Snippet...Almost a week of stories indicating the police investigation had made little progress—particularly Kevin Cantera’s June 11 report in the Salt Lake Tribune, headlined “Smart Case Stumps Police”— may have gotten under the department’s skin. That same day, Chief Dinse called another press conference (local media have swallowed the “news briefing” public relations lingo to describe these events) to announce what sounded like a first break in the case—although hedged with enough ambiguity to suggest the chief may have been trying to deflect heat from investigators.
16 posted on 09/09/2002 11:08:05 PM PDT by stlnative
Snippet...Police spokesman Baird said the media has been running its own justice proceedings with regard to the abduction. And that in many ways it has nothing to do with what’s really going on in the investigation, which, of course, is top secret. In the meantime, he said, the family’s determination to hold daily press conferences may be fueling that frenzy. “They are running out of things to say every day. Talking about Ricci is as good as anything else, so they do it. It’s almost as if they are wondering out loud.”
17 posted on 09/09/2002 11:13:14 PM PDT by stlnative