Sentences with phrase «in television debates»

The Scottish National Party should be involved in television debates in the run up to the general election, its leader Nicola Sturgeon has said.

Clegg has been one of the strongest defenders of Britain's place in the EU, taking on Nigel Farage in a television debate about the issue before the European elections in May that saw the Liberal Democrats come fifth and Ukip top the polls.

PM suggests for first time he might be willing to take part in television debate with Ukip as well as other party leaders

Not exact matches

There's been a lot of debate in media industry circles about whether the media helped create the Donald Trump phenomenon by constantly writing about him and putting him on television in an attempt to drive traffic and ratings.

Not surprisingly, Trump joked earlier in the week that the Democratic debate would fall flat with television audiences while he promised to live - tweet what he predicted would be a «boring» event.

The announcement came on the same day two television journalists were shot and killed in Virginia in an incident that is likely to stoke the debate about gun ownership in the United States.

Smith often compares his company to CNN, and in many ways Vice has become the equivalent for many younger viewers who no longer watch traditional television, especially when it uses stale old formats like panels of aging white men debating politics.

Australian Senator Eric Abetz argues the country's embassy in Israel should be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and took part in a recent television debate to push his point.

Over the weekend, in a debate on local television, Ms. Lesko called for an investigation into the claims of sexual misconduct by Mr. Trump, a striking statement from a candidate who had otherwise praised the president.

Of an estimated 100 million television viewers — 10 times the number of people who tuned in for The Voice's season 1 finale — most stay up past the «main event» to watch former secretaries of the U.S. government debate nuclear policy with astronomer Carl Sagan.

Asked about a Bloomberg story that referenced ongoing internal debates about the investment bank, Ermotti said today in an interview with Bloomberg Television that it's «very difficult to see the merit» of those reports.

While most people will tune in to the television, radio, or even the mobile web for their debate coverage, we're seeing large numbers of users install new applications for the first time to engage with the debate.

ATHENS, Greece (AP)-- Greece's left - wing government launched an auction Tuesday for four private national television licenses, reducing the number from seven after a heated public debate on corruption in the financially troubled country.

Instead of holding the televised debate in a sterile and controlled television studio, I would love to see the party leader's demonstrate their debating skills in front of a live audience.

(CNN)- — What was once just a policy review by Vanderbilt University has morphed into a national debate over religious freedom, and now outside Christian groups are not only chiming in on the debate, but also buying television advertisements in Nashville, the school's backyard.

Nussbaum is right to say that the «level of debate and reporting in the major newspapers and at least some of the television networks is impressively high.»

Perhaps the Illinois farmers who drove into the towns from miles around to hear the Lincoln - Douglas debates were a different kind of people from the millions in their living rooms in front of the television screen.

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I imagine like me you have watched some pre-election television debates in the last few weeks.

Michael Avenatti, the attorney for adult film star Stormy Daniels, wants to debate Trump's personal attorney, former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani, on television, a proposition which seems to put Guiliani in a lose - lose situation.

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And I am not suggesting that tweets from the chamber should be protected by parliamentary privilege... But in this age of immediate crowd - sourced mass communication, the idea that the Commons chamber can cut itself off from modern technology and social media is as doomed as when written reports of Commons debates were banned in the 18th century, or when discussion of current Commons business on the radio was not allowed until the 1950s, or, indeed, as obsolete as the ban on television itself before 1989.

In the US, which has a longer tradition of television debates, a prime example was Lloyd Bentsen's dismissal of fellow vice presidential candidate Dan Quayle: «Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.»

I am sending a copy of this request for debate to all television stations and all newspapers in New York.

Constituents can vote, ask advice, join in a debate, see five television channels (now with video), add me to their social networking sites and look at my diary to see what I am trying to do as their MP.

The governor's campaign jumped on two debate invitations: One with public television in Buffalo featuring all the candidates, plus a radio debate in New York City with just Astorino.

He added the press should be taking a more aggressive approach in forcing Cuomo in to a one - on - one debate on television.

Much has changed in the 65 years since Clement Attlee declined the opportunity to talk to an obsequious television reporter, but Cowley is not sure that everybody yet appreciates how the television debates have changed utterly the nature of election campaigns.

Cuomo says he's accepted an invitation to debate on television in Buffalo, along with GOP candidate Rob Astorino, Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins and the Libertarian Party's Michael McDermott.

One of the debates would take place in Buffalo, sponsored by the Buffalo News and public television and radio stations WNED, and WBFO.

Republican John Katko and incumbent Democrat Dan Maffei largely stuck to the issues in their latest television debate Tuesday night.

Four of the candidates running for Governor of New York will be participating in a debate airing on public television and radio stations across the state.

New York City's premiere political television news show, NY1's Inside City Hall, has been hosting candidate debates in the weeks leading up to the September 13 state legislative primaries, as it has ahead of past elections.

Her period in the department was marked by much public debate about the future of television, about digital broadcasting and the structure and financing of the BBC.

But if Gordon Brown pulls a last - minute rabbit out of his hat or if David Cameron goofs in the last television debate, the outcome could easily be reversed, because such events can move 5 % or more of the electorate.

The governor told stories of his father's habit, as a lieutenant governor in Albany, of watching television, using any program or commercial as a pretext for debating with his senior aide Fabian Palomino.

«I think television debates will help engage the public, help actually answer some of the questions at the heart of the election, would help bring the election alive in some way.

As Cameron's circle intensify their preparations for Thursday's television debate, by issuing pleas at Tory HQ for fresh ideas, shadow ministers have told the leadership that their «big idea» is too vague and needs to be scrapped in favour of practical policies.

The news angered the Republican candidate, who says there was no negotiations between the campaigns on which debates to accept, and says the schedule means Cuomo and Astorino will not appear alone together in a debate on television.

Four of the candidates running for New York state governor will be participating in a debate shown on public television and heard on public radio.

Four of the candidates running for governor of New York will be participating in a debate shown on public television and heard on WAMC Wednesday night.

The three candidates running in New York's 21st Congressional District argued about the environment and climate change in a debate on Mountain Lake Public Television Monday night.

Other polls indicated that Nick Clegg was still on a roll after his success in last week's television debate.

At debates, forums and fairs, and in television ads and mailers, Curran, a Democrat, and Martins, a Republican, frequently have presented ethics reform as their top issue — a response to recent corruption scandals involving top state, county and town officials from Nassau.

The spat between the prime minister and the major broadcasters has deepened, with Tory peer and former television boss Michael Grade accusing the stations of «playing politics» over David Cameron's refusal to participate in all three planned TV election debates.

They would be in uproar upon learning that a mob had tried to physically force its way into an American television studio and blocked the roads outside, trying to prevent the filming of a political debate which featured a robust and forthright atheist.

Finally, I suggested that with Lord Mandelson refusing to debate Ken Clarke on television, that it was time to change the Standing Orders of the House of Commons to allow Lord Mandelson to answer questions at the Despatch Box in the Commons and be held to account for his department's actions in the elected chamber.

For those tuning in to the debate aired on public - television stations around the state, it was the first extended look at Mr. Hawkins, notwithstanding his participation in the seven - candidate phone - booth pileup during the 2010 campaign, when he also had the Green nomination.

Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins today launched a television ad on Upstate cable news channels a day after participating in the only gubernatorial debates.

Polanco, a television personality who sparred with James in the most substantive and civil debate of the election cycle, argued his campaign «wasn't one that should have been taken lightly by anyone.»