BANNED

The Associated Press has decided that, barring any major events, they will no longer run wire stories about Paris Hilton.  In 2006, Hilton appeared on the wire an average of twice a week.  Editor and Publisher says:

The wire service's entertainment editor Jesse Washington sent a memo to staffers on Feb. 13 that said the AP would not run any mention of Paris Hilton on the wire … 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" … The AP was largely successful in the experiment, but Washington said that, unfortunately, her name did pop up in a couple of stories.

Well I bet Paris Hilton does become a part of some major events.  There's a lot of momentum in that kid.  I see a lot of potential.  And I can think of another famous someone who started out almost the exact same way:  spoiled sexpot from a wealthy family, reputation as a whore, was mean to people beneath them.  And that man my friends … was Antoine Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry.  Really makes you think, huh.