Sentences with phrase «swaying public opinion on»

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.

Facebook is still finding — and banning — accounts linked to the Internet Research Agency, the Russian troll army with ties to the Kremlin that tried to sway public opinion on Facebook during the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

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Uber and Waymo have both launched public demos, presumably to get an early start on swaying public opinion while testing the tech in a real - world setting.

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.

She added that American public opinion on the issue likely swayed Trump and Pence to continue speaking out.

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.

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

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.

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.

As a critic, I have the privilege to see films earlier than the general public on most occasions, which allows me to avoid the never - ending hype train that can sway opinion whether intended or not.

Authors United can't win on logic, facts, or even common sense, so they are appealing to emotion to sway public opinion, and the language they're using is tailored to that.

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.»

China also hires people who are paid to post content favorable to Communist Party policy on the Internet, attempting to sway public opinion.

While it's not unusual for governments or agencies to issue warnings or try to educate the public on what regulators may consider risky investments, Polish financial authorities have taken it a step further, spending taxpayers» money on a smear campaign — trying to sway public opinion against crypto assets by paying social media influencers to attack them.