By Dylan on May 26, 2006 2:45 PM

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 Times‘ Judith 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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