Sentences with phrase «on public outrage»

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That has been a sharp contrast to other recent mass shootings where public debate quickly moved on after the perfunctory «thoughts and prayers» offered by many Republican politicians and outrage expressed by Democrats.

If these efforts at refunds are tried, a) there will be public outrage and heat on the government, and b) others will sue.

Responding to public outrage, the government has recently introduced a series of measures like making public the level of air pollution in Beijing and also plans to impose emission restrictions on the steel, coal and petrochemicals industries, among others.

«CEO pay keeps soaring, luxe stock option, pension and bonus packages remain the gold standard for CEOs, and despite public outrage, neither corporate boards nor shareholders are stepping in to put a lid on things.»

Zuckerberg and Sandberg, on the other hand, were at first nowhere to be found, dispatching instead their vice president and deputy general counsel to address employees after days of public outrage.

«Being truthful, even if it makes one look bad, is the quickest way to reduce the length of time spent by media covering an issue or the length of public outrage exhibited on social media.

There is also a sense among analysts that investors believe the worst may be over in terms of public opinion, though that remains to be seen given the outrage over the disaster caused by the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in April.

Dubbed Facebook's «collapse» of public trust, the double revelation that Cambridge Analytica, ostensibly a voter - profiling company, collected the data of 50 million Facebook accounts without user permission, and that thousands of third - party developers built apps on Facebook's platform to gather private information has spurred international outrage.

As was discussed last fall on this blog, where's the outrage and public dissent?

The company has an effective monopoly on a lifesaving product, which has allowed its leaders to see public outrage as a tax they must pay, and then move on.

Mylan's behavior persists because it is hard, and often tedious, for employees and the public to continue complaining — particularly when bosses disagree, or when some newer outrage appears on our Facebook feed.

Senator Elizabeth Warren put her finger on the pulse of the growing public outrage over how the Federal Reserve conducts much of its operations in secret and appears to frequently succumb to the desires of Wall Street to the detriment of the public interest.

There would be outrage from the religious right claiming the nudists don't have a right to infringe on others right not to have to see peoples junk in public.

Reflecting on the rash of outraged protests against allegedly sexist, racist, and homophobic slurs erupting in our public life, New York Times columnist Anna Quindlen tries to get to the root of the matter.

The written ruling became public this week and sparked outrage on Portuguese social media, with rights groups speaking out.

But although the controversy helped bring conversations about abortion back into the cultural spotlight, it appears that much of the outrage failed to make a real or lasting impact on public opinion.

It is funny that Greg Schiano whose name is tied to the Sandusky situation goes for a job at Tennessee and has Meyer and Belichick vouch for him and all but clear his name but there was public outrage and it was all over the web but I haven't seen tons and tons of backlash on Briles.

Last year, though, to the disbelief of his fans, the delight of the tabloids and the outrage of the empty suits in the cricket hierarchy, Botham started showing up in public — though not on the playing field — in the most extraordinary costumes.

Republican state Sen. Andrew Lanza on Thursday compared the public outrage to mass shooting deaths and asked why there isn't more for deaths caused by opioid overdoses.

«The announcement on bonuses today by Barclays is yet another illustration of the banking sector continuing to ignore the public outrage and disgust at their behaviour.

Badger Trust Chairman Peter Martin said: «The public has a right to be outraged not only by the appalling waste of badgers» lives but also the disgraceful squandering of tens of millions of pounds on a policy that will have no measurable impact on reducing bovine TB.»

And since Cambridge Analytica was working for Donald Trump, had worked on Brexit, and was making practical use of this psychological research and not only targeted potential Trump voters but also tried to depress potential Clinton voters from casting their vote, the public outrage was high.

Erie County leaders expressed alarm and outrage over a report by National Public Radio on Friday that the Trump administration is thinking about gutting several federal programs aimed at fighting the opioid drug crisis.

Most of time, you'll only see slight growth, but if you happen to catch a wave of public indignation you might see a massive spurt of signups — I heard a presentation in 2005 from a group that had gone from zero to over 100,000 names in just a few months (if I remember right) because of outrage over gay marriage (they were on the let - us - marry - dammit side).

Details of the allegations were made public this week in two reports issued by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics and Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan, and with the revelations drew widespread disgust and outrage at the lawpublic this week in two reports issued by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics and Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan, and with the revelations drew widespread disgust and outrage at the lawPublic Ethics and Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan, and with the revelations drew widespread disgust and outrage at the lawmaker.

