They are also downplaying the climate risks, and they are downplaying the risks to water contamination.
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The president is downplaying — he is downplaying — the threat of coronavirus to a dangerous degree, and his chief of staff, amazingly, said to Americans, 'Turn off your televisions.
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He also suggested that the media was downplaying terror threats.
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He responded by downplaying the significance of his NFL statement.
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Because you're immediately downplaying the newness of said new shit.
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Consistently downplaying the extent of Russian meddling on their platform.
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Murphy is downplaying interest in a 2020 White House run.
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Trump's team is downplaying the issue ahead of her address.
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AfD leaders have also been accused of downplaying Nazi crimes.
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And they are downplaying the effect on the homebuying deduction.
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Pelosi: Trump's downplaying of coronavirus cost American lives Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi criticized Trump on his response to the coronavirus, accusing him of downplaying the outbreak and failing to respond quickly enough.
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The Chinese government is already under scrutiny for downplaying the risks.
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Yet his aides are downplaying the effects of a loss there.
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But it sounds like Google may be downplaying this a bit.
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"Downplaying gender differences... makes women more confident," Professor Phillips told me.
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He answered once, downplaying the role racism plays in the movement.
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But he goes too far in downplaying the current IT revolution.
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However, the analyst isn't downplaying the potential for wireless industry consolidation.
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Winters joined former Fed Chair Janet Yellen in downplaying recession fears.
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The second is that many organizations are still downplaying the risks.
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Conservatives railed against a Hollywood film downplaying America's monumental space victory.
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People are protesting Bolsonaro's inaction and his downplaying of the crisis.
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Pelosi began the current term in Congress by downplaying impeachment talk.
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" TAPPER: "Are you saying that his downplaying ultimately cost American lives?
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Of course the NFL has an agenda in downplaying head injuries.
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Tourism officials in the Dominican Republic have been downplaying the deaths.
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Downplaying potential vulnerabilities is also, of course, a particularly American phenomenon.
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But what the Saudis are downplaying is where the attack originated.
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It also uses video footage of Trump downplaying concerns about coronavirus.
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"This one is pretty crap," Fisher admits, again downplaying his own wizardry.
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The company both acknowledged the action, while downplaying the number of incidents.
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"Vine was an art," Estela says, downplaying the YouTube video he uploaded.
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Trump has spent almost two weeks downplaying the significance of Khashoggi's Oct.
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"The strategic case for commodities remains solid", Goldman said, downplaying recent volatility.
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That kind of legacy doesn't simply disappear by ignoring or downplaying it.
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The company is downplaying the cost of its move out of China.
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John Kennedy of Louisiana tried downplaying the significance of the impeachment proceedings.
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Publicly, Trump is downplaying the importance of trade during the global pandemic.
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Bolsonaro has been criticized by many within Brazil for downplaying the crisis.
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Downplaying the pandemic is journalistically irresponsible, and Fox News finally realized that.
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Trump's downplaying of the injuries is in service of himself, of course.
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They&aposve found very clearly -- WATTERS: I think we&aposve been downplaying it.
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Downplaying the threat from major state adversaries is step one in this withdrawal.
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But downplaying Facebook's role will be a hard sell for lawmakers and critics.
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When he lost power in 1999, he blamed reporters for downplaying his accomplishments.
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On Sunday, Anderson Cooper asked him whether he was intentionally downplaying his heritage.
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The first comes from downplaying the 737 MAX's problems, which carries legal risks.
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Uber's woeful year has led to Convoy downplaying its "Uber for trucking" tagline.
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But downplaying just doesn't work once you reach a certain level of wealth.
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He also accused the media of downplaying the party's success in those races.
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Republicans are downplaying the advantage Democrats think they have going into the midterms.
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Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.) see as a string of events downplaying religious freedom.
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Incoming advisor Anthony Scaramucci is downplaying his role at the Trump White House.
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But it was actually Trump who politicized the virus, by downplaying the danger.
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Downplaying the virus has led to Republican voters taking the disease less seriously.
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The Trump administration has received criticism for downplaying the significance of the virus.
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Abe's administration is now downplaying Kuroda's inflation target, having initially backed it enthusiastically.
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Likewise, conservatives may be downplaying the power of the new United States approach.
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Some modern governments have responded to the coronavirus with similar downplaying or denials.
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Shame on him and anyone else downplaying the threat of white nationalist extremism.
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I am struck by the degree to which they are downplaying the fight.
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Some Democrats are calling for party reform, while others are downplaying Brazile's account.
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She further tore into the defendant's father for comments downplaying his son's crime.
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Instead of downplaying talk of Sessions's ouster, they've thrown fuel on the fire.
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Investors are also downplaying the threat of U.S. protectionism on South Korean exports.
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President Donald Trump's allies are downplaying his failed effort to boost Kentucky Gov.
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But conservatives are downplaying any negative consequences from the outreach and advertising cuts.
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But she has built her political persona precisely by downplaying that female identity.
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In fact, they're actively downplaying — and in some cases even defending — North Korea's actions.
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In response, the Chinese government has reportedly begun downplaying Made in China 2025 messaging.
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"For a long time I was always downplaying myself and my story," he says.
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Yet there is a difference between keeping a clear head and downplaying the scandals.
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" Trump on Tuesday appeared unbothered by the boycotts, downplaying it as "all a fix.
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See, she's not a bad person…except for the statutory rape she keeps downplaying.
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By claiming she's not political, Ivanka is downplaying her involvement in the Trump administration.
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But in the rush to pass this bill, Republicans are downplaying its political consequences.
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He approaches each episode in a sensitive, age-appropriate way, without downplaying serious topics.
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"I think there were a few loud voices," Mr. Steiner said, downplaying the opposition.
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Travel The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is downplaying reports of callouts by TSA agents.
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Biden slammed Trump for stirring racism after downplaying the public health crisis for weeks.
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But prior to that, right-wing media spent weeks downplaying concerns about the virus.
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He is scornful of financial markets, downplaying how important they are to economic activity.
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Trump inaccurately characterized previous statements he has made downplaying the severity of the crisis.
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Consider, too, downplaying frequent fitness testing, which demoralized so many study respondents, he says.
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Pittsburgh officials have been accused of downplaying the threat of lead-contaminated drinking water.
