Guess what: a political candidate is using the internet to leverage the attention he's receiving from taking
a public stand on an issue.
Exactly where
the public stands on this issue depends a lot on how you ask the question.
CPV (Comment 16) expresses the concern that once a scientist takes
a public stand on an issue, he or she is likely to succumb to various pressures that can undermine scientific objectivity, encourage confirmation bias, etc..
Not exact matches
As his
public influence grew, the preacher's
stands on the social
issues of his day were watched closely by supporters and critics alike.
While it's rare to see CEOs here take a
public stand (witness the silence of Toronto's business leaders when the Rob Ford scandals unfolded), a growing number of American executives are stepping into the
public spotlight, taking
stands on issues like religious freedom, gay marriage and gun control.
Though they have made their mark in the private sector, these men and women are taking
public stands on hot button social and environmental
issues ranging from gay marriage to climate change to gender equality.
Here, we don't just illuminate where Mitt Romney and Barack Obama
stand on the
issues that matter to our readers; we also delve into the larger question of how politics and faith should coexist in the
public space.
Neuhaus» silence in
public about the Cardinal's
stand on labor
issues until the Cardinal had passed away was rather strange in view of the fact that, to his credit, Fr.
The U.S.
public outcry for GMO labeling has prompted the food industry to start listening to its consumers and take a
stand on the
issue of genetically modified foods.
In order to clarify where social science
stands on these
issues, a February 2014 study published in the highly ranked peer - review journal, Psychology,
Public Policy, and Law with the endorsement of 110 of the world's top authorities (from 15 countries) in attachment, early child development, and divorce concludes that overnights and shared residential parenting should be the norm for children of all ages including infants and toddlers.
Of course the
public is in favour of this, but if we as a parliament can not
stand up
on this
issue, then what after all is parliament for?»
Maybe this is his strategy — stay out of the last leadership race — it's likely to produce a dud, get the position of party chairman, make challenging powerful speeches and articles (he has identified the English democratic defecit, Toque, in his New Statesman article, which is about the best
on the
issue from any MP see: http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2010/08/labour-party-english-england), make more of a
public name for himself, then
stand when the prospects of victory are real.
«Mayor de Blasio's approval rating has inched up, and he has improved his
standing with New Yorkers
on both his handling of
issues and their perceptions of his qualities as mayor,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for
Public Opinion.
For the sake of
public trust in British democracy, will the Minister who is
standing in for the Deputy Prime Minister therefore agree that any legislation put before the House
on this vital
issue should be the subject of a free vote?»
«They're separate
issues, and they should
stand on their own merits,» the New York
Public Interest Research Group's Blair Horner said.
As he demonstrated in relation to a range of
issues — not least in the Stop the War movement — he was a man that would march with the
public and was not afraid to
stand on the barricades.
Unfortunately freedom of speech is contingent to how much money you have given that the media is itself a business that has to make profits as well, so a «lobbyist» like this comes to this program without any ethics, without any remorse but with a lot of money as well to openly acknowledge that: yes, we put money in this governor's elections, we are expecting he pay us back and will
stand on our side of the equation, and yes, we have collected (very fast) the private necessary money to run a
public relations campaign (of lies if necessary) to guarantee that our privileges are well kept; and he finds a free
stand to speak out freely and without appropriate response As far as Liz, I'm not sure if it is only a being naïve
issue.
«With the unfortunate rise in corruption in New York and the resulting withering
public trust in our political process, it is so important that we educate voters
on where candidates
stand on good government
issues,» said Dick Dadey, Executive Director of Citizens Union.
At 10 a.m., Assembly
Standing Committees
on Environmental Conservation and Health, and the Subcommittee
on Oversight of the DEC, hold a joint
public hearing to examine water quality
issues and to review implementation of the $ 2.5 billion in water infrastructure funding contained in the 2017 - 18 budget, 250 Broadway, Manhattan.
And there are
issues he is clearly not
on our side —
on nuclear disarmament for example (he wants in principle to preserve a nuclear deterrent though is happy for Trident to go into the defence review)-- and many more where there simply isn't clear enough evidence, like where exactly he
stands on public investment versus spending cuts.
«New York City Firefighters put their lives
on the line every day, and we look to elected leaders that will
stand up for important
issues that impact
public safety.
To see where each candidate
stands on issues related to
public education click here: GOVERNORS RACE SIDE BY SIDE
O'Brien argued that the
public knew Funke because of his television career, but not where he
stood on the
issues.
I also strongly believe that both houses have an obligation to take votes
on these
issues so the
public will know where their elected senators and assemblymen
stand.
«It's really important that voters and the
public get a chance to know where senators and candidates
stand on the
issues they care about,» Scharff said.
The New York State Allies for
Public Education wants a much more open process with candidates explaining how they
stand on issues like the Common Core and high - stakes testing.