Ayariga, the MP for Bawku Central, caused public outrage when he claimed on pro-NDC network — Radio Gold — recently that the Minority Chief Whip who is the NDC MP for Asawase, shared envelopes containing GH cents 3,000 for minority members serving on the Appointments Committee to approve Mr. Agyarko.

«I'm sure that he would be outraged and angry at reading these headlines because the reputation of the state and the dignity of public service are on the line.

One senior public servant — a man of no political party, and who had previously been on the fence — texted me after the US intervention and said he had been so outraged at President Obama's «back of the queue» remark that he had instantly decided to vote Leave.

The authority had planned to close the center, which lets the public use Stuyvesant High's athletic facilities when school is not in session, on Dec. 20 — much to the outrage of residents and officials — but the authority agreed to keep it open while they work with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's office to find a new operator for the facility.

Radical Conservative plans to make it much more difficult for workers in key public services to go on strike have been slammed as a «democratic outrage» by trade union leaders.

In politico parlance, that's called «misdirection»: getting the public to focus their outrage on something else.

«We stand here today in outrage and disappointment that 15 of our City Council members, including nine members of the Progressive Caucus, have decided to participate in a delegation to Israel sponsored by groups known for promoting Islamophobic public policies,» said Brandon Davis, a member of Jewish Voice for Peace, in opening a rainy press conference outside of City Hall on January 12.

«I urge local authorities to join with schools, parents and the public, who are outraged by the cuts to the school building programme, and support the NASUWT's lobby of Parliament on Monday 19 July.»

It's questions from the public that most often put politicians on the spot (partly because genuine personal outrage is hard to dodge).

«While space for being openly gay is limited, subject to individual factors, a practising gay man who, on return to Kabul, would not attract or seek to cause public outrage, would not face a real risk of persecution.»

In early 2015, the City lifted deed restrictions on the former public school, then AIDS hospice center, and the building was subsequently sold to a luxury condo developer, at the outrage of the general public.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)- With such a high level of public interest in Buffalo's train station selection, many locals were outraged that they were not allowed entry to the final committee meeting on Thursday morning.

March 5: DNAinfo's Heather Holland reported on a public elementary school, P.S. 116, that stopped assigning traditional homework to its students and encouraged them to play, read and socialize with family instead, sparking outrage among some parents.

She said there was «a certain amount of outrage» at Wednesday's vote, suggesting the issue of whether to hold a new public inquiry into the media had been conflated during the Commons debate with a separate proposal to impose punitive costs on publishers who do not sign - up to an officially recognised press regulator.

Hogg, former Tory MP for Sleaford and North Hykeham, caused public outrage after claiming # 2,200 from the public purse to clean the moat on his country estate.

People, on both sides of the issue, should be OUTRAGED as to the lack of due - process, public debate, and review.....

Garner's daughter, Erica Garner, said, «I am pleased that public outrage and good investigative journalism has resulted in the NYPD «reviewing» overtime for officers on modified duty.

State Senator Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester) and Councilman Ritchie Torres (D - Bronx), joined by Councilman Mark Treyger (D - Brooklyn) and outraged New York City Housing Development tenants, released an alarming investigative report on Tuesday, «Sex Offenders in Public Housing: NYCHA Residents at Risk,» detailing a sharp rise in predators illegally residing in public housing developments across thePublic Housing: NYCHA Residents at Risk,» detailing a sharp rise in predators illegally residing in public housing developments across thepublic housing developments across the city.

As 1010 WINS» Sonia Rincon reported, speaking on Syracuse public radio station WCNY's «The Capitol Pressroom» show Monday, Cuomo said when there is public outrage, reform laws get passed.

«If you also are outraged by a new chancellor without any experience in public education and who sent her own children to private school, here is an online petition you can sign and forward on,» wrote one parent on an education e-mail list.

The incident sparked public outrage with some scorn being directed at the Gender Ministry for its perceived delay in taking action on the incident.

Erie County leaders expressed alarm and outrage Saturday over a report by National Public Radio on Friday that the Trump administration is thinking about gutting several federal programs aimed at fighting the opioid drug crisis.

But more than a century after a distraught Georgia man mowed down six of his fellow citizens, research on mass violence still takes a backseat to public fear and outrage.

Howard Hu, a physician and dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Toronto who has published widely on lead and its impact, expressed outrage at the Flint affair, which he considered completely avoidable.

I'm beginning to think there's need for some kind of citizen's watch group that channels public outrage when patients are lured into clinical trials for treating serious diseases based on models / methods that haven't been properly vetted.