Mika's Paris boycott

MSNBC correspondent Mika Brzezinski is shaking up broadcast journalism this week by refusing to lead the newscast on the sunrise show "Morning Joe" with yet another story about Paris Hilton checking out of the Graybar Hotel.

Her Washington pedigree -- she's the daughter of President Jimmy Carter's national security adviser, Zbignew Brzezinski -- shown through as she refused to pander to the increasingly poor judgment of her own producer and news managers everywhere and instead tried to advance to the second story in her queue, the one about prominent Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana calling on President Bush to rethink his Iraq war strategy.

"Why is she such a journalist?" host Joe Scarborough wondered aloud while she attempted to torch the Hilton pages, then ripped them and later fed another copy into the shredder behind her. The question, Joe, is why aren't there more like her on television?

Not many will have seen Mika's furor as it aired live before 6 a.m.., but it's all over You Tube.