GQ controversy: Down Syndrome comment

FOX 25 Morning News

Updated: Tuesday, 19 Jul 2011, 9:38 AM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 19 Jul 2011, 9:38 AM EDT

(FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - A lot has been made about GQ magazine labeling Boston the #1 worst dressed cities in America. But it's the magazine's tasteless and insensitive analogy which has people up in arms.

The magazine said "Boston suffers from a kind of style Down's syndrome."

This is not sitting well with Dr. Brian Skotko, a specialist in the Down syndrome program at Children's Hospital and a clinical fellow in genetics at numerous hospitals in Boston.

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