Sentences with phrase «of a smear campaign by»

The rhetoric contradicts North Korean officials who claimed they had been the target of a smear campaign by the US.

«The details about the misdemeanor assault were disclosed publicly years ago, and this has all the hallmarks of a smear campaign by one of the Nevele's competitors,» Runciman said in the press release.

Runciman previously said the new report about the sister's six - year - old lawsuit had «all the hallmarks of a smear campaign by one of the Nevele's competitors» for a New York state casino license.

Rather, what's served up is superficial, cinematic folderol leaving the impression that ADM was the innocent victim of a smear campaign by a larcenous loon who had taken leave of his senses.

Not exact matches

Whatever genuine aid SNAP may provide victims of priestly sex abuse is well matched by the harm SNAP does by mounting little less than an anti-Catholic smear campaign and wantonly portraying every priest as a sexual predator waiting to happen and every bishop an enabler.

To pretend that some «well - being» surveys somehow refute that statement by Hitchens is to lose all journalistic credibility and gain the disrespect of those who see this article for what it really is... a smear campaign.

There are tragic victims, cover - ups, false allegations, demands for money, denials by those who can not face up to what has happened, campaigns by those who see tolerance of paedophilia as a liberal concept and by those who seek to use every anecdote, particularly of clerical abuse, to keep the story going and smear an entire group.

I have a close relationship with some journalists because I have known them for many years, but I can distinguish the relationship of friend with that of journalist,» explained Casillas, who said he «did not want to think» it was a smear campaign orchestrated by the Coach or the President.

Gov. Terry Branstad on Monday called for a congressional investigation into the source of what he called a «smear campaign» meant to discredit the Lean, Finely Textured Beef made by a Siouxland company.

Witnesses would be under oath and they're of course obligated by law to tell the truth, those who have been the ones who have perpetrated this smear campaign against one of the stellar companies in the country... I think they'll have an obligation then to explain themselves why they could not base their allegations on facts and what they've done to damage an industry.

One by one, the governors of the three states that are home to BPI plants spoke of the media's «smear campaign» and (predictably) the potential job losses in their respective states.

For all these reasons, I think AV is actually a very good voting system and I would put the referendum result down to several things — an ineffective Yes campaign (if you typed AV into Google, they didn't even come up on the first page of results), lies and smears spread by the No campaign, the association with Nick Clegg, the split in Labour over AV and finally, and not insignificantly, the fact that the Electoral Commission sent leaflets to every household containing an overly complex explanation that made AV look more complex than the insides of a nuclear reactor.

Cambridge Analytica boss Alexander Nix was apparently filmed giving examples of how his firm could discredit political rivals by arranging various smear campaigns, including setting up encounters with prostitutes and staging situations in which apparent bribery could be caught on camera.

Downing Street was accused tonight by a senior minister of mounting a «smear campaign» against Hazel Blears by releasing information to the Daily Telegraph that the minister said could only have come from inside Number 10.

The Unite general secretary hit out at the «hysterical smear campaign» faced by the unions after claims that Stevie Deans, chairman of the Labour party in scandal - hit Falkirk, was using his job at Grangemouth to campaign for Labour.

Ukip dispute claims that they have discriminated against Mr Biggs, accusing him of launching a «deliberate smear campaign» prompted by Ukip's decision to run a local candidate against his daughter.

McCrory later dismissed criticism of the law, which also curbed LGBT anti-discrimination protections, as «political theater» that he says is concocted by left - wing activists, accusing them of a «calculated smear campaign.»

Also, it is quite clear we won't hear anything official on this until AFTER the election since any comment by the leadership would just give birth to a smear campaign by Labour of «Same old Tories taking us back to 1997» etc..

It said there was a pattern of «spreading ridiculous untruths and a general smear campaign by assigns of government intended to malign the former President [Mahama] to satisfy an obvious political motive.»

She was met by Conservative candidate Ben Gummer and members of his campaign team demanding that she withdraw a series of smears and lies Labour have been spreading, suggesting that Conservatives will close Sure Start Centres and withdraw various benefits from OAPs.

