EP Writing for Interactive Media Forum

Pierre Sallinger's Name Revived the Net's TWA Missile Rumor

Apropos of "the changing meaning of celebrity", the worldwide news coverage of Pierre Sallinger's TWA missile "scoop" in very interesting. The "hot document" he waved around in front of the cameras had been on the net for months. Most wired U.S. journalists had seen it and discounted it. But because Sallinger is a celebrity, a lot of the non-U.S. press ran with the story.