Sentences with phrase «of public opinion seems»

The idea that somehow correctly framing the issues and defining answers is going to convince a broad enough spectrum of public opinion seems unlikely to me.

It's not just Iain Duncan Smith who is opposing George Osborne - the tide of public opinion seems to be turning against government austerity.

Not exact matches

It is incredible that the Japanese public opinion, and the Japanese leaders, seem oblivious to these existential problems of an old and distinguished civilization.

If Ford will not listen to public opinion, his colleagues or his hand - selected deputy mayor, it seemed unlikely that he would suddenly heed the advice of, say, a bank CEO.

It seems we have become so accustomed to the idea of broadcasting news and opinions with «friends» online, that some individuals forget just how public those channels really are.

They work to secure media attention for their own work as well as for plant - based and cultured meat companies, and they have been covered in more than 480 scientific and mainstream media venues.16 Little is known about the impact of these interventions on public opinion, though it seems that raising public awareness of cultured products may be valuable, especially since the field is so new.

Additional reasons might be given for The United Methodist Church to rid itself of a commitment to abortion rights: the increasing numbers of African delegates (who are, in the main, pro-life) to General Conference; the horrifyingly high abortion rates (though the annual totals are continuing to decrease) in the United States; the pro-life drift of American public opinion (which United Methodism seems to follow); the uncommon clarity of ecumenical teaching on the dignity of the human person; and the providence of God.

Gender ideology seemed a ridiculous and improbable threat when I first considered its claims of male brains trapped in female bodies, but its rapid ascendancy in law and public opinion has made the term «transgender» a household word.

But America is good, it seems, in part because it can find places for Southerners, especially Southern Stoics (think the novelist Tom Wolfe, Atticus Finch, Admiral Stockdale, Navy SEALS, and the proud men of Morehouse), Catholics (as, to begin with, the best organized in countercultural thought and action of our large institutional religions), and Heideggerians (who are right, after all, about the American propensity for inauthentically deferring to the «they» of public opinion and scientific expertise).

Seems like they have to enforce their belief and garner public opinion in their favor to be secure in their belief of a Godless existence.

Public opinion polls show that most Americans are fed up with the tone of American politics and the broader cultural coarseness, but few seem willing to act on these beliefs.

It seems, moreover, on the basis of public opinion polls, that this challenge is already accepted by a majority of our fellow citizens and thus the question of its establishment as a matter of law has not provoked a debate worthy of the momentous issues at stake.

The public opinion seems to be that Wright - Phillips is rubbish because of his somewhat undeserved England appearances (Capello is overrating him so everyone else must underrate him) but he isn't a bad player by any stretch of the imagination.

The site does seem to be mainly focusing on the negative, which is a reflection of course of where we are as a club, so the site is reflecting public opinion but imho this article is a bit harsh, we didn't need a left back until Masuaaku spat his dummy out, we had him and Cresswell, as for the Utd trying to sign Leighton Baines they made a lot of noises but according to many reports Moyes wasn't sure he was good enough for Utd... I think Evra has been brought in primarilly for cover at left back, lets see what happens.

I have been at presentations and discussions of UK attitudes to Europe where studies of UK public opinion seem to have found (perhaps counterintuitively) that there is relatively little sense among the public of there being a pro-EU so anti-US (or pro-US so less pro-EU) constituency among the public, though both are fairly common positions among certain elite opinion former groups on left and right.

Although Dan Jarvis seems to be gathering donors and thinkers around him for the future... Although Peter Hyman, Joe Haines and Peter Kellner are recommending active resistance in the latest edition of the New Statesman... and although there are signs that the two biggest stars of the Twitterleft — Owen Jones and Mehdi Hasan — are becoming frustrated at Team Corbyn's competence... the chances are that May's tests of public opinion won't be catastrophic for the man who wants nuclear submarines without nuclear warheads.

So, instead, he seems to be doing the «next best thing» he can, as someone in a position of influence: discredit the offending media outlets and wage public opinion war against them.

For example, one missing variable that could account for much of the variation is that in America there's a strong history of public opinion (albiet not perfectly) translating into policy through democratic process, while in Egypt, average people have had incredible difficulty getting public opinion into policy and a protest was one of the tools that seemed to work.

Initially, the film would seem to show just how easy it is for politicians to ride roughshod over a staggeringly huge demonstration of public opinion.

Chris Cillizza: [QUOTE] «Passage of the bill seems... near - inevitable... But... the task of reversing public opinion about the bill.»

Seems like Cameron and Obsorne get their assessment of public opinion through the columns of Polly Toynbee and nowhere else.