We have taken notice of the deliberate attempt by some unscrupulous politicians, engaged in a smear campaign against the King of Ashanti Kingdom, His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.

Coughlan said the retweet was taken out of context and that he is being criticized in a «disgusting smear campaign by the Albany insiders.»

The economy is awful, the Democrats are corrupt and taxing and tolling businesses and residents out of the state at an alarming rate and the Paladino campaign's strategy to win votes by employing smears on Cuomo.

Mr. Mahama's office said there was a pattern of «spreading ridiculous untruths and a general smear campaign by assigns of government intended to malign the former President to satisfy an obvious political motive.»

According to whispers from an inner - circle Bloomberg loyalist, Mayor Bloomberg is so infuriated with Bill de Blasio for trouncing his legacy by running a smear campaign as the anti-Bloomberg candidate — and achieving high levels of success while doing so — that he decided to dig deep in his own pockets by bankrolling an independent expenditure with upwards of $ 20 million of his own money to assist Joe Lhota on the road to victory.

Gist: Based on the novel by Nick Schou and true story from journalist Gary Webb.Gary Webb, this is about a reporter (Jeremy Renner) who becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California.

From Sarah Hoyt, who was accused of racism and «internalized misogyny» for her association with the Sad Puppies campaign to reform the Hugo Awards, to Nick Cole, who lost a publishing contract for daring to write a story about an artificially intelligent computer who is troubled by abortion, these authors have faced smear campaigns, boycotts and blacklisting for the sin of having unpopular opinions.

From Sarah Hoyt, who was accused of racism and «internalized misogyny» for her association with the Sad Puppies campaign to reform the Hugo Awards, to Nick Cole, who lost a publishing contract for daring to write a story about an artificially intelligent computer who is troubled by abortion, these authors have faced smear -LSB-...]

Back by popular demand after much success during the 2012 Presidential Election, the 2016 Smear Campaign by MetroPaws includes two limited editions of degradable dog waste bags: the Democrap edition in blue featuring Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's face, and the Repooplican edition in red featuring Republican nominee Donald Trump's face.

The French studio has been rocked by allegations of harassment and an unhealthy studio culture, which the company's leaders have dismissed as «ridiculous, absurd, and grotesque» and a «smear campaign.»

Administrator Pruitt is the target of a well - orchestrated smear campaign by leftwing groups and individuals unhappy with his effectiveness at eliminating economy and job killing regulations that do nothing -LSB-...]

Nobody with any serious grasp of the facts will be duped by this ridiculous smear campaign.

Why has the ongoing smear campaign against researchers studying what is arguably the most pressing issue of our time gone largely unnoticed, and been aided by complacent media coverage?

This exchange, from a listserv maintained by the National Academy of Sciences, captured scientists discussing ways to more effectively counter the attacks on their credibility from climate skeptics and conservative politicians, which Stanford climatologist Stephen Schneider, in the email dialogue, likened to a «smear campaign» of «neo-McCarthyism.»

The article, written by «nationally recognized financial writer» Chriss W. Street, then revisited the smear campaign known as «Climategate» (which had implicated Nature) and asserted that the study was «a tectonic rejection by academia» of international efforts to combat climate change.

Political blogs in the Uk are extremely important — witness the resignation of Gordon brown's closest political adviser this weekend — brought down as a result of his smear campaign being rumbled by polblogger Guido Fawkes.

Cambridge Analytica boss Alexander Nix was apparently filmed giving examples of how his firm could discredit political rivals by arranging various smear campaigns, including setting up encounters with prostitutes and staging situations in which apparent bribery could be caught on camera.

He has become the subject of smear campaigns and demonstrably false conspiracy theories that say either he has been «coached» by his father, a former FBI agent; or he is a «pawn» for anti-gun campaigners; or he is not a victim but a «crisis actor,» paid to travel to disaster sites to argue against stricter gun laws.