Sentences with phrase «political bias in»

Fletcher had named lawyer C. Dodd Harris IV to direct a new Office of Merit System Referrals, which would look for political bias in merit job recommendations.

I may be too pessimistic, but based on the history of my science field, this one will be a long fight, it will take decades of non-warming before the evidence of the data becomes heavier than the political bias in the eyes of the average new student.

If you believe or even care about Penn State's white wash of Mikey Mann you probably believe CBS's «investigation» that concluded that Dannie Rather and Mary Mapes were 100 % free of political bias in either case you're beyond gullible and entering the area of willful blindness.

Talk about a civics lesson: A high school senior has raised questions about political bias in a popular textbook on U.S. government, and legal scholars and top scientists say the teen's criticism is well founded.

Kramer fought against leftwing political bias in art criticism, and what he perceived as the aesthetic nihilism characteristic of many 20th century working artists and art critics.

In response to separate allegations of political bias in its autocomplete algorithm, Google wrote in a June blog post that it designed its autocomplete algorithm to avoid completing searches for personal names with «offensive or disparaging» words.

Shadow Welsh Secretary Peter Hain was rebuked by Labour bosses yesterday after accusing the BBC of political bias in its coverage of the royal wedding.

The particular skepticism of government / University research stems from a perceived liberal bias in universities and a political bias in government institutions.

Do they have blurbs in main articles pointing to percieved political biases (for example, MSNBC or NBC itself, or New York Times, all 3 of which are just as frequently accused of political bias in the other directon as Fox News is).

The complaints varied from questions about political bias in the civil service to the very timing of the referendum itself.

«Earlier this year, we shared more information about Trending in response to questions about alleged political bias in the product.

If anything the peer reviewed process has bolstered the political biases in presenting scientific premises.

Not exact matches

That's not going to help the network's argument that it encourages objectivity — all it's going to do is exacerbate criticism that CNN accepts bias only when it bends in a specific political direction.

But the move appears not to be going on planned, in part for a reason that could have been anticipated: AI technology is, like people, prone to bias — a bias as human as the political leanings of an editor, but coming from different sources.

In crass media terms, having a lot of Trump coverage could be seen as an attempt to attract viewers and thus boost ratings numbers, rather than a biased political choice.

«ACT for America has never, and will never, tolerate any bias, discrimination, or violence against anyone, based on their religion, gender, race, or political persuasion,» Act for America told Newsweek in a statement.

«There are a great many Americans who I think are deeply concerned that Facebook and other tech companies are engaged in a pervasive pattern of bias and political censorship,» said Sen. Ted Cruz, R - Texas.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R - Texas, led the charge in accusing Facebook of political bias on Tuesday, during Zuckerberg first day of congressional testimony.

Cruz said there are a «great many Americans who I think are deeply concerned that Facebook and other tech companies are engaged in a pervasive pattern of bias and political censorship.»

Facebook infamously fired the humans moderating its Trending section in 2016 after accusations of political bias.

As Wired reported, Facebook conducted an internal investigation of bias and even invited conservative political figures to their Menlo Park, California, offices for a meeting in 2016.

The report of the United States Trade Representative on China is a biased political document that has further inflamed anti-China sentiment in America.

In other words because FOX has been so successful at caterring to a particular political ideology by chosing bias stories and presenting stories more geared toward a certain group «we're going to do it too».

There is a need to draw attention to the bias and hidden assumptions contained in the text books — and not just in religious studies, but in subjects across the curriculum where political indoctrination is taking place.

Broadcast bias resulted in significant national misperceptions about a major political policy issue — going to war in Iraq.

Biased in favor of one or another ecclesiastic outlook at times, this civil religion can also at times be biased on behalf of the political statuBiased in favor of one or another ecclesiastic outlook at times, this civil religion can also at times be biased on behalf of the political statubiased on behalf of the political status quo.

