Why is the prestige press not ashamed to have printed claims whose inaccuracy could be demonstrated in a day of research?
It is also likely that the journalistic norm of balanced reporting has contributed to the confusion; in a 2004 analysis of 340 articles in the U.S. prestige press on climate change, Boykoff and Boykoff (2004) found that 53% gave roughly equal attention to the humans-as-cause view and the "natural fluctuations" argument favored by industry.
It's a bigger shame that Graham has used to his personal prestige to press the Obama Administration to refrain from issuing strong "gainful employment" rules to hold career colleges like Kaplan and Corinthian responsible for waste, fraud, and abuse with taxpayer dollars.
A currency printing press of his own gives prestige to a warlord.
Winston Churchill once said: "Let no one believe that lunar rockets, of which we read in the press, are merely ingenious bids for prestige.
With the growth in prominence of his press went his steady increase in prestige as a member, an officer, and later master, of the Stationers' Company (the guild for those in the book trade).
And the prestige and influence of being a press baron will continue to attract tycoons.
As Tom Scheerer, whose own monograph, "Tom Scheerer Decorates," is out this month from Vendome Press, put it, "Ah, the subtext and the prestige of the coffee table".
Some writers are looking for validation, and in the world of self-publishing, where you don't have the prestige of being chosen by a press, the money is a tangible and rewarding substitute.
She says she also wanted a US deal because of the increased credibility with clients, more prestige in the business community, more press coverage and pride: "I wanted to prove that I could.
