Morning Reading List 06.27.13.

Reporters circle around Mandela like vultures — Reporters, like strippers and politicians, don’t have a good rap to begin with. But this week they sink a notch lower as reports surface of them “hovering” around former and ailing South Africa President Nelson Mandela like “vultures.” The story says the behavior of reporters is angering South Africans and Mandela family members. QUOTE: “I’m going to say it. There’s sort of a racist element with many of the foreign media where they just cross boundaries,” said Zindzi Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader’s eldest daughter.