No Paris On CBS Evening News

By Brian 

Via the Boston Globe: In Boston Monday, Katie Couric was asked whether Paris Hilton‘s jail sentence deserved space in the CBS Evening News.

“No,” Couric said to applause. “We have a precious amount of time on the CBS Evening News and I don’t think we need to ever utter the name Paris Hilton.”

> Note: “The last two times Hilton was mentioned on the Evening News were on April 2, 2006, in a story about video games, and June 4, 2005, in a story about Marilyn Monroe’s belongings being auctioned,” both before Couric arrived, Public Eye notes…

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