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...particular identity. It has less to do with all the pomp and circumstance and more with the smart aspect of fashion,” Calderin says. Yet he acknowledges that the local fashion week does not currently garner the attention that other cities receive in terms of media coverage, noting, “Obviously we would love to have national coverage, but the truth of the matter is Boston... is not going to be high on the list of priorities.” In spite of the lack of high-profile media attention, a discernible Bostonian aesthetic is emerging over...
...identification. Cynthia Hujar Orr, president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, says authorities may also use the term as a way to curry cooperation, on the assumption that an individual may be more willing to work with police if he or she is not identified in the media as a suspect...
...bombing of venues at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta. In that case, security guard Richard Jewell was dubbed a "person of interest," sparking a frenzy of speculation despite scant evidence of his involvement in the bombing. Once exonerated, Jewell pursued a series of successful libel suits against media organizations whom he accused of ruining his reputation by using the term...
...crowd was hundreds of thousands strong, perhaps as many as a million, and the tenor was peaceful and patriotic. Either way, you may not be inclined to believe what we say about numbers, according to a recent poll that found record-low levels of public trust of the mainstream media. (See pictures from the protest...
...behind my back just to make it fair," found his place as the triumphant champion of the Age of Reagan. Macho Sean Hannity captured the cocky vibe of the early Bush years, dunking the feckless liberal Alan Colmes for nightly swirlies on the Fox News Channel. Both men remain media dynamos, but it is Beck - nervous, beset, desperate - who now channels the mood of many on the right. "I'm afraid," he has said more than once in recent months. "You should be afraid too." (See Glenn Beck's tribute to Rush Limbaugh in the 2009 TIME...