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So instead of treating the coronavirus "very seriously," Trump actually spent weeks downplaying it.
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"The data doesn't really show that," he said, downplaying the concerns of elected lawmakers.
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Fearful of a loss, Republicans are downplaying expectations and trashing Saccone as a candidate.
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The lawsuits accuse drugmakers of overstating the benefits of opioids while downplaying the risks.
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Allen chimes in, downplaying his role and describing Previn as having a "large" personality.
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Members accused Barr of downplaying Mueller's findings on obstruction in order to protect the president.
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In meetings with Western leaders, Chinese leaders have begun downplaying their ambitions for global expansion.
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Mrs May is not just making the wrong choices, but also downplaying awkward trade-offs.
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After downplaying the recent incident, a Lithuanian minister dismissed the "childish" explanations about the accident.
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Mr Mulvaney seems to be downplaying how much damage he can be expected to limit.
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"In no way are we downplaying the economic costs that would accompany Brexit," he said.
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Well, but Trump doesn't seem hyper concerned about Russia; he seems to be downplaying it.
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Still, others are downplaying the notion that Eastman will be a weaker general election candidate.
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Democrats can beat fear not by downplaying the anxieties of voters, but by overpowering them.
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Research and brokerage firm Bernstein published a report in September downplaying Tesla's autonomous driving claims.
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Members threw galas around town, honoring Confederates and downplaying the Civil War's connection to slavery.
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Now, not even a year removed from the ruling, union officials are downplaying its effects.
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And meanwhile, a simply incredible record of downplaying Trump's extremism and his many real scandals.
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Downplaying abortion in an attempt to reach people on the fence is a losing strategy.
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For his part, Lamb is downplaying abortion and gun control and focusing on economic issues.
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Republican elected officials and conservative media outlets spent the Obama years downplaying the growing threat.
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Their sheriff will later criticize Starbucks for "[downplaying] what happened" in a Facebook Live interview.
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Donald Trump spent the first few months of the coronavirus pandemic assiduously downplaying its severity.
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Trump has been criticized for downplaying the danger of the coronavirus pandemic until fairly recently.
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Democratic leaders have criticized him for downplaying the crisis and issuing misleading or false statements.
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Ministers have been accused of misleading the public and downplaying the severity of the virus.
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Given this, some sober people are uncomfortable with "curiosity," downplaying the seriousness of excessive drinking.
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This matches up with Comey's careful downplaying of the obstruction case in his TV interviews.
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Ito, Farrow notes, continued downplaying his connections with Epstein up until his resignation on Saturday.
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Wall Street bull Jim Paulsen isn't downplaying risks that a stock market pullback is climbing.
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After a decade of bands sounding humble and downplaying their musical ambitions, epic was in.
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Even before he was in the political spotlight, Trump had tweeted jokes downplaying sexual harassment.
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Carter came into the White House with quiet style, downplaying the trapping of the office.
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The emails he released in January made clear that his advisers were downplaying the situation.
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And despite downplaying his time on the golf course, he has made no secret of it.
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The Taylor-for-Topshop way involves downplaying the bagginess of the sweats while also maximizing comfort.
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Conservative news outlets and some Republican officials claim her remarks mean she's downplaying the terrorist attacks.
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For now, Trump's allies are downplaying the significance of his failure so far to repeal Obamacare.
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With the launch of the Middle East marketplace in the coming months, Amazon is downplaying Souq.
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Are you engaged in selective listening, downplaying your potential customer's concerns and over-valuing your solution?
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The W.H.O keep downplaying the severity, but rumors online suggest the infected are displaying cannibalistic tendencies.
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Trump is likely to play an outsize role in the midterms even with Democrats downplaying impeachment.
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Brazil, however, has pushed back against the reports, downplaying the news and at times denying help.
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"They haven't been prepared because, essentially, central government was downplaying it for so long," Gasparino added.
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Monsanto, for its part, is denying any connection to microcephaly and downplaying its relationship with Sumitomo.
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But some Republican leaders are being accused of downplaying the bill's support to avoid a vote.
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Further, Mr. Barr has made statements in the past downplaying the looming charges against the president.
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John Delaney -- are pledging to forge ahead and downplaying the impact of missing the media moment.
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Earlier this month, he posted a video to his Instagram downplaying the seriousness of the pandemic.
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The Veterans of Foreign Wars' national commander demanded an apology from Trump for downplaying the wounds.
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Bloomberg's rivals are going on the offensive against tech industry or downplaying their ties to it.
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Biden, too, has been playing pundit and publicly downplaying the need to be first in Iowa.
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However, Siegel cautioned Trump's downplaying the urgency to make a deal could be a negotiating tactic.
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The suits accuse drugmakers of emphasizing the benefits of prescription painkillers while downplaying their addictive risks.
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In his decision, Brown said Van Houten is still downplaying her "central role" in the murders.
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But Barry Holden, a passenger who spoke with The Irish Times , feels Ryanair is downplaying the event.
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A batch of emails he released last year made clear that his advisers were downplaying the situation.
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Trump won that election, so he's been fighting the idea and downplaying it since he took office.
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That left Mulvaney on Sunday downplaying the idea that Trump was outmaneuvered by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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The company has a long history of downplaying its role in making editorial decisions about news content.
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But now some of them are downplaying their allegations and trying to shift blame to the victims.
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Aid agencies said downplaying the number of people fleeing violence would impact their ability to help millions.
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By downplaying the dangers of feral cats, animal advocacy groups are distorting science just like climate deniers.
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When he lost power in 22015 he blamed reporters for downplaying his accomplishments and accentuating his failures.
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In spite of the new restrictions, many people and even government officials are downplaying the dry spell.
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She also hit Mulvaney for downplaying the potential impact of the U.S. exceeding the legal debt limit.
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BlackBerry – BlackBerry is downplaying news that automaker Toyota is moving to rival software for its vehicle consoles.
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Nonetheless, Andreessen and Haun are generally downplaying the importance of her hiring for women in the industry.
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But revision is unpopular with voters, and Mr Abe is downplaying his wishes on the campaign trail.
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Some public health experts say Brazilian officials are downplaying the risks of Zika virus during the Olympics.
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The agency has also been challenged for allegedly removing or downplaying key economic data in repeal proposals.
