The phrase
"to deceive the public" means to intentionally trick or mislead the general population, typically by providing false or misleading information. It involves creating a false perception or manipulating facts to make people believe something that is not true.
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You make accusations of fear mongering and deliberately
deceiving the public in order to have an otherwise unjustified war.
Don't listen to these lawyers who have a vested interest in
deceiving the public by using language designed to deceive.
Exxon has been compared extensively to the tobacco industry, which was convicted of racketeering in 2000 for
deliberately deceiving the public about the dangers of its products.»
The Municipal Chief Executive for Wa Central, Hon Isaahaque Nuhu Putiaha has revealed in an interview with GhanaPoliticsonline.Com, that the Npp is made up of «Confused Elements» who are bent on
deceiving the public for Cheap political points.
The HSUS» complaint contends that Laymon is violating the state's consumer protection law, also known as the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act, by
deceiving the public into believing that the dogs in her operation are rescued from other facilities, when in fact many of the dogs may be coming directly from her puppy mill.
On July 14, anti-abortion activists with a long record
of deceiving the public released their latest campaign — the latest in a seven - year string of false bills of goods they seek to sell to the media and the public.
Like I said, and I have served notice, this same Bawumia, I am taking him to court [over] the fake Togolese register under the Criminal Offences Act 1960, Act 29 Section 251 [for]
deceiving a public officer.
Further, the suits allege that these companies — BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Shell — have known for decades that using fossil fuels drives global warming, and yet they not only have continued to do so, but also have intentionally
deceived the public regarding the consequences.
Mr. Cuomo's behavior, including
deceiving the public as to the workings of the Commission, falls far short of the minimum ethical standards for the highest elected official in our state.
The companies include Chevron Corp., ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips Co., BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Peabody Energy Corp. «The American people deserve answers from the fossil fuel corporations about their actions to
massively deceive the public in regards to climate science,» Lieu and Welch wrote in a letter to their House colleagues asking for their support.
Axelrod's allegations include attempts
at deceiving the public by fraudulent residency of a number of Committee - people and witnesses, forgery and other allegedly illegal practices that are outlined below.
The climate change advocacy group accused Exxon of «pouring resources to
actively deceive the public by funding climate denial groups, recommending against climate shareholder resolutions, and obstructing climate action.»
When that time comes, you, and all those like you (who have
willfully deceived the public about the geoenigneering reality and dangers), will face the public's demand for legal and moral accountability.
The IRS, however, does not look favorably upon those
who deceive the public, to obtain money or any other benefit under the auspices of 501c3 tax - exempt status.
Hence, fair persons can easily and insightfully infer that ISIS sometimes have some limited (e.g. 1 or 2 or 3 days) attacks — by bombing — to some non-Shia countries to
deceive the public thoughts as if all of the world is their goals... / But please be realistic...
These shenanigans by the district and the union have been presented to the public in a way that is designed to pull the wool over people's eyes: «The result has been a perversion of the evaluation system and a knowing effort to
deceive the public using educational jargon.»
Quite apart from the preceding theological considerations (and even if one should disagree with these), the representatives of the
church deceive the public if they lay claim to an expertise (political, economic or what - have - you) which in fact they do not possess.
Later that night Latimer used his Facebook page to
deceive the public further on multiple levels — as to the truth of my story, the source of my story, the purpose of my story, that my reporting on a car crash in New Rochelle is part of some conspiracy orchestrated by his political opponent.
While it is true that every government property sold to individuals or corporate entities is released to the owner on a 99 - year lease, no new owner who has bought a property from
government deceives the public that he is a mere tenant to the government on an acquired property.
In particular, we urge the security agencies to invite Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia for questioning on the basis that he engaged in falsification and fabrication of public records to
deceive public officials.
The Democratic senator's comments come a day after Illinois Republican leaders called for a perjury investigation into whether
Burris deceived the public last month when he failed to tell state lawmakers that former Gov. Blagojevich's brother solicited him for campaign cash at the same time that the governor himself was considering whether to appoint him to fill the Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama.
He described those holding such view as ignorant of the history of the struggle to liberate their people from the marginalization of the Nigerian government and warned them to
stop deceiving the public.
The sponsors of the bill will trot out well - compensated salespeople who'll
deceive the public with misleading names for vouchers, like «scholarships,» which implies individualized, merit - based determinations.
«I can imagine the outrage from the public if there were a white faced dog with brown teeth who was limping with rumors, and the kennel card said 1 - year - old, that's open deception of the public, we are
currently deceiving the public at all shelters that breed label in light of scientific fact.
The breeder does not breed designer crosses such as «poo» dogs or anything else that is truly a cross bred but has a catchy
name deceiving the public that it is pure.
Perhaps this failure of honesty and integrity occurred because, as biologist Peter Medawar wrote of Teilhard de Chardin, before climate
scientists deceived the public, they had taken great pains to deceive themselves.
«There are active efforts to fool investors, by the way,» he added, citing an investigation into allegations
Exxon deceived the public about climate risk.
The oil industry's well documented decades long campaign to
knowingly deceive the public continues today through ads such as this one falsely claiming that oil is clean and necessary.
Was a cyclical shift in the trade winds in this much - watched region (in particular a pause in El Niños) once
again deceiving the public about the long - term prospects for the world's greenhouse future?
«These front groups are paid to spin a web of denial wrapped in ideology with the aim of
purposely deceiving the public about the dangers of climate change.»
Evidence uncovered in the recent tobacco litigation demonstrates that the tobacco companies
deliberately deceived the public into believing that their products were safe and non-addictive while conspiring to keep the industry's knowledge to the...
I am in deep consultation with my lawyers, they have advised me that Under the Criminal Offenses Act 1960, for
deceiving a public officer, I should petition the Attorney General for the case to be re-opened for Bawumia to come and prove to the nation that the Togolese register he presented is not a fake document»
That's why we are fighting back hard and calling this what it is: part of a decade - long campaign
of deceiving the public, making false charges, and terrorizing women and their doctors — all in order to ban abortion and prevent women from accessing care at Planned Parenthood.
The companies include Chevron Corp., ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips Co., BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Peabody Energy Corp. «The American people deserve answers from the fossil fuel corporations about their actions to
massively deceive the public in regards to climate science,» Lieu and Welch wrote in a letter to their House colleagues asking for their support.
«The fact that, under this code, grammar schools can increase pupil numbers without any requirement to consult, demonstrates the Government is
deceiving the public when it claims it is not expanding the selective grammar school system.
Since the past century, companies like Exxon chose to ignore the warnings of their own scientists and instead have been pouring resources to
actively deceive the public by funding climate denial groups, recommending against climate shareholder resolutions and obstructing climate action.
Fossil fuel companies and their lobbying groups have been
deceiving the public for nearly 30 years about the facts of global warming.