Sentences with phrase «meetings with a reporter posing»

In a series of meetings with a reporter posing as a representative of a wealthy Sri Lankan family seeking political influence, Cambridge Analytica executives initially denied the company was in the business of using entrapment techniques.

«The two fundamental human driver when it comes to taking information on board effectively are hopes and fears, and many of those are unspoken and the even unconscious — you didn't know that was a fear until you saw something that just evoked that reaction from you,» Turnbull explained in a meeting with a reporter posing as «Ranjan,» a prospective client from Sri Lanka.

In an undercover operation by Britain's Channel 4 News, CEO Alexander Nix and two other high - ranking Cambridge Analytica staff took meetings with a reporter posing as a fixer who wanted the data firm's help getting candidates elected in Sri Lanka.

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The pair have recent history with Hodgson upset about being referred to as «Woy» during Allardyce's meeting with undercover reporters posing as businessmen which eventually cost the Toffees boss his job as national team manager - but the pair did shake hands in the technical area.

During the meeting with undercover reporters posing as businessmen, it is alleged Allardyce said it was «not a problem» to bypass the rules and he knew of agents who were «doing it all the time».

According to the Financial Times, reporters posed as prospective clients and secretly filmed a series of meetings, including one with the chief executive.