From the AP story on CTV.ca:

 No longer breaking stories in high heels and skimpy outfits, Lauren Jones has signed off from the KYTX-TV "Eye of East Texas'' news team and returned to modelling swimsuits.

Rival stations in Tyler weren't entertained by the month-long ratings stunt by Jones, the star behind the upcoming Fox reality show "Anchorwoman'' and a former hostess for World Wrestling Entertainment.

She spent June traipsing around the east Texas city in tight tops and a miniskirt, hunting down scoops for the CBS affiliate. Her on-air reports, which included toeing through penguin droppings at the zoo in stiletto heels, are intended to get laughs when "Anchorwoman'' premieres Aug. 21.

"She definitely wasn't your typical, Day 1, trying-to-break-into-the-business newsperson,'' said Bryan Houston, a KYTX anchor who worked alongside the 24-year-old former New York beauty pageant contestant.

Not everyone was smiling. Residents of the rural area 160 kilometres east of Dallas worry that "Anchorwoman'' will portray their city as backwoods.

And news professionals said the show will further blur the line between news and entertainment.

Oscar-winning songwriter Melissa Etheridge, who called Dubya a criminal and said (if I heard correctly) he should be impeached, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of the Waterkeepers Alliance, who went on a major rant.

Here is how The Nation recorded it:

But the true stars of the day -- no offense to Kanye, Kelly, and Jon -- were the likes of Robert Kennedy, Jr., whose rousing call for Live Earthers to take their eco-consciousness to the voting booth was one of the day's more exciting moements (sic); and, of course, Gore himself, who was greeted with wild cheers every time he took the stage. Kennedy wasted no time before laying into "the oil industry and the coal industry and their indentured servants" on Capitol Hill, and reminded the crowd that while the little things done around the house can help, "the most important thing you can do is get involved in the political process and get ride of these corporate toadies." "This is treason," he said with a growl, "and we need to start to treating them like traitors."

A clip turned up on YouTube, but it was ordered taken down ("This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Microsoft Network"). Here's an audio-only version.

And actually, MSN has a shorter video interview clip with RFK Jr., which covers off most of his main points.

Addendum

Here's a transcript of Kennedy's remarks, via BradBlog and truthout:

Now you've heard today a lot of people say that there are many little things that you all can do today to avert climate change on your own. But I will tell you this, it is more important than buying compact flourescent light bulbs or than buying a fuel efficient automobile. The most important thing you can do is to get involved in the political process and get rid of all of these rotten politicians that we have in Washington D.C., who are nothing more than corporate toadies for companies like Exxon and Southern Company, these villainous companies that consistently put their private financial interest ahead of American interest and ahead of the interest of all of humanity. This is treason and we need to start treating them now as traitors.

And they have their slick public relations firms and their phony think tanks in Washington D.C. and their crooked scientists who are lying to the American people day after day after day. And we have a press that has completely let down American Democracy. That's giving us Ana Nicole Smith and Paris Hilton instead of the issues that we need to understand to make rational decisions in a democracy - like global warming.

From the BBC:

Afghan villagers in the eastern province of Kunar say 35 civilians have been killed in separate air attacks by international forces.

The villagers said neighbours in Watapour were burying 10 people killed in a (Thursday) strike when planes attacked again, killing 25 more people (on Friday).

The Nato-led force said it had launched air strikes in the area, but had not had reports of civilian casualties.  ...

Our correspondent says the scene of the military action is remote and casualty figures are hard to verify.

However, in the last few weeks the number of civilian casualties caused by international air strikes and shootings has given rise to major controversy here, he adds.

And why did they do that? Because their target -- Ayman al-Zawahri, al Qaeda's second in command -- was in Pakistan, and the American effort might adversely affect Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf.

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