Paris Banned From AP

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.