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It implies that Dalton really might be downplaying how close he was to getting the Hilts role.
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A president downplaying the crisis versus industries, like airlines, reeling and economists begging for more targeted stimulus.
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The government has also been accused of withholding important information and downplaying the severity of the epidemic.
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When Klopp insisted he was taking the season game by game, he was not downplaying his ambitions.
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After initially downplaying the coronavirus threat, Trump has gotten behind severe measures to slow the disease's spread.
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Trump has expressed optimism about his administration's efforts, at times downplaying the threat to the American people.
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There's an epidemic in this country of not believing men, or at least downplaying what they say.
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The fact that Cage is downplaying or denying this in interviews is not only frustrating, but untrue.
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There's an epidemic in this country of not believing men, or downplaying or reinterpreting what they say.
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Health specialists have also reprimanded Trump for repeatedly downplaying what has now been deemed a global pandemic.
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Trump declared a national emergency on Friday, after weeks of downplaying the severity of the disease spread.
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So saying "it's just a placebo" when talking about alternative treatments may be downplaying their potential usefulness.
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Trump mocked Khan's comment on Sunday, suggesting in a tweet that the mayor was downplaying the attacks.
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Professor John Allen Paulos also accused Trump of downplaying the outbreak to protect his chances of reelection.
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Rubio's statements sparked criticism from many on social media, who accused him of downplaying discrimination against Muslims.
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The Trumps have emphasized what the meeting primarily addressed while downplaying what it was intended to address.
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But Italy has its own critics who accuse the country of downplaying its collection of looted art.
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Trump, downplaying his remarks as "locker room talk," denied he had ever kissed or groped women without consent.
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The President-elect is playing a risky game by downplaying this matter and resisting the intelligence community's conclusions.
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INGRAHAM: There was a few people in the media today, more than a few, downplaying all of this.
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Republicans downplaying the report In the lead up to the CBO score, Republicans have preemptively downplayed its significance.
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Earlier this year, the GSA provided Congress with a report downplaying the importance of the Oval Office meeting.
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So Facebook is offering more ways to interact with followers while downplaying statistics that might stress people out.
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At the time, Barr's statements were interpreted as downplaying the role the policy played in Mueller's decision-making.
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Slack filed an 8-K Monday downplaying a news report that sent its stock surging more than 15%.
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A few weeks after downplaying the accusations against Kevin Spacey and Harvey Weinstein, Morrissey is refuting the statements.
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Purdue Pharma faces some 1,600 lawsuits that accuse it of promoting OxyContin while downplaying the drug's addictive properties.
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KRISTIN FISHER, FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Well, Sean, the White House is really downplaying this threat from North Korea.
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And then going so far as to downplaying recidivism of the Gitmo terrorists and being soft on Jihad.
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There's a mirror for this on the left, too, where establishment economists criticize MMT for downplaying the deficit.
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BlackBerry (BBRY) is downplaying news that automaker Toyota (TM) is moving to rival software for its vehicle consoles.
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Accusations against the Stamford, Connecticut-based company included downplaying the addiction risk of opioids while overstating the benefits.
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Accusations against the Stamford, Connecticut-based company include downplaying the addiction risk while overstating the benefits of opioids.
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Haley left the administration herself last year while downplaying speculation that she would seek political office in 2020.
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Downplaying connection One approach for Trump's defenders is to downplay the importance of Papadopoulos in the Trump campaign.
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In public comments, Trump has called Kim a "strong" and "funny" guy while downplaying his human-rights abuses.
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Clinton campaign manager, Robby Mook, spent Monday morning downplaying any unity issues surfacing during the four day event.
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Politicians in democracies have always mangled the truth: denying affairs and downplaying the ill effects of their policies.
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White House downplaying role Those divisions came out perhaps most dramatically when Trump got involved in the negotiations.
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Some of Trump's aides privately worry he spent too long downplaying the crisis and will have trouble pivoting.
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Vice President Mike Pence, who is heading up the task force, echoed Fauci's comments, downplaying Trump's Easter timeline.
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So the company began downplaying its media properties and focusing instead on promoting and licensing its iconic brand.
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Iran is responding by cautiously downplaying Islamism and emphasizing nationalism and foreign threats to win over disgruntled citizens.
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Fox News host Tucker Carlson called out Republicans who were downplaying the virus on his show March 9.
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First, by downplaying the many areas of government expansion, Appelbaum exaggerates the practical impact of free-market thinking.
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During Thursday's episode of Late Night, host Seth Meyers noted Trump seemed to be downplaying the coronavirus situation.
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The president is not going to meaningfully alter the trajectory of the stock market by downplaying the realities.
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But state authority over how to designate holidays has given rise to an ominous downplaying of MLK's legacy.
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He also accused the media of downplaying the work of first responders and federal personnel on the island.
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Meanwhile, China is subtly downplaying expectations for the U.S.-China trade talks that are set to begin Thursday.
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But Trump is taking issue over Ball downplaying his role in getting the three players out of detention.
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Several Wall Street analysts are downplaying Netflix's subscriber miss, remaining optimistic over the company's attractive long-term prospects.
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Bernstein is downplaying the significance of the recent announcement that Disney intends to pull its movies from Netflix.
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It would seem that U.S. policymakers would be downplaying the Brazilian economic and political crisis at their peril.
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This, the Tiger Team argues, is a way of downplaying the threat from the more dangerous stealth jihad.
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The president began downplaying the significance of the 100 days marker last week, starting with a tweet on Friday.
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Beijing says the manufactured islands are intended to boost maritime safety in the region while downplaying their military utility.
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The firm reportedly wrote articles that blasted Google and Apple while downplaying the impact of Russian interference on Facebook.
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Opening up about her own creative process, West added that she also has no interest in downplaying her size.
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The authors argue that populists highlight the short-run advantages of wrecking institutions while downplaying the long-run consequences.
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Downplaying what he was caught doing, Gyllenhaal responds, "Just drying my hands," and immediately moves to shut the door.
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It isn't just the OECD crying wolf — Chinese officials have publicly admitted to a problem, even while downplaying it.
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He told reporters he hasn't been studying up on delegate math and convention rules, downplaying his role as "ceremonial."
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Carrion's letter lamented comments by government officials he viewed as downplaying "the truly dire fiscal situation" in Puerto Rico.
