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Bottom Feeding: Risky, Ballistic — Elton at Cannes

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Stories we might’ve otherwise missed.

  • “Potential intern, question one: Do you have a blog? Yes? Sorry, we can’t hire you — too risky.” [NYT]
  • At Cannes, Elton John goes ballistic on photographers in Cannes — during a scheduled news confrence. [Reuters Video]
  • Does that Elton video work as news? Some general thoughts. [OJR]
  • Before the TimesJudith Miller paved the way for the war in Iraq, there was Herbert Matthews, the scoop-hungry reporter accused in the late 1950s of enabling Fidel Castro‘s rise. [NYO book review]
  • Anderson Cooper‘s love child revealed at Yale commencement. [TVNewser]
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