Shortly after MSNBC abruptly cut away from coverage of Gen. Peter Pace’s replacement (with producers screaming in the background) to return to Paris Hilton, an MSNBC anchor offered viewers this message:
UPDATE: Some quality news programming from “the most trusted name in Paris news.”
[flv http://video.thinkprogress.org/2007/06/ParisMocked.320.240.flv]
UPDATE II: “MSNBC was the first cabler to break the news of Peter Pace’s retirement this afternoon, at 12:31pm. ‘We’re bringing in breaking news from the Pentagon while waiting for Paris to come out,’ a control room producer said.”
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