“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.”
—Katie Couric, at a forum in Boston, May 2007
“The bar for outrage over celebrity behavior is set pretty high in Hollywood these days, but Paris Hilton’s very early release from jail has brought howls of protest and cries of a double standard.”
—Katie Couric, introducing Bill Whitaker‘s report on the CBS Evening News, June 7, 2007
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