Sentences with phrase «manipulation of public opinion»

Such manipulation of public opinion undermines core democratic principles and could have serious implications for the 2019 elections.

James Hansen, the director of the Nasa Goddard Institute for Space Studies who first warned the world about the dangers of climate change in the 1980s, has joined other scientists in submitting statements to be considered by a judge at the Information Rights Tribunal on Friday... James Hansen told the Guardian: «Our children and grandchildren will judge those who have misled the public, allowing fossil fuel emissions to continue almost unfettered, as guilty of crimes against humanity and nature... If successful, the FOI request may, by exposing one link in a devious manipulation of public opinion, start a process that allows the public to be aware of what is happening, what is at stake, and where the public interest lies.»»

In turn this forced them to accept the need for advocacy and for the manipulation of public opinion.

The Administration's claims of sincere wishes to do something about climate change is pure cynical manipulation of public opinion, and means nothing.

The active interference of world military institutions, intelligence services and other government bodies in social networks and manipulation of public opinion is an inappropriate and clumsy step — one which fans the flames of cyberwar by provoking an escalation of the cyber-armament race.

This is true in part, as even the leaders of the US and the EU admit that foreign actors are successfully influencing domestic elections, both through direct monetary contributions (see Marine Le Pen's party and Russia) and indirect manipulation of the public opinion (Russia Today, spreading «fake news»).

They rely heavily on the manipulation of public opinion, appearing respectable; using front groups, funding science and infiltrating food safety systems — all with the purpose of weakening legislation — legislation that is essential for stopping marketing practices that violate children's rights to health and improves product quality and safety.

Prominent among those tactics was one that journalists, intelligence agencies and cybersecurity experts have been sounding the alarm on for nearly two years — the manipulation of public opinion through social media.

Not exact matches

The negative connotation of «populism» today is is the cynical manipulation of and pandering to public opinion.

Lies are always corrosive, whither in public or private life, but the use of outright falsehood for political manipulation really wasn't viable until media outlets like Fox arrived to provide fact free opinion sources disguised as news.

The manipulation of both data and public opinion are certainly evident in this story.