Huh?

So let me get this straight.

The Associated Press recently decided internally to call a ban on publishing any news about Paris Hilton for one whole week. Nothing much happens during that week, which makes it easy not to publish anything about her. Then, when the ban is over, they write an article explaining their nefarious scheme (oh those rebels at the AP!), patting themselves on the back for an experiment that had no repercussions whatsoever, and proved aboslutely nothing about anything.

In doing so, of course, they brought even more attention to Ms Hilton by the fact that they felt the need to explain (in kind of a lot of words) why they didn't want to bring attention to her.

Wow.

Favorite quote:

There was some internal hand-wringing. Some felt we were tinkering dangerously with the news.

I would laugh about it, if I weren't just a little depressed.