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But they highlight Flynn's recent faults and missteps while downplaying his numerous achievements over a career of military service.
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Downplaying the importance of services in such negotiations will be a critical mistake that African countries need to avoid.
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Trump in a second tweet accused the media of downplaying the Republican Party's record of success in special elections.
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It all started when King made a remark about Kravitz looking "hot and sexy," while downplaying her own look.
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A senior western diplomat told Reuters that in meetings Chinese officials have recently begun downplaying Made in China 2025.
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The White House was not happy and it did not take long for a ruffled response, downplaying Macron's influence.
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Twitter announced Tuesday that it will implement new changes aimed at downplaying the visibility of "trolls" on its platform.
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It will also have more tools to manage notifications, grouping them by thread or downplaying those from certain applications.
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But doubts are growing in Mexico about whether Lopez Obrador has taken the wrong tack by downplaying U.S. provocations.
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Several Wall Street firms are downplaying Netflix's big subscriber miss, remaining optimistic over the company's attractive long-term prospects.
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Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has faced criticism for downplaying the severity of the situation and failing to act quickly.
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Democrats charged the Trump administration with mismanaging the federal government's response to the outbreak and repeatedly downplaying the threat.
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Trump now seems to be considering seriously hardcore measures to fight the new coronavirus after previously downplaying its seriousness.
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To help Trump politically, right-wing media outlets were downplaying the coronavirus and not helping their followers stay healthy.
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I've spent my career downplaying Dems' odds in Texas, but there's something different going on there this cycle. pic.twitter.
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Even before voters went to the polls, Sanders's campaign was downplaying the importance of a win in New York.
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Without mentioning the president by name, Carlson criticized those downplaying the virus and comparing it to the common flu.
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On-air talent and guests at Fox News have drawn special scrutiny for downplaying the disease in recent weeks.
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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Friday afternoon weighed in on the coronavirus, downplaying panic over the outbreak.
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Former Trump campaign national co-chairman Sam Clovis is downplaying an interview he had with a possible FBI informant.
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Democrats and environmentalists criticized his work as being friendly to chemical companies and downplaying the dangers of certain chemicals.
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"We were all just having fun," he said Tuesday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," downplaying an incident getting widespread attention.
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With the deadline quickly approaching, Trump administration officials have been downplaying expectations about a potential deal being reached soon.
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This suddenly changed in 2014, as media outlets then focused on ISIS (while downplaying threats posed by other groups).
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They have sharply disputed Duke's analysis, arguing that the utility is downplaying the potential for solar, wind and batteries.
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That means proposing too-easy-to-be-real solutions, downplaying trade-offs, caricaturing disagreements, and, especially, ignoring hard truths.
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Pressed in his CNN interview on Tuesday, Wallace declined to "speculate on intelligence matters" before again downplaying the spying claim.
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The Times downplaying the impressive turnout isn't the first time that crowd size has made news during the Trump administration.
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There is no denying or downplaying Domino's racial background when she has a full 'fro on top of her head.
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The company faces charges that it misled investors by downplaying how much future environmental regulations could affect its bottom line.
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His other hints about downplaying America's military alliances in Asia, and its role in NATO, would also hit EM currencies.
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Fox News has spent the week downplaying Trump Jr.'s attempt to collude with the Russian government during the election.
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There were moments during the campaign where it really did seem like Bernie was, as Cooper suggested, downplaying his Judaism.
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Some veteran Democrats are downplaying the damage that the new debate over health care could inflict on the Clinton campaign.
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The Washington Post went through several edits on its online story, gradually downplaying the certainty of how the baby died.
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The former Ecuadorian leader also said it was "nonsense" that Assange was "the head of the embassy," downplaying Assange's influence.
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The principals are naturally downplaying how important a split this is, but this is a massive moment for the firm.
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It does, however, indicate that the Sanders are taking this probe seriously despite the senator's public remarks downplaying its significance.
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One Weibo user with nearly 75,000 followers lamented how effective a modern city like Shenzhen was at downplaying such news.
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Trump on Tuesday declined to voice his full confidence in Bannon while seemingly downplaying the adviser's role in the administration.
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Among the more refreshing things ahead of Friday's opening match against Colombia is the absence of anyone downplaying that fact.
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But any downplaying of a Winfrey foray into politics hasn't stopped the flurry of Oprah 21625 garments, goodies and tchotchkes.
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Haley, her predecessor, announced was was resigning from the Trump administration unexpectedly in October, downplaying rumors of future political ambitions.
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Tuesday morning, he then walked back some of those denials while still downplaying the impact the president's conversation might have.
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Instead, they embrace their star status with gusto, downplaying the army of engineers, designers, and junior architects who support them.
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In response to such developments, Sekulow or another member of Trump's legal team typically provide a canned response downplaying concerns.
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The White House defended Trump's tweets, with press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders downplaying whether the videos were real or not.
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Some analysts have pointed to Barr's earlier statements as downplaying the role of the Justice Department guidelines in Mueller's calculus.
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Alabama voters are taking sides regarding allegations against Roy Moore, with some downplaying or dismissing the Washington Post report entirely.
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"That's not me," she told Nevada PBS affiliate KNPB late Tuesday of her staff member's comments downplaying Nevada's racial diversity.
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This morning, he then walked back some of those denials while still downplaying the impact the president's conversation might have.
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In it, Trump touted Republican gains in the Senate, calling it "historic" in its own right, while downplaying House losses.
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But Obama came to reject certain elements of Alinsky's approach, including Alinsky's downplaying of the importance of rhetoric and ideas.
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López Obrador had followed in US President Donald Trump's footsteps in terms of initially downplaying the seriousness of the coronavirus.
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" Asked by Tapper if she believes Trump's downplaying of the crisis has cost American lives, Pelosi responded, "Yes, I am.
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Trump also faced criticism for downplaying the threat from the virus early on, but he has since shifted his tone.
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But I find it infuriating to see some evangelicals now downplaying child molestation or our president's boasts of sexual assault.
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President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on Friday after weeks of downplaying the risks of the public health crisis.
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Earlier in the week, the Trump administration tried to allay Americans' concerns about the virus by downplaying the coronavirus's seriousness.
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And Iran's deputy health minister, Iraj Harirchi, has tested positive for the virus after downplaying outbreak concerns just days prior.
