Sentences with phrase «interesting public discourse»

During the film's climax, which sees Wiley taking on the vaunted Harvard debate team (in real life, this never happened — they did battle wits with USC however), the content of the arguments, while discussing weighty issues, barely passes for interesting public discourse.

Not exact matches

As bankers, we are concerned about growth and returns - regulators about safety and soundness - central bankers with the competing interests of systemic risk and economic growth - and politicians have to deal with significant public discourse.

It's interesting that the Third Way, in most regards, has been driven from public and academic discourse via a combination of propaganda and intimidation.

The amendment to the civil liberties policy motion read: «The protection of freedom of expression, by reforming the libel laws in England and Wales to ensure a better balance is provided between free speech, responsible journalism, scientific discourse and the public interest on one hand and powerful corporations, wealthy individuals and vested interests on the other.»

Check out the transcripts of the April 2013 Public Housing Committee hearings if you are interested in the highly paranoid contemporary discourse around urban housing and displacement.

Providing an effective voice for American consumers in an era when special interests dominate public discourse, government and politics.

But considering the centrality of revenge to our culture (if we have a public discourse, I suppose this is it), I can't really say that I'm proud or happy about my waning interest.

It was the first time when Polish media got interested in this topic, introducing it into the public discourse.

By analyzing the discourse employed by politicians, lobbyists, think tanks, and special interest groups, the authors uncover the hidden assumptions that often underlie popular statements about school reform, and demonstrate how misinformation or half - truths have been used to reshape public education in ways that serve the interests of private enterprise.

Ms. Carter played an integral role in explaining the role of the SBOE as it pertains to recommending policy, approving policy and representing the interests of each ward in public discourse.

Encompassing a great number of performance, film, discursive, music, and dance programs, the Public Program connects questions and issues in the international discourse about contemporary art and design with local interests and communities.

Additionally we will speak out where we feel that the public discourse surrounding the science is being detrimentally impacted by the shrill voices and disinformation campaigns of the «partisan think - tanks or other interested parties».

Arguments made — and entered into the public discourse — about the effects of AGW and our response to them should be seen as affecting all of us, not just as an argument by special interest or about «thing».

So this is not really the «debate» that the contrarians would like to make it out to be, and most scientists, as well as people who have accepted that climate science points to the need for stronger action, have no more interest in letting the Heartland and NIPCC folks hijack the public discourse and getting the media to frame the narrative in their terms.

«Public health professionals need to be aware that the «sound science» movement is not an indigenous effort from within the profession to improve the quality of scientific discourse, but reflects sophisticated public relations campaigns controlled by industry executives and lawyers whose aim is to manipulate the standards of scientific proof to serve the corporate interests of their clients.&Public health professionals need to be aware that the «sound science» movement is not an indigenous effort from within the profession to improve the quality of scientific discourse, but reflects sophisticated public relations campaigns controlled by industry executives and lawyers whose aim is to manipulate the standards of scientific proof to serve the corporate interests of their clients.&public relations campaigns controlled by industry executives and lawyers whose aim is to manipulate the standards of scientific proof to serve the corporate interests of their clients.»

The impact of the Climategate story on the public discourse over global warming legislation is an interesting tale that will be in flux for the foreseeable future.

The public interest is therefore served by opportunities to know what is happening on those blogs, and what type of discourse is used in those blogs.

Your question is worth responding to because it highlights two major problems in the public climate discourse: (1) lack of scientific knowledge and (2) the disinformation campaign by interest groups.

It's what it represents, which is that the public discourse agenda in America is set by entrenched class interests.

Again, we are presented with the implications of the power of an industry with vested interests to manipulate public discourse on a topic, and push policy in a desired direction despite clear scientific evidence that these actions are neither sustainable nor in the long term public interest.

I do think it is good for the public discourse when scientists try to publicly explain the science for interested people, but I also understand why scientists would be reluctant to do it.

The Stanford University climate scientist was a passionate advocate for sober and reasoned discourse on the globe's changing climate, and he often spoke out against dishonesty in the public sphere — whether by opinion - makers, politicians, fossil fuel interests, or news personalities.

The FLSC failed to uphold their mandate to act in the public interest when they disengaged from public discourse.

The mere fact that a person, entity or local government may be sued for expressing views can create a chilling effect on discourse around matter public interest

Interventions in Charter litigation and public interest litigation brought by lawyers and legal advocacy organizations play a role, not only in the courts in which the matters take place, but also within the public discourse surrounding the Charter and human rights issues raised.

Although the new anti-SLAPP provisions were created to encourage individual expression and broad participation on matters of public interest, there have been concerns that it would be misused to squelch legitimate defamation claims under the guise of public discourse.

Tomson also referenced the important public interest and access to justice component to online legal discourse,

In contemporary discourse, international investment law (IIL) and investor - state dispute settlement (ISDS) are often perceived as threats to community interests in one - sidedly protecting foreign investors and undermining public policies that are to the benefit of the local population and the international community.

Nevertheless, our public discourse about the public interest obligation often draws heavily on arguments or statements rooted in the quid pro quo premise.

This should be an interesting case, considering how many lawyers go into public office and how extreme political discourse has become.