Sentences with phrase «more as a publicity stunt»

But he did it more as a publicity stunt than anything else.

The reason for the blatantly illegal hack was because the rather hubristic CEO of HGBary Federal, Aaron Barr, boasted, in the Financial Times, more as a publicity stunt than anything else, that he «knew» the identities of some alleged Anonymous «Chiefs» (there, apparently, aren't any and the alleged «identities» he found ended up being quite innocent people!).

Not exact matches

Maryam Henein, the director of Vanishing of the Bees, a 2010 documentary that explores the environmental ramifications Colony Collapse Disorder, dismisses the personified bee being backburnered as little more than a clever «healthwashing» - reminiscent corporate publicity stunt.

Some have groaned at the idea, describing it as nothing more than a cheesy publicity stunt for Tesla, a company facing fresh delays in production goals.

Councilman Robert Cornegy asked New York State to declare a state emergency so that new boilers could be purchased and installed more quickly at Housing Authority properties; his request was dismissed by some of his colleagues as a publicity stunt.

The trade association for the produce industry, United Fresh Produce, countered in a statement to CNN, writing, «At a time when medical experts strongly urge Americans to realize the health benefits from eating more fruits and vegetables, it is irresponsible to mislead consumers with a sensational publicity stunt disguised as science.»

Some sources consider those arrests as publicity stunts, and criticize Russian authorities for not taking more vigilant approach in regard to computer crimes.

There's no struggling to produce units as some would suggest ms are suffering with and there is no fake supply shortage to boost demand / hype as certain manufacturers have done in the past to hit the news headlines as it's a very different world now and having more units out there in the hands of gamers will do more for publicity than any of those old tired stunts could.

The Stuckists became more widely known for their effective publicity stunts than for their art, notably their annual demonstrations against the Turner Prize, when they would dress up as clowns — the premise being that the Tate had become a circus.