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Beijing has also vowed severe punishment for any officials found to be concealing or downplaying figures related to the outbreak.
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But now, Oculus is downplaying even that use case and betting more of its money on the fuller-featured Quest.
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John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, have made the same shift from denying the quid pro quo to downplaying it. 3.
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The firm reiterated its overweight rating for the social media company's stock, downplaying the impact of Twitter pruning fake accounts.
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It also makes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's recent downplaying of the possibility of impeachment look like a shrewd political choice.
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He was downplaying Mr. Trump's remarks last month that the U.S. should have "kept" Iraq's oil after the 2003 invasion.
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The firm reiterated its buy rating for Cisco Systems shares, downplaying the competitive threat from Amazon in the switch business.
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But pollsters say that Republicans could still face backlash if they are seen as downplaying the issue of sexual harassment.
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I felt myself downplaying my femininity, slipping back into a uniform that made me feel more comfortable in my workplace.
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The researchers overstated the consistency of the literature on fat and cholesterol, while downplaying studies on sugar, according to the analysis.
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Several gun owners have filed formal objections to the settlement as a result, alleging the company is deliberately downplaying the risks.
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Mr Page himself seems to have been caught between downplaying his own role in the campaign and preserving his personal dignity.
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Having signed on to UN sanctions, it has an interest in downplaying the extent of its economic relationship with North Korea.
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Zelensky echoed Pompeo at the press conference, downplaying the effect that impeachment has had on the relations between the two countries.
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Kavanaugh said Sullivan was trying to "run away from the obvious" by downplaying the partisan intent of the Democratic map-makers.
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EQUITIES: Chinese shares closed higher on Tuesday, partly because of a leading regulatory official downplaying the impact of the trade war.
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That is, unless he agrees to publicly make a statement downplaying the motivations behind National Enquirer parent company American Media Inc.
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I'm sure we'll learn more about the device in the coming months, but it seems like Apple is downplaying this announcement.
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But there are legitimate questions about how Barr handled the report's release and his role in downplaying the special counsel's conclusions.
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The SEC had accused Mudd and the five other Fannie and Freddie executives of downplaying the companies' exposure to risky loans.
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Uber has also faced criticism for sexual assaults committed by Uber drivers, and for allegedly downplaying the extent of those assaults.
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The reason: Sanders has backtracked on the role shadow banks played in the 2008 crash and is now downplaying their impact.
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A video of her discussing the 9/11 was also seized by conservatives earlier this year as downplaying the terror attacks.
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Gullahs were so used to hiding or downplaying their heritage that her book's "Geechee Girl" subtitle struck some as shockingly bold.
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Tyrie said Griffith-Jones was "pretty disingenuous" in downplaying the market sensitivity of the decision to drop the sector-wide review.
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Officials distributed the list hours after Trump accused the news media of downplaying coverage of violence directed or inspired by ISIS.
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After releasing a public statement downplaying the gathering as brief and "introductory," focused on adoption policy, Trump Jr. changed his tune.
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Cuomo blasted several Fox News anchors for "deliberately downplaying" the issue, saying the network was pushing an "us versus them" mentality.
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Shhhh…Wall Street holiday parties are back Big financial firms started downplaying their year-end bashes during the crisis of 2008.
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NEW YORK SUES EXXON OVER DOWNPLAYING CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS: New York's attorney general filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing Exxon Mobil Corp.
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John KennedyJohn Neely KennedyMORE (R-La.) stressed that he wasn't recommending Trump declare a national emergency, while simultaneously downplaying the controversy.
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"I don't think you'll have any 'Gee, I did it, I did it, you got me,'" Trump said downplaying Russian interference.
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" Sanders had made a similar case on Wednesday, downplaying questions about whether the videos were authentic because "the threat is real.
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Some analysts have pointed to Barr's earlier statements as downplaying the role of the Department of Justice guidelines in Mueller's calculus.
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Was Larry Page OK with downplaying "don't be evil" in the employee code of conduct of the company he co-founded?
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President Donald Trump called Kim Jong Un a "friend" in a tweet Friday morning while downplaying North Korea's latest missile tests.
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That is because the home sharing site is downplaying several features which, according to the company, may be enabling user discrimination.
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Naturally, they felt the way to accomplish that was by adopting a Clinton-esque message focused on pragmatism and downplaying ideology.
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But despite downplaying turbulence itself, the longtime investor did note that volatility could have negative downstream effects for long-term investors.
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Trump also picked as his attorney general Jeff Sessions, who has a long history of opposing and downplaying civil rights protections.
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The president had suggested that the Khan was weak on terrorism and accused him of downplaying the severity of the attack.
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Accepting the idea that the "Brandenburg" Concertos harbor social and religious designs needn't involve downplaying the magnificence of Bach's artistic gifts.
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But the president spent weeks in February downplaying the threat, a decision that experts say cost precious time in galvanizing resources.
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Trump may be hesitant to declare a national emergency after spending the past several weeks downplaying the severity of the coronavirus.
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Nevertheless, she still admonished others for "downplaying" Walsh, suggesting that liberals should reward conservatives who turn on Trump with their support.
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But President Donald Trump has been fiercely criticized for downplaying the coronavirus crisis, and taking insufficient action to contain the pandemic.
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During his recent trip to India, Trump praised U.S. health officials while downplaying the virus' potential impact on the United States.
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Republican leaders spent much of Monday downplaying Bolton's claim in hopes of keeping the number of potential Republican defections at two.
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During that pandemic, the Chinese government was initially slow to release information, censoring news and downplaying the severity of the outbreak.
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Sanders allies have made a pastime out of highlighting examples of media outlets ignoring or downplaying Sanders's standing in the polls.
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But having such a disagreement lead to a change and downplaying of the original sentencing recommendation is not a common occurrence.
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But it landed with a thud among a broader audience, including those who accuse the president of downplaying Puerto Rico's plight.
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Wall Street is cheering Facebook's surging ad pricing growth, while downplaying any negative impact from the company's recent news feed changes.
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The organization accuses the government of "downplaying" the seriousness of the crisis and targeting those who have spoken out about it.
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It's also a blow to Fox News, which has spent months downplaying ties between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.
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Apple has been publicly downplaying its smartphone segment in lieu of its burgeoning Services category and what the company calls Other Products.
