Sentence examples for acted as a gatekeeper from inspiring English sources

Mooney acted as a gatekeeper between Thompson and his fans.

Former colleagues say that Appelbaum acted as a gatekeeper for Assange, controlling access to him through a live stream or on his phone during parties or dinners.

And yet, to use a term of education professors Janelle Scott and Catherine DiMartino, he has acted as a "gatekeeper" by bringing a private network to the fore in education, and further opening public education to privatized influences.

Under scrutiny are Kavanaugh's claims that he knew nothing about the Republicans infiltrating computer files belonging to Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats, or about a warrantless surveillance program created in response to the Sept. 11 attacks ― even though he acted as a gatekeeper for all information sent to Bush's desk.

6 We focus on the Telegraph as a media source because it had sole access to the expenses records and acted as a gatekeeper on public information; prior to the publication of the Legg report, any MP publicly implicated was therefore first mentioned by the Telegraph.

He brought a disability discrimination complaint to the commission, the federal agency that acts as a gatekeeper on employment issues.

Rather than creating an open and exclusive community, the branded sports fan acts as a gatekeeper, preventing access to the larger group until new members can prove their worth through a properly competitive and exclusionary attitude and an open wallet.

Microsoft, analysts say, could potentially be in a position to act as a gatekeeper, collecting exorbitant tolls from companies, giving favorable treatment to corporate friends and punishing its opponents.

But until recently her primary role has been to act as a gatekeeper, the stern guardian of Ms. Von Teese's retro-glam image, turning down more offers than she accepts.

By July, for instance, patients who wish to get full reimbursement of medical costs must register with a single family doctor, who will act as a gatekeeper to (more expensive) specialist consultants.

Snyder believes that the LATL normally acts as a gatekeeper that keeps the nitty-gritty detail of the real world from gaining entry to our holistically focused conscious mind.