At the end of last year the Tories seemed ultra-confident about being on the right side of public opinion.

First, it seems apparent that political and media reaction is way ahead of public opinion.

All in all, the Wisconsin controversy seems to have contributed to a divergence of opinion between teachers and the general public.

Picture a land where nothing is what it seems, a network of shadowy organizations conspires to manipulate public opinion, and saying the wrong thing makes you a target.

It seems that public opinion is rapidly turning the obstructionist tactics of the teachers union.

This most recent wave of «retro - inspired» games makes me feel much better about the legacy of the gaming industry; as it seems that games won't shift ENTIRELY to mobile or MMO status, at least not for another few generations anyway depending upon public opinion.

It seems self evident that the only changes in policy that have ever occurred in the area of «human and environmental well being» have been driven by public opinion / grassroots organizing.

That's why I'm with the other contributors above who seem to share my astonishment at Roger Pielke Jr.'s apparently extreme belief «that the policy utility of trying to change public opinion through the media [is] of questionable value,» that «the version of democracy [in which] the public guide wise public policy — is not well supported by theory or evidence,» and that he'd «go so far as to say that it is a complete myth.»

So while I can't explain the mystery of Will's mega-puzzling irresponsibility about scientific facts, it seems to me that people who believe it's important for public opinion leaders to get this stuff right — whatever Roger Pielke, Jr., may think about that — need to think carefully about how to respond in particular to Will, whose columns must surely reach many millions of people.

It is noteworthy that the consensus hardliners are strongest in the USA, particularly since public opinion there seems to be the most skeptical (an August 2011 Rasmussen poll showed that close to 70 % of respondents believed that climate scientists were fudging the data).

A significant part of Western public opinion seemed determined, even at the cost of financial sacrifice, to do some good in the world.

The duplicity and hypocrisy of environmental pressure groups seem to be matched only by their consummate skill at manipulating public opinion, amassing political power, securing taxpayer - funded government grants, and persuading people to send them money and invest in «ethical» stock funds.

By including six «actors» (science, government, media, activists, administration, and industry) it widens the field from a simple loop connecting science and politics, and provides a convincing picture of a stable, self contained structure from which public opinion seems to be effectively excluded.

Sadly we are dependent on the persistence of the only other court of public opinion through the media, and they so far seem a bit schizophrenic and weak.

On balance, it often seems that the alarmists end up out - in - front, in the court of public opinion.

It seems therefore wrong, to use it for the purpose of generating sensational headlines with the intent of manipulating public opinion.

The public views the meteorological community in a monolithic way and seems prepared to accept the opinions of TV weather forecasters on issues such as global warming, in spite of the fact that this community has most often no expertise on this topic.

I remember exchanging comments with Willis on more than one occasion, where I explained to him that his confidence in his theory of attribution for public opinion on climate change seemed ill - founded.

It certainly seems that he has an ideal window by which to do so: After the wave of extreme weather events last year, the tide of public opinion is again turning towards accepting climate change — and towards being open to have a conversation about solutions.

In conclusion, there seems to emerge from the Opinion of the AG Saugmandsgaard ØE a narrower interpretation of the State resources criterion, based on the commitment of public resources and causation / remoteness.

On the one hand, public opinion in the UK has long been considered insular and Eurosceptic, but the referendum seemed to trigger the more open and confident expression of xenophobic views and suggests a polarisation of opinion on Britain's international and European roles.

Perhaps more pertinently, in this era of liquid surveillance, any strict dichotomy between public and private data processing seems artificial, a point noted by AG Kokott in her Opinion in Promusicae.

«There seems to me to be room to question whether the ordinary rules of client privilege, appropriate enough in other circumstances, should apply to a law officer's opinion on the lawfulness of war; it is not unrealistic in my view to regard the public, those who are to fight and perhaps die, rather than the government, as the client.»

The pattern now seems to be that one commences a legal proceeding and seeks support of the allegations by public opinion, use of petitions, press conferences and «likes» in social media.

Facebook has an overwhelming responsability here but people seem to be missing the elephant in the room, SCL Group, owner of Cambridge Analytica, created in 1960 during the cold war to manipulate public opinions and elections worldwide.

However, it seems obvious that the benefits far outweigh any perceived negatives and there's an ongoing shift of opinion in the way apprenticeships are thought of by the public and employers.

Some in our business seem to think that the public should be compelled to pay up (a retainer) before actually engaging our services (sort of a pre-contract payment) for such things as «opinions of value».

However, both sides seem to be well aware of that other court of interest, the court of Public Opinion.