Edmund Hillary

Couric Invokes Hillary Clinton in Sir Edmund Hillary Tribute Vlog

By Ken Shepherd | January 14, 2008 - 13:31

NewsBusters.org - Media Research CenterSir Edmund Hillary, the first man to summit Mt. Everest, died last week. CBS's Katie Couric noted the passing in her January 11 "Notebook" at her Couric & Co. blog, but in doing so made a gauzy reference to New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D). Curiously, Couric failed to note that the latter once falsely claimed her parents named her after the New Zealand adventurer. In fact she was born years prior to Sir Edmund's famous climb.

Here's the transcript: