"Public controversy" refers to a situation or issue that causes widespread disagreement, debate, or conflict among members of the general public. It involves public attention and discussion on a topic that is seen as contentious, often due to conflicting opinions, differing beliefs, or societal concerns.
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The challenging news was the shelter was the subject
of public controversy with high kill rates, locked doors, shut out volunteers and what some felt were secretive operations.
I have been in recovery for over 4 years and my understanding is that we are not to be drawn
into public controversy.
As such, proposals for new airports or to expand existing ones invariably generate
massive public controversy, and require the balancing of economic against environmental concerns.
Public controversy about peanut bans at schools notwithstanding, legal protections for severe food allergies in schools has been consistently enforced.
Even despite
public controversies over the inclusion of climate change in state science standards, «Americans overwhelmingly support teaching our children about the causes, consequences, and potential solutions to global warming — in all 50 states and 3,000 + counties across the nation, including Republican and Democratic strongholds,» according to the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (April 11, 2018).
Famous Manet Meets Titian Inspiration — In the «How Did It Take So Long for This To Happen» story of the week, Edouard Manet's beloved «Olympia,» which spawned an incredible amount of
public controversy when it was first displayed at the 1865 Paris Salon, will be placed side - by - side with Titian's «Venus of Urbino,» the painting that helped inspire it as part of the «Manet.
Mice with human - derived livers, goats with human blood cells, and other animals that contain human genes or cells are arguably valuable tools for medical research, but they also can raise tricky ethical questions and
trigger public controversy.
Snap failed to add as many users as projected even as its larger social - media competitor, Facebook Inc.,
endured public controversies over data collection and its products.
In an infamous Newsnight interview he describes fame as «ashes in my mouth», and particularly since he was cast as a national villain after the most high - profile of his
various public controversies he has become fascinated with the subject.
Furthermore, the UK foreign office is pretty restrictive on allowing people with criminal convictions and
other public controversies from entering.
Following the week of orientation and training for the fellowship at AAAS headquarters, Ernst began working on a new idea: a course for freshman honors students focused on discussing concepts and information that are not disputed scientifically, but
face public controversy.
Last year, planned revisions to the fourth edition of the DSM, now 19 years old, triggered
bitter public controversy and worries that psychiatric disorders will be misdiagnosed.
But after a series of
public controversies Jason's career has hit the skids, prompting the fans to write him off as a one - hit - wonder.
It is asking a lot to expect these part - timers, even with the aid of experienced attorneys, to go toe - to - toe with seasoned union leaders in the kind of
public controversy engendered by a contract standoff.
In this sparkling collection of nineteen stories, the bestselling author of Slammerkin returns to contemporary affairs, exposing the private dilemmas that result from some of our
most public controversies.
Fifteen years ago,
public controversy helped to scuttle another patron's promised gift to the city of a large sculpture by Serra, also a San Francisco native.
Mr. Ofili is perhaps best known for
inciting public controversy when his painting The Holy Virgin Mary was shown at the Brooklyn Museum in 1999.
Later in the summer, the Energy East review faced massive delays
after public controversy and protests in Quebec shut down public hearings for the pipeline.
One important aspect of the changes IPCC is making concerns the need to respond more flexibly and rapidly when issues of
public controversy arise.
170 US courts also look to whether the persons in question have «thrust themselves to the forefront of
particular public controversies in order to influence the resolution of the issues involved.»
For our development clients, we often create and execute plans to preempt, manage and
mitigate public controversy and stakeholder intervention.
The Resident's article centered on Horowitz and the Developer's management of the Community, and so his statements arose out of the
limited public controversy.
Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn
into public controversy.
In order to
avoid public controversy, although some may legally have the right to use your content, in practice, most reputable companies would ask for permission first, or create dummy accounts to avoid any legal issues.
One advantage of that is it would put some distance between him and
the public controversy that dogged him after he admitted to the Daily Beast that he helped bankroll an internet group that campaigned against Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election.
I wonder, however, how often
these public controversies work their way into the private decision making of women and men deciding how to approach sex and the possibility of procreation.
Try applying this fact to
any public controversy, and see where it gets you.
If she follows the 12th step program, believing in God or not, the 12th tradition clearly states AA should not enter into
public controversy.
Also, I believe, the second part of the 10th Tradition is being disrespected: «Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into
public controversy.»