Shriver disses the news

Maria Shriver has cited the Anna Nicole Smith media storm as one of the reasons she won't return to tv news. It actually sounds like something a more conservative anchor would say. Is Kindergarten Cop getting to her?

Shriver, speaking Tuesday at a women's conference, noted the media circus surrounding Smith's accidental drug overdose death in February.

Shriver told the audience at a Long Beach conference that Smith's death provided her with a moment of career clarity: "It was then that I knew that the TV news business had changed and so had I. I called NBC News and told them I'm not coming back."

I like it. (And while I'm loving on a member of the Kennedy clan, for young women- I also like her books.)

It's too bad that when Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC wouldn't talk about Paris Hilton in jail, she was dissed for actually wanting to cover relevant NEWS.