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Many prices, influenced by the black market, already reflect the higher rate, says the IMF, downplaying the danger to prices of devaluation.
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On the second day of the summit, Trump again called for Russia to rejoin the group, downplaying the country's invasion of Ukraine.
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Given the intransigence of both sides, even Mr. Trudeau's top officials are downplaying the idea that the conversation will end the battle.
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After being appointed to replace Marchionne last year, Fiat Chrysler's Manley appeared to be downplaying his mentor's push to find a partner.
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It's basically downplaying the hard work that we've done and putting it into a 'It's just great to see you participating' context.
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" Sessions, however, is downplaying the feud, telling the AP that "it hasn't been my best week .... for my relationship with the president.
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A top White House official is downplaying talk that the administration is close to unveiling a new ObamaCare repeal-and-replace bill.
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For months, Trump spokespeople had been focused on downplaying or outright denying any connections the campaign might have had to the Kremlin.
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"You are spreading hate, downplaying the problem, feeding the monster that has now grown," said lawmaker Katarzyna Lubnauer from the Nowoczesna party.
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TV's Buck Sexton and Jamal Simmons on "Rising," going on to say that he was not "downplaying" the charges Stone is facing.
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Wall Street is downplaying Trump's tax threat against Amazon because the company already collects state sales taxes on products it sells directly.
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They warn that the Trump administration's downplaying of human rights in foreign policymaking will further enable authoritarian rulers to carry out abuses.
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WhatsApp didn't mention the attack in its release notes, sparking criticism from some security experts for downplaying the risk of the vulnerability.
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Just as Trump was downplaying the potential impact of the disease, many of them were coming dangerously close to the virus itself.
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"Downplaying it, being overly dismissive, or spreading misinformation will only hurt us and further advantage the spread of the disease," Biden said.
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Iran's government has been accused of downplaying the severity of the epidemic and concealing important information that could have prevented further spread.
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But as his top aides are in ongoing talks about how to procure more ventilators, Trump is downplaying the need for them.
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And the former secretary of state will clearly have trouble next Tuesday in New Hampshire, where her campaign is already downplaying expectations.
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UMG's recent statements downplaying the fire's toll contradict its own copiously documented, multimillion-dollar effort to recover items it believed were lost.
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Trump had faced criticism from some experts for being slow and ineffective in his response to the crisis and downplaying the threat.
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Downplaying it, being overly dismissive or spreading misinformation is only going to hurt us, and further advantage the spread of the disease.
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This is all just days after Trump and other officials were on the record downplaying the deadliness and reach of COVID-19.
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"Downplaying it, being overly dismissive, or spreading misinformation is only going to hurt us and further advantage the spread of the disease."
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On Tuesday, Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi tested positive for novel coronavirus, a day after downplaying the sickness at a news conference.
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In past elections, retirements have often predicted a coming wave election — but Stivers is downplaying the significance of the trend this year.
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Of course, Ghost in the Shell isn't the only recent picture to co-opt Asian culture while downplaying or erasing Asian characters.
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The Bloc Québécois reinvented itself — by downplaying talk of independence, ironically — and more than tripled its seat-count from 10 to 32.
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Oracle said Google is "virtually alone" in its Supreme Court brawl over Java, downplaying IBM and Microsoft's support for its tech rival.
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The piece has also been shared with the #ArsonEmergency hashtag, and by commentators with a history of downplaying or challenging climate science.
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Wuhan and Hubei officials have faced criticism for apparently downplaying the danger of the virus in the early weeks of the outbreak.
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And now, after months and months of downplaying what his supporters believed was media blindness to his candidacy, Yang is speaking out.
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Republican senators spent the recess downplaying the chances of a quick vote on the bill with centrists and conservatives still deeply divided.
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"I'm not going to be able to act like I'm 123," Yow says, humbly downplaying his infamy as an intensely physical performer.
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Of course, the usual suspects spent most of the day downplaying the findings of the I.G., because the I.G. found no political bias.
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"I think I'd want to hear it," Trump said, downplaying the idea such a move by another country would amount to election interference.
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Mueller's comments on Wednesday were in stark contrast to Barr's past remarks downplaying the Justice Department guidelines in the role of the investigation.
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Facebook recently said that it would start downplaying the News Feed, and after the F8 keynote, we know more about what that means.
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After years of downplaying the severity of the problem, the NFL is increasingly coming to grips with the scope of the CTE challenge.
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Quietly tucked beneath the title in posters and trailers, the phrase "A Star Wars Story" is a mild, almost glib downplaying of expectations.
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"We were excellent scientists," former Exxon researcher, Martin Hoffert, told lawmakers Wednesday during a hearing about the company's downplaying its own climate research.
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Participants say fast-talking, commission-paid sales representatives often run these events, emphasizing the merits of timeshares as investments and downplaying their shortcomings.
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Ted Cruz on Tuesday for downplaying the importance of Indiana's GOP primary after the Texas senator's campaign for weeks built up the contest.
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Trump's downplaying of his intelligence agencies' conclusions over Khashoggi's murder, as well as the lack of international sanctions against Saudi Arabia, were criticized.
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My boyfriend is so sweet and tries not to make me feel bad about it, downplaying all of the embarrassing things I did.
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Both McKeon and co-author Beth Han emphasized that their research shouldn't be taken as downplaying the importance of suicide prevention on campuses.
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"We inherited the schedule" from the previous campaign leadership, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway explained to Fox News Tuesday, downplaying any larger significance.
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Aides even have expressed concern that Trump is downplaying the difficulties of staying on top of his game for the full 85033 minutes.
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It's with the The Times of London, and in it Goldstone explains how and why he arranged the meeting, while downplaying its significance.
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McConnell has also adopted a strategy of keeping the bill secret for as long as possible while publicly downplaying its chances of passing.
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Fox News Channel's morning show is downplaying FBI Director James Comey's testimony to Congress, suggesting in a tweet that he mostly dodged questions.
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And on North Korea the president seems determined to place us on war footing, at every turn downplaying or undermining a diplomatic solution.
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Millions of posts have flooded Twitter in recent years promoting the use of e-cigarettes and downplaying the negative side effects of vaping.
