Sentences with phrase «swaying public opinion of»

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The game is the most recent example of how Russians tried to sway public opinion in the US during the 2016 election.

Apple, with the support of the entire tech industry behind it, successfully swayed public opinion in March in its legal battle against the Department of Justice.

Thursday's sanctions target Russians indicted last month as part of the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's election meddling on charges of conspiracy to interfere in the election by waging a social - media influence operation to sow discord and sway public opinion in the US in favor of Trump.

The progress of algorithms has gone so far that Facebook and Google are now accused of creating filter bubbles that can effect public opinion, rapidly change political landscapes and sway elections.

I've become less swayed by the reaction of other people, less vulnerable to the ups and downs of public opinion.

And that we most of what we hear on the news or in church is heavily censored and meant to sway public or cult - like opinions.

That is not to say there shouldn't be Christian or other religious values present but it is to say that people shouldn't be conned and public opinion shouldn't be manipulated by claims of righteous values — as we have seen, it is just too easy to fake and sway people to support what may not be in their best interests based on having a cloak of religion.

Today, the media, demagoguery, mind conditioning, and all sorts of other methods are used to sway public opinion and manipulate minds, giving the impression of a collective rape of consciences and a serious confiscation of freedoms and of thought.

A DA can and will release as much info as he can to sway public opinion for any one of a million reasons.

Swaying the court of public opinion, and grandstanding for any advantage prior to trial, is a hallmark of any good lawyerly «competitor».

There's a lot of moving pieces and plenty of ways for the public to sway their opinion.

It gives whoever controls the platform the possibility to sway public opinion by deciding what kind of speech to permit on their platform.

The Ministry of Defence has carried out a study of the shift in society and came to the same conclusion: The Guardian reported sources saying that public opinion had swayed MPs:

When some politicians try to sway public opinion, they employ the tricks of the debating chamber: cherry - picking data, ignoring the consensus opinions of experts, adept use of a sneer or a misplaced comparison, reliance on the power of rhetoric rather than argument.

They do, however, raise serious questions about the validity of climate models (which are, of course, used to predict future warming and are used to set public policy and sway public opinion) and how much we are actually warming.

The pharmaceutical industry spends millions of dollars developing drugs and millions more swaying the opinions of physicians and the public.

«Hillary's America: The Secret History Of The Democratic Party» is a documentary that features poor reenactments of history, without reference of context, in order to sway public opinion during an electioOf The Democratic Party» is a documentary that features poor reenactments of history, without reference of context, in order to sway public opinion during an electioof history, without reference of context, in order to sway public opinion during an electioof context, in order to sway public opinion during an election.

Based on the Lissa Evans novel Their Finest Hour and a Half, Scherfig's film tells a behind - the - scenes story (with a witty script by Gaby Chiappe) about a group of filmmakers tasked with creating effective World War II propaganda films, meant to inspire resoluteness in the people of Britain and to sway American public opinion toward joining the war.

But regardless of where anyone once stood, there's no mistaking how much a single trailer with simple but effective editing — coupled with worthy dialogue thanks to Chris Terrio's rewrites — has swayed public opinion in a flash.

The heated debate over the growth of charter schools in Massachusetts continues to escalate, as advocates and opponents wrangle in legal suits and wage aggressive public relation campaigns to sway parents» opinions.

Till then, be at the e-reader forum to have an idea of which way popular public opinion is swaying towards.

It's still very confusing that publishers rail against the retail giant and that «unnamed sources» continue to leak tidbits of information that are supposed to sway the court of public opinion against Amazon.

I'm not sure if Authors United is a bunch of elitists who know they're full of shit and are trying to make the best argument they can to sway public opinion because they don't want the gravy train to end, or if they're truly as stupid as they appear.

Levy struggled to sway public opinion on the status and potential market value of photography, but he found few buyers willing to pay the prices he was asking.

Rudolph cautioned that the impact of bringing a lawsuit could backfire in swaying public opinion, instead hardening minds.

Whom, depending on the day — among other factors — may decide to cause the public opinion to sway in favor of belief in manmade climate change or against it.

The reason: Special interest groups, with funding and support from Big Polluters, have spent decades on well - coordinated campaigns to spread doubt in the media and sway public opinion about the reality of the crisis.

However, the success of the Fossil Free campaign depends on how successful we are in swaying public opinion and growing stronger as a movement.

The AGU said: «Mr. Michaels's op - ed reflects a political strategy to sway popular opinion on climate change without regard for facts or the enormous body of scientific evidence... The result damages the scientific community and is a disservice to the public.»

Does it represent a concerted effort to sway public opinion or change the outcome of a trial?

Because the individualized assessment of the appropriateness of the death penalty is a moral inquiry into the culpability of the defendant, and not an emotional response to the mitigating evidence, I agree with the Court that an instruction informing the jury that they «must not be swayed by mere sentiment, conjecture, sympathy, passion, prejudice, public opinion or public feeling» does not by itself violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

As reported by the Post, Facebook found 470 likely fraudulent profiles and pages, which it linked to the promotion of 3,300 ads designed to sway public opinion in America.

My advice [to Government] is don't be swayed by public opinion, which may be negative a lot of times.

It became Stephenson's task to garner favour from FDR to access the industrial might of the United States and sway public opinion to join the allied war effort.