It was wholly predictable that those scribes staking out Fort Dix or the Coolidge House in Boston would get little from the newly freed Buddy Cianci other than a fleeting glimpse of the former Providence mayor.
Some of this comes down to herd reporting. Still, the reporters had to be there, I suppose. Buddy is news, and even with his absence of comment -- beyond a quick hello -- he would probably have been disappointed if no cameras were there to greet him.