Sentences with word «gaffe»

Johnson had attracted criticism in the political media for a series of gaffes in recent weeks, but amongst the wider public he was the most positively perceived of the Labour leadership.

But he lost in nearly every other category, his campaign faltering after he made a string of gaffes in his speeches, leading to accusations of sexism.

But our rotten centre - ground - seeking voting system turns politicians into constipated rabbits, afraid to say anything original, battered by press and Twitter for gaffes if they do.

On Sunday, two of them managed to make the same big gaffe on air as they reported on Theresa May's reshuffle.

It was widely viewed as a major gaffe by Cuomo, who was at the time making a long - shot run for governor against Pataki and the Democratic Party's preferred candidate, then - state Comptroller H. Carl McCall.

But pupolar press editors still don't know him and make big gaffes about him.

ROME - Pope Francis met Tuesday with Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI in the first known contact between the two, following a major gaffe by Francis's communications chief over his misrepresentation of a...

Concern in California is normally of the politically correct sort — objections, for example, to such perceived gaffes as using the word Indian instead of «Native American.»

The «improved» secondary had huge gaffes at critical points.

Prince Philip's best and worst public gaffes ahead of his final royal engagement - relive 96 classic quotes.

Whilst Arsenal may have pulled a transfer coup with the signing of Alexis Sanchez they made an equally big gaffe when they declined to use their first refusal on Cesc Fabregas when Barcelona were looking to sell.

Cuomo does not gaffe when he has time to respond, but rather when he's speaking off the cuff, like in December when he sought to explain how sexual harassment was pervasive in society to a woman reporter.

His first nine months in office had been marred by laughable debacle after ludicrous gaffe after embarrassing spectacle.

The late gaffe on the Norwich City goal is all that kept him from earning a perfect 10.

Analysis of the findings shows the biggest dips coinciding with gaffes and u-turns in policy by the Tory leader.

Mr. Recchia has raised considerably more money and has the support of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee — but Mr. Recchia has been set back considerably by a slew of embarrassing gaffes recently highlighted nationwide on the Daily Show and less - than - optimal debate performances upon which his opponent has seized.

Although the media prefers to focus on gaffes like «pleb-gate» and George Osborne's «great train snobbery», the big story about the coalition should really be its failure to cut taxes and regulations for small businesses.

The most talked about gaffe came to light thanks to the scrutiny of outside experts, rather than in the FBI write - up.

Those who followed Facebook's privacy gaffes over the years may feel a sense of familiarity.

Most incidents on this list go beyond political gaffes du jour and histrionic social media blunders.

Now, of course, the Republicans and Conservatives have the unpredictable Paladino at the top of their ticket, and no small number of party leaders are worried the Buffalo businessman is one verbal gaffe away from relegating them all to political purgatory.

Synopsis: When long - term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district.

In my editing of fiction manuscripts, I find even my smartest, most talented authors sometimes commit gaffes with participles, which can affect the meaning of the sentence.

In one of several major media gaffes during the week, CNN reported this information, along with the Associated Press and Boston Globe.

Hartzog, a Community Board 8 member, also experienced a public relations gaffe during his candidacy, and campaigned with a thin budget in the final weeks of the primary race.

The title of this exhibition is derived from naturalistic fallacy, which is part of a more widely referenced family of logical gaffes such as the red herring, ad hominem and false cause.

Stitching these two performances together is a strong theme of Southern culture that at the most overt consists of a blues - rich soundtrack and at its most subtle in little character moments such as Curtis apologizing for a social gaffe before starting a bathroom brawl.

Whod «a thunk that The Piano (1993) woud resurface in a huge gaffe kind of way with Oscar mixing up its producer Jan Chapman and its Costume Designer Janet Patterson?

Who can forget world - leading retailer Zara's gaffe last year when they sold a children's t - shirt that resembled a WWII concentration camp uniform.

Both Labour and the Conservatives are trying to paper over minor gaffes after Prince William and Kate Middleton tied the knot in Westminster Abbey.

These comments made up the only gaffe which had any tangible impact, after all: a Cabinet minister lost his job, no less.

Weasel words and grammar gaffes kill precision and authority, which are two pillars of good legal writing.

Every week we hear of more Twitter gaffes.

It's good to see the almost always über - prepared County Executive Mike Hein commit the occasional gaffe in public.

However, her slick performance on the podium at the Ukip manifesto launch belies a particularly high - profile gaffe in the wake of last year's local election results when she blamed London's «more media - savvy and educated» population for the party's lack of success in the capital.

SCENARIO 2 Common gaffes — Including logos of your current / previous employers; client names while describing projects What it tells me about you — You do not know how to handle confidential information What you could do instead — Do not ever include company logos on resumes.

These days, if a similar technical gaffe happened, where the television feeds heard something that differed from what people in the room heard, people's cell phone videos would be all over the internet and the «the media is deliberately mischaracterizing him» narrative would be out there.

Though basically a nice guy, Brian makes many gaffes, which Scottish director Tom Vaughan doesn't soft - pedal but handles with a forgiving air.

Maude over stretches himself because of his outside interests, Mundell is leading the Scots Tories on a road to nowhere and Willetts is just gaffe prone.

And most recently, NBA Live has come under fire for some pretty spectacular gaffes on EA's part (you can see my favorites in this video).

Ok, besides the made up graphics, the numerous technical gaffes, the widespread misspellings, and the complete lack of any understanding of the underlining physical processes involved in climate science, what did you think of the book?

Well, that maxim's playing out in the blogosphere, where a recent PR gaffe by mega law firm Baker & McKenzie is attracting lots of negative publicity for the firm.

You can also contribute to the research effort by fact - checking their statements, studying their records, and watching for campaign gaffes.

The autopsy took passive - aggressive shots at social conservatives by suggesting that Republicans watch their «tone» on social issues (commentary on the tone of Mitt Romney and his 47 percent gaffe was avoided).

Trackers have long videotaped candidates at public events, but these days, perhaps more importantly, even the smallest gaffe seems to get recorded on a smartphone and uploaded to YouTube within minutes of the candidate's misstep.

Still, the Avions de Chasse incident was not the only gaffe the company has made recently.

The embarrassing gaffe saw the Tottenham MP trending on Twitter as hundreds online quickly pointed out the error in his complaint.