The programme, meanwhile, charged that Mayweather has been afforded an unprecedented free pass over his violent past by a media dazzled by the champion's celebrity and his considerable influence in his sport, which is pointedly at odds with the punishment handed out last year to the Ravens running back Ray Rice.
Although this aspect of my answer is specific to my industry, the larger point is cogent for all professionals, and especially small business owners, which is that social and professional media dazzles people with what they think they are supposed to be because everyone is doing it.
Authors are perceived as instant subject matter experts, which can attract media attention, dazzle clients and prospects, create opportunities for speaking engagements, and so much more.
The news media were dazzled, especially by Mr. McCain, a Republican from a wing of the party not known for harboring a deep affection for the national press.
A January 2007 Time magazine article entitled Can Obama Count On The Black Vote? highlighted a lack of support for Obama among black leaders and quoted Reverend Al Sharpton as saying: "Right now, we're hearing a lot of media razzle-dazzle … I'm not hearing a lot of meat, or a lot of content".
Many in the media were dazzled by the company's lofty promises.
World leaders, investors and the media are naturally dazzled by the sheer size and power that some of these companies are amassing.
As Gloria Steinem writes in "Tough Cookies"(Page 188), it is time that the media stop being dazzled and repulsed by the distractions of Sarah Palin and her ilk, and remember what is actually required to serve this country as a member of Congress.
But this weekend, on ABC's This Week, former Vice President Dick Cheney returns, yanked from retirement like a creaky, neo-con Bret Favre, hoping to dazzle the media with his grizzle before throwing a few wobbly balls downfield.
It all but guaranteed Nixon's re-election, transformed superpower politics, opened China to the outside world and dazzled the media.
