Sentences with phrase «to mislead the public»

"To mislead the public" means deliberately giving false or incomplete information, or manipulating the truth, in order to deceive or confuse people. Full definition
We can only guess but there is a good chance the reports will reveal his department were misleading the public about the progress of the programme.
And all the while it was misleading the public by pretending everything was fine.
The defendant must make a false representation by using the claimant's distinctive sign, or domain name, which has the effect of misleading the public.
Over the past decade alarmist climate scientists — including the top figures in the field — have been deliberately misleading the public on many climate issues.
But only for speaking to the cameras - not for misleading the public.
It is made even more difficult when vested interests capture compliant media coverage about proposed health reforms, resulting in damaging, misleading public debate.
It's unlikely anyone involved would want to risk accusations of misleading the public, especially considering the initial controversy.
If Exxon intentionally misled the public about climate change and fossil fuels, then they should be held accountable.
David Cameron faces criticism for misleading the public in his speech to the Conservative party conference yesterday.
Cuomo officials recently has accused the CUNY Professional Staff Congress of deliberately misleading the public about the governor's plans.
On Mr. Tillerson's watch, ExxonMobil was at the forefront of efforts to gut laws to fight corruption in the oil, gas and mining sector, and has been accused of purposefully misleading the public over climate change.
«Perhaps few public statements exemplify the willingness of certain government agencies to mislead the public as clearly as this week's joint announcement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),» explained Ken Haapala, president of the Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP).
Continuing, the state government wondered where the PDP got the figures of N23b and N30b bonds referred to in the said interview and advised the opposition party to seek clarification instead of misleading the public with phantom figures.
So can we please agree that you stop misleading the public when you keep writing that our «incestuous» conduct as Ministers makes it impossible for the President to rely on us for «disinterested» advice.
The second is that it's their job to expose hypocrites who mislead the public by saying one thing and doing another.
«Either the Republican propaganda machine has no idea what resources their members are using, or they are again purposefully misleading the public about the greedy and pathologically political manner in which they ran this body.»
When companies mislead the public about the health effects of the drugs they market, for instance, we hold them accountable.
A widely - covered study that claimed ExxonMobil misled the public on climate change is fatally flawed, according to a bombshell rebuttal published today by one of the foremost experts in content analysis.
Twelve People File Actos Bladder Cancer Lawsuit in Los Angeles Alleging Manufacturer Misled Public Regarding Risks, the Consumer Justice Foundation Reports, Digital Journal, August 23, 2012
Colleagues describe her as capable and confident, but she was accused of misleading the public after a leaked letter revealed that the UK was predicted to fall short of its obligations to get 15 % of its energy from renewables by 2020, while the department was claiming that progress was being made toward that aim.
Notes to Editors The report, «How alcohol industry organisations mislead the public about alcohol and cancer», by Mark Petticrew, Nason Maani Hessari, Cécile Knai and Elisabete Weiderpass, will be published online in Drug and Alcohol Review at 22:00 6 September 2017 The Institute of Alcohol Studies is an independent institute bringing together evidence, policy and practice from home and abroad to promote and informed debate on alcohol's impact on society.
ÂSome environmental groups charge that Neste's claims are «greenwash»: misleading public relations masking unsustainable practices.
In light of the scientific views and statements of an overwhelming majority of relevant scientific organizations, and given the situation, and in light of ExxonMobil's relative inaction and misleading public campaigns, and speaking of bottom - up approaches, I would say that it's time to «X Exx».
Of course, if the NYTimes or WAPO or CNN or CBS or the AP were ever to report the actual cooling trend over the last 15 years (despite the massive amounts of human CO2 emissions) this would establish that they have been grossly misleading the public for years about consensus «global warming.»
Charges that Exxon Mobil misled the public about the potential industry impacts on the environment are tainted by political motivations, the company said.
The Kwara State Government has advised the state chapter of People's Democratic Party (PDP) to refrain from misleading the public about the state government programmes but should rather properly educate itself about them.
But why mislead the public about how much public schools actually cost?
12.13 pm: Brown says Cameron was misleading the public because he said different things about the tax break for married couples.
«It is inexcusable that these recommendations come from people who should know a lot better than to mislead the public at the expense of public employees.»
According to Ofcom's broadcasting code: «Factual programmes or items or portrayals of factual matters must not materially mislead the public».
To this day, they still mislead the public about the harm of their product.
However, the problem begins when people mislead the public and manipulate them so they are most likely to click the link that results in the highest kickback.
Literally a woman of mystery, they are passionate and loving despite misleading public perception.
Similarly, when asbestos manufacturers misled the public about the cancers their product caused, they were held accountable.
What she failed to mention was the breakdown of those numbers, again misleading the public to believe that this was the importation from rescues.
Senior Department for Education officials raised concerns the deputy prime minister misled the public about the government's free school meals policy, leaked emails show.
And look who stayed: Iain Duncan Smith, whose mismanagement of the universal credit system has cost the taxpayer millions, the details of which have been muddied over in countless misleading public appearances and expensive legal battles.
Arguably we risk misleading the public when we know dealers have that question, when asked by novice, or naive buyers well covered.
Legally, the claimant must show it had goodwill, that the defendant misled the public such that a distinction between the claimant and defendant could not be made and the goodwill of the claimant was damaged by the misrepresentations of the defendant.
«You have the CEO of a public company and a controlling shareholder misleading the public and you can see the impact — the 22 % rise in the stock price on the public being misled,» Ackman said on hedge fund Pershing Square's quarterly conference call Wednesday, referring to Herbalife CEO Michael Johnson and Icahn.
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