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An Oregon state lawmaker shut down a Holocaust denier who planned to read "offensive" comments downplaying the Nazi genocide at a committee hearing.
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"Minimizing or downplaying the consequences of your actions: "I'm sorry if I upset you"; "it's in the past"; "it was just a joke.
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Packed with members of the farming and business lobby, the government has been accused of downplaying environmental damage, including rising levels of deforestation.
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To say that the Rio Olympics are shaping up as a clusterfuck even by previous Olympic standards may be downplaying things a bit.
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Today, Parker is under fire for initially downplaying resurfaced sexual assault allegations from a woman who accused him of rape 17 years ago.
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For their part, many defector groups criticize the South Korean government for downplaying human rights concerns in its communications with North Korean officials.
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He spoke for twice as long as Trump and repeatedly criticized the president for spreading misinformation, downplaying the threat and blaming foreign nations.
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First, he tracked down where contestants were staying in Portugal and pleaded with her to reconsider dating him, downplaying the concerns she had.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan is downplaying the prospects for the bipartisan deal to stabilize Obamacare that a pair of senators unveiled on Tuesday.
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The restructuring plan could give Mr. Cuomo (even more) significant control over the M.T.A., after years of him denying or downplaying that influence.
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When society ignores overt forms of violence against black women while downplaying the harmful effects of discrimination, we create environments that perpetuate erasure.
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Phillips found evidence in plantation records and Southern travelogues that bolstered the book's benign interpretation of slavery, while downplaying evidence that did not.
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Instead, Trump is looking at a more limited package that would fit with his messaging downplaying the severity of the virus, Politico reported.
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But Trump golfed, held campaign rallies, and hosted a Super Bowl party during his trial while repeatedly downplaying the threat of the virus.
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Republicans scoffed at the Democratic optimism following the North Carolina special election, calling it a moral victory and downplaying concerns about the state.
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By downplaying the odds of passage, senators are able to reduce the amount of attention and public opposition that their deliberations might receive.
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He was responding after being accused of downplaying the casualties from the ongoing conflict between US-backed Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists.
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Lewis Frost and Richard Denney accuse Remington of deliberately downplaying the risk from the guns in order to suppress claims under the settlement.
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The White House defended Trump's tweets, with press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders downplaying the issue of whether the videos were real or not.
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It makes sense that Uber's showing its teeth again — even if part of that strategy is downplaying the potential impact of AB 5.
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Trump's advisers have been downplaying the failed effort to repeal Obamacare and they've insisted the president is doing big things on health care.
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" After downplaying COVID-19 risks, Musk concluded: "please do not feel obligated to come to work if this is causing you any concern.
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News of the Trump team's plans delighted counter-jihadists, who have long attacked US government counterterrorism training for downplaying the threat from sharia.
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The report picked up on one of the more frustrating trends in mainstream cinema: including LGBTQ characters, and then downplaying or obscuring their sexualities.
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Downplaying the impacts is another tactic climate deniers tend to use to call for more delays in implementing policies that curb fossil fuel use.
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Seeking to counter Trump by assembling a broad coalition of decency, Clinton focused on Trump's personal unfitness and racism while downplaying traditional policy issues.
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Europeans accuse their governments of downplaying Mr Erdogan's growing authoritarianism for fear that he might "open the gates", as he threatened to, in November.
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McInnes is a skilled speaker and, in his broadcast, kept downplaying his extremist views; he's very good at making unreasonable beliefs sound perfectly natural.
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Her detractors accuse her of downplaying the threat of white nationalism and alienating Muslim communities who could be partners in US counter-extremism efforts.
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Even Biden's fans hold out hope that the former vice president can score a surprise upset, though most are furiously downplaying their candidate's expectations.
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The campaign quickly drew criticism from some on social media, who claimed it was downplaying mental illness or attempting to profit off the subject.
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WIDER MARKETS: Equities markets were soothed by Trump downplaying the possibility of a lengthy of a trade war, with U.S. and European shares rising.
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According to Radio Poland, however, Polish officials are downplaying yesterday's events, writing it off as a display of patriotism rather than evidence of extremism.
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A report from The Guardian says many US cities are systemically and purposely downplaying the amounts of lead and copper in municipal water systems.
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Downplaying the number, Abid told me "it's an area smaller than this ministry," his arm sweeping toward the window in his office in Tunis.
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" How else to explain the network downplaying the violent actions of Antifa, a group the Obama administration determined were perpetrators of "domestic terrorist violence?
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Marine took over from her father in 2011, and immediately set about softening the Front's image by downplaying its xenophobia and historical anti-Semitism.
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On Monday, a federal lawsuit was filed on behalf of seven families accusing city and state officials of downplaying the situation while residents suffered.
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Downplaying the North's tests, says Evan Medeiros, formerly a member of Barack Obama's National Security Council, has been Mr Xi's weakest foreign-policy step.
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" A National Trust spokesperson said in a statement on its website: "It's nonsense to suggest the National Trust is downplaying the significance of Easter.
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White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said, "General Flynn was a volunteer of the campaign," downplaying the role of Trump's former national security adviser.
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Shareholders accused Wal-Mart and Mike Duke, who preceded McMillon as chief executive, of downplaying the scheme even after learning about the Times' investigation.
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Iran signed a military cooperation deal with Iraq, and it has been downplaying the U.S. role in the efforts to liberate Mosul from ISIS.
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And they will be downplaying the ways in which President Trump's anti-establishment, reactionary and aggressive style appeals to significant swaths of the electorate.
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Last year, Kearns published findings about the industry's role in downplaying the link between all that pick 'n' mix and tooth decay (yep, really).
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"The lawsuit claims the companies knowingly marketed their drugs as safe for chronic pain management while downplaying the risk of opioid dependency," he added.
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"Despite their early knowledge of climate change risks, Defendants extensively promoted fossil fuels for pervasive use, while denying or downplaying these threats," Keenan wrote.
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In recent months, executives including Chairman Jack Ma have identified Alibaba as a data company, downplaying the role of online retail in its future.
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The market is downplaying the risk of a runaway trade dispute between the U.S. and China, influential strategist Bob Doll told CNBC on Thursday.
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Trump tried downplaying reports that say his administration is chaotic during a press conference early Thursday, describing it as a "fine-tuned machine" instead.
