Sentence examples for offending government from inspiring English sources

Why or why not? –How do you think American journalists can be encouraged to report on more challenging news stories, or to take reporting risks without worrying about offending government or corporate news sponsors?

Journalists, as well as activists, lawyers and opposition politicians are often charged with breaching a range of national security laws, including on propaganda against the system, and offending government leaders, he said.

Instead, the decision came from media owners, who are usually either concerned about offending government figures or have been directly pressured by them, he said.

If the offending government does not comply, it has to lodge a deposit, at zero interest, of between 0.2% and 0.5% of GDP with the European Commission.

The evidence was detailed and convincing enough that if the offending government were, say, Iran or Syria, there would be no doubt that the United States would seek international sanctions on the basis of the file.

It relies strongly on the worldwide distribution of "adoption groups," each of which, staffed by three to eight persons, takes on a limited number of cases of prisoners of conscience and barrages the offending government with letters of protest until the prisoners are released.

But for now, offending governments can paint the resolution as an imposition by the West.

Brilliant.The European Commission could reject the proposed national allocations outright and insist that offending governments slash the allowances substantially.

Over the years News Corporation has offended governments and regulators.

"The UN should stop tiptoeing around, trying not to offend governments and instead put the victims of sexual exploitation and abuse at the heart of their policy," said Sarah Taylor, advocate in the women's rights division at Human Rights Watch.

Today, Ethiopia, one of the world's poorest nations, remains in the midst of a food emergency and is sliding towards a new famine, although relief agencies are loathe to use the 'F' word for fear of offending the government.