
What I didn't know when I read the first story about LKL's big get is that they bumped Michael Moore in order make room for the empty-headed heiress.
CNN, the “most trusted name in Paris news,” continues to sink to new lows in its “assault on reason.” Hilton is the latest “serial obsession,” though the network recently hired a reporter devoted to “covering things like Britney, as well as the Michael Jackson memorabilia.” Now CNN has ditched coverage of America’s broken health care system in favor of an hour-long interview of an incarcerated socialite.You think Larry is even able to appreciate the irony?
ThinkProgress spoke with Moore’s team, who confirmed that CNN has not yet rescheduled the interview. SiCKO, which opens nationwide this Friday, sheds light on the health care crisis that the media covers poorly, when it covers it at all.
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