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One way of reading this suggests Gillespie failed because he couldn't effectively channel Trump and paid on Election Day for downplaying the President's support.
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But the other side of the coin is that Diamond has a noticeable habit of downplaying the external connections of the places he's describing.
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If this tells us anything, it is that China has a vision of the Gulf based on downplaying regional rivalries rather than exploiting them.
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Facebook has been widely criticized for the scandal and its response to it, after repeatedly downplaying concerns about how it handles its users' data.
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Beijing has begun downplaying Made in China 2025, the state-backed industrial policy that is core to Washington's complaints about the country's technological ambitions.
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Oliver sent four staffers to four of DaVita's "Kidney Smart" classes, directed at pre-dialysis patients, and heard staffers downplaying the benefits of transplants.
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Read: The White House is already skewing crime stats to fit Trump's agenda On the other hand, some experts caution against downplaying the data.
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Despite this -- and being a self-described germaphobe -- the President has being accused of downplaying the crisis more than almost any other world leader.
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"Eight days later, on January 30, he was still downplaying the crisis, saying "We have very little problem in this country at this moment.
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With press conferences becoming less integral as a tool of presidential communications, it's natural that you would see candidates for office also downplaying them.
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As the virus reached into the United States in late January, President Trump and his administration spent weeks downplaying the potential for an outbreak.
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As the virus reached into the United States in late January, President Trump and his administration spent weeks downplaying the potential for an outbreak.
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Beijing has begun downplaying "Made in China 2025," the state-backed industrial policy that is core to Washington's complaints about the country's technological ambitions.
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"Downplaying it, being overly dismissive, or spreading misinformation is only going to hurt us and further advantage the spread of the disease," Biden said.
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They both imposed a stern message of discipline on their candidates, downplaying talk of impeachment and focusing Democrats on pocketbook issues like health care.
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Until recently, Russia was reportedly downplaying its risk and spread of the pandemic, despite having a large migrant workforce and scores of international travelers.
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" Eight days later, on January 30, he was still downplaying the crisis, saying "We have very little problem in this country at this moment.
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So, I take expert advice with a grain of salt … But at the same time, Musk was still downplaying how dire the pandemic is.
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That the top-rated cable news network in the country is no longer dismissing, downplaying, and politicizing the coronavirus pandemic is a good thing.
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Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has been accused by public health experts of downplaying coronavirus fears and "confusing" the public after contradicting official CDC warnings.
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Republican leaders spent much of Monday downplaying Bolton's claim in hopes of keeping the call for witnesses within their conference to two Republican senators.
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Officials distributed the list to reporters hours after Trump accused the news media of downplaying coverage of terrorist attacks directed or inspired by ISIS.
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"The lawsuit claims the companies knowingly marketed their drugs as safe for chronic pain management while downplaying the risk of opioid dependency," Hunter said.
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Those tariffs are still on the table, White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow said Tuesday, downplaying reports that the U.S. was considering a delay.
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Some presidential campaigns have been downplaying both states' importance and looking toward Super Tuesday on March 3 as their real make-or-break moment.
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After Craig's indictment, Trump took to Twitter to critique The New York Times and The Washington Post for downplaying their stories about the charges.
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Trump, during his trip at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday, was asked about his initial comments downplaying the casualty figures.
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Hannity is downplaying the development, saying Cohen gave him advice but was never on retainer or acting in any official capacity on his behalf.
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The Sacklers and Purdue have been accused of aggressively marketing OxyContin using deceptive sales and marketing practices and downplaying its abusive and addictive properties.
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Also, some tea-leaf readers interpreted a newer set of comments from Pelosi on Thursday as somewhat downplaying what she said on Wednesday night.
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"We are not moving an impeachment resolution this week," Hoyer told reporters Tuesday, downplaying the measure as a way to formalize certain procedural rules.
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The health department also worried that the comments may be downplaying the severity of the dangers of the chickenpox virus, which is known as varicella.
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Vince Coglianese, executive editor of The Daily Caller, isn't terribly shocked to hear that Facebook might have been downplaying conservative media in its trending topics.
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The fight over Tinder's valuation The 2018 suit alleged that Match Group kept Blatt on as CEO because he was key to downplaying Tinder's valuation.
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Fed officials have dealt with that risk since Donald Trump was elected, largely downplaying it as a policy concern while waiting to see actual results.
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Steve Bullock, meanwhile, is downplaying the importance of debates, even though he slammed the DNC thresholds after he failed to qualify for the first debate.
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The Rock Hall has a history of ignoring women, giving the impression that they are downplaying their accomplishments, and of not nominating them at all.
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Nowhere was this more obvious than in the pharmaceutical giant's downplaying of the addictive potential of OxyContin, which it did in a multitude of ways.
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While Jimmy's situation was all about about downplaying masturbation, the scene in Mickey's room was dedicated to her proving she has nothing to apologize for.
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It punches up the bass and the treble a little more than I'd like, downplaying the midtones that make something like classical music really pleasant.
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Excusing or downplaying harassment by saying 'but he's a good guy' or 'but it didn't happen to me' is what has protected perpetrators for decades.
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Some Caixa workers unaccustomed to the long hours asked to leave the investment banking division, he said, while downplaying the idea of a culture clash.
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But Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and government spokesman Numan Kurtulmus had earlier in the day struck a more conciliatory tone, downplaying any reports of tension.
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However, U.S. officials are somewhat downplaying the attacks, saying they believe any deaths were a result of being hit by artillery, not the agent itself.
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Iran sought to reassure investors of its commitment to unveil new and improved oil contracts, downplaying domestic opposition to the return of international energy companies.
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Perhaps reminding them of Trumps "flaws," as some have called them, even while downplaying them, is too risky a move two days before the election.
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It's a show where the copious sprays of blood are so obviously computer-generated that it almost seems like they're downplaying the viscera on purpose.
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Many of the suits claim companies aggressively marketed opioids while downplaying the risk of addiction and shipped suspiciously large quantities of painkillers without alerting authorities.
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Some legal experts say that Flynn's decision to cast his FBI interview as deceptive could backfire, if the judge views him as downplaying his culpability.
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Like many climate skeptics, Ebell has been inconsistent on the issue, sometimes denying its existence, other times downplaying its importance in relation to industry's needs.
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We have this long tradition of downplaying what animals do and considering animals