Liberation theology is conducted in a hermeneutical circle which can be entered only in an act of solidarity with the oppressed of the world, an act of such immediacy and commitment that it circumvents the danger of ideological bias normally inherent in political choices.2 From this hermeneutically privileged standpoint, liberation theology proceeds to a social scientific analysis of the situation, which is intended to uncover the structures of oppression and the extensive ideological biases both of the oppressors and of their attendant theologies.

They will likely respond in terms of political and economic biases rather than theological ones, for the theological education of the laity has suffered in recent years.

In addition, they represent an ideological bias that strongly supports the existing economic, social and political powers.

«Since there is no Supreme Arche as source of meaning and value, there is no need to set the world right... Unless we free ourselves from the bias that forces us to conceive the Cosmos as a single - ordered world which it is our responsibility to recreate in social and political dimensions, we shall surely not escape the temptation to exploit the instrumental power born of our narrow and perverse anthropocentrism for totalitarian ends (EI 251).

I describe in the book how those programs tended to get caught up in accusations of bias and political battles between left and right, and how most of them wound up being pretty watered - down.

(Though according to Glenn Greenwald, Paul along with Edwards and Huckabee still aren't getting the recognition they deserve for reasons that reveal profound biases in our political system.)

Judge Garaufis has repeatedly shown his bias towards the City's reasonable arguments on hiring in the Fire Department, and Judge Scheindlin, in certifying as a class everyone who has been stopped and frisked by the New York City Police Department, has twisted class action law in order to serve her own political goals.

Other research in political psychology suggests that the no campaign has had a much easier job — those inclined to political conservatism are more likely to have a «negativity bias» in their response to environmental stimuli — conservatives have more of a physiological reaction to potential threats in the environment and subsequently devote more psychological resources towards dealing with them: conservatives, quite literately, see more things that could go wrong than liberals.

This applies to either end of the spectrum, too, regardless of those who see a liberal bias in political journalism.

The bias is stronger on the political left, and with women, but is present across the political spectrum and in both genders.

But, political campaigns have generally lagged behind the commercial advertising world in the percentage of money spent online, and removing consultants» bias toward TV ads should help bring more balance to the system.

The emotionality embedded in identity issues must be accounted for as it is a strong generator of political biases within and across state borders.

He thinks that progressive political theorists, lacking experience in the entrepreneurial world themselves, have a bias toward political liberties.

@Alexei: the biased language as such is contained in the extract, my own language has been relatively unbiased; political terrain is contentious so its not surprising that contentious language is used; or would rather have me be «politically correct»?

Do they have blurbs in main articles pointing to percieved political biases (for example, MSNBC or NBC itself, or New York Times?

Campaign consultants are often accused of lagging behind their counterparts in the commercial marketing world and even the political issue advocacy world, but a major reason is that they HAVE to use methods that are known to work — when you have very little time to get your candidate elected, you're going to be biased toward tactics that you know you can trust.

The article goes into detail about how some well - known stories have spread and is well worth a read, particularly the questions it raises about the role of political journalists in passing stories along and about the biases and distortions that these new outlets can introduce into the process.

Evidence on the ground in many mining communities shows clear political bias and discrimination in selecting people for skills training.

To ensure that proceedings don't suffer due to ineffective or biased prosecution, my third Bill proposes to increase accountability and transparency in the appointment of prosecutors so as to shield them from political interference.

I didn't write it specifically about political apps (rather, about Facebook's structural bias against «useful» apps in general), but it applies to them as well.

His focus is not on political maneuvering in order to maintain a position, but rather on actually governing — encouraging collaboration among all parties and serving all of New Paltz, not being biased towards those who serve some personal agenda.

Still, Mr. Brafman added, «in today's climate, defendants facing political corruption charges must be concerned about potential juror bias that may be based more on perception than fact.»

«Owelle Rochas Okorocha had the vision to look beyond ethnic bias and align his political interest and that of his people with that of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), even when many in this region did not have such foresight.»

«Some voices, for political or ethnic reasons are making unguarded statements accusing the government and myself in particular of religious bias.