In such situations, people are forced to out themselves or walk away depending
on people's points of view,» declares Rochelle Diamond, the chair of NOGLSTP and a professional staff member at the California Institute of Technology's Division of Biology, «You don't know where people
stand until
issues become
public.»
For example, imagine you are trying to convince a friend who thinks of herself as bold and decisive that it's OK to change her mind about an
issue on which she'd taken a
public stand.
Estimating the influence of the news media
on public expression —
on whether it causes individuals to take
public stands on key policy
issues, for example — has long been challenging to scientists.
Best known for his and John Chubb's seminal work
on school choice, Politics, Markets, and America's Schools, Moe here seeks to discover where Americans
stand on the voucher
issue through
public opinion surveys.
Establishing a common set of standards across states is a new policy proposal that emerged as a
public issue only in 2011, and it appears as if many citizens have yet to decide where they
stand on the matter.
Janus and West Virginia touch
on issues within a long -
standing debate: the role of organized labor, specifically teachers» unions, in
public education.
Quality Counts 2012, the 16th edition of Education Week's annual examination of
issues and challenges facing America's
public schools, takes aim at topics high
on the policy agenda, from the White House and Congress down to the level of local school boards and chambers of commerce: the nation's international
standing in education, and lessons to be drawn from high - performing countries.
«There is no doubt where we
stand on issues critical to supporting students and
public education, but Americans have a right to know where she
stands.»
Take a minute and make sure you're ready to take a
stand on the
issues that affect California
public education.
Despite Tom Foley's decision to join Malloy in backing the corporate education reform industry's agenda, any endorsement of Malloy — prior to him publicly reversing course
on the
issues listed above — would be an insult to every Connecticut teacher and the tens of thousands of parents and
public school advocates who are counting
on the Connecticut Education Association to
stand up for
public education in Connecticut.
Get information that you need to make decisions
on important education
issues before the General Assembly as well as where candidates
stand on charter
public school related
issues that are important to you.
She seeks out opportunities to meet with legislators and education leaders
on education
issues and
stands up for children, their teachers, and their neighborhood
public schools at rallies, hearings, meetings, and town halls.
The troughs in the pavement left by the heavy trucks
on the
public roads were filled with
standing water, and the puddles were the biggest
issue.
Given what I have read and heard about these
issues, the general
public won't
stand for increased pricing and if you held a
public forum
on this topic, I would say that most would agree with the points that I have made.
If a company is viewed as a
stand - alone,
issuing add -
on issues of common stock
on which no cash dividend is paid, either in
public offerings or mergers, has, for the company, a zero cost of capital.
Following this case, the
Public Utilities Board (PUB)
issued out a statement about their
stand on this situation — surveillance patrols would be stepped up at the Marina Bay area.
So a decline in media coverage of an
issue decreases its overall importance and
standing on the
public agenda.
But of all the fresh considerations of Carson's work, there's one that
stands out for me at the moment — a recent paper by two researchers of rhetoric and writing who dug in
on «Silent Spring» drafts, notes and revisions and found that Carson had a remarkable and rare trait for someone so committed to raising
public concern about a pressing environmental
issue.
They include a tendency for individuals heavily involved
on an
issue to perceive almost all news coverage as hostile to their goals (even news coverage that favors their position); to presume much larger effects for a message
on the
public than the actual influence; and to apply a faulty quasi-statistical sense to where
public opinion might actually
stand on an
issue, perceiving
public opinion as hostile to their goals, no matter what the objective indicators might say.
«The tiny group of dissenting scientists have been given prominent
public visibility and congressional influence out of all proportion to their
standing in the scientific community
on the
issue of global warming.
The strategy is to divide conservative candidates and moderate voters; framing conservatives as
standing on the morally wrong side of the climate change
issue; as they have been portrayed in the gay marriage and Civil Rights debates.9 The NextGen campaign applies a master narrative that is adapted to each state, emphasizing that climate change poses a serious threat to the economy,
public health, and children, and that if a candidate doesn't believe in climate change, they can't be trusted.
It's time religious leaders take a
stand against fossil fuels With the moral
issues in mind, Christiana Figueres, the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention
on Climate, called upon all religious leaders to take a
public stand against fossil fuels, whose high emissions of greenhouse gases are said to increase the rate of climate change.
Clearly, regardless of where one might
stand on these
issues, what became clear to me is that, despite the importance of the topic, there has been relatively little
public discourse of the
issues but this may change as the
issues become more pressing.
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on - Record / litigant
public that the Court Programme
issued by Dr. Faqir Hussain, Former Registrar
on Orders of Former Chief Justice
on 03.11.2007 conveying sitting of the Hon» ble Judges
stands cancelled and withdrawn.