Sentence examples for selective opinion from inspiring English sources

They accused me of selective opinion making.

The selective manipulation of world opinion seemed to be a critical part of Colonel Qaddafi's strategy.

Governments have a selective ear for public opinion: the public's hostility to immigration gets heard clearly while its opposition to bankers' bonuses doesn't.

On the other hand, as an attempt to understand how people manage opinion conflicts, selective exposure theory hypothesizes that individuals tend to favor information that reinforces pre-existing views while avoiding contradictory information [13].

However, the CAG's observation is based on a selective reading of the opinions given by the Department of Legal Affairs.

The other big factor is turnout: when turnout is low, only those strongly invested in a particular outcome will vote, and this can skew the result to something quite at odds with majority opinion – essentially a selective sampling problem.

I wonder whether he perhaps hopes this skirting of direct opinion, coupled with his selective interpretation of history, will lead me to demonize the president for him.

His admiration was selective and he believed, wrongly in my opinion, that the quality of MPs had severely deteriorated.

An APCO executive told a reporter who had reviewed the book that I was guilty of one of the deceptive PR tactics I condemned: the selective disclosure of information to manipulate public opinion.

The giving of expected responses is a mechanism identified in opinion surveys, and described as "selective reporting" [ 22].

In addition, possible bias caused by the use of the 'no opinion' option, missing values and selective withdrawal was analysed.