Fox On Anderson Cooper: 'The Paris Hilton Of Television News'

In its burgeoning war of words with Anderson Cooper, Fox News is pulling out the verbal equivalent of a nuclear warhead: Paris Hilton.

After Anderson Cooper slammed Fox News for its loose journalism in covering the Barack Obama school story on the air, FNC spokesman Irena Briganti responded, calling Cooper’s move “yet another cry for attention by the Paris Hilton of television news, Anderson Cooper.” Fox is now running a print ad with the Paris crack, and talking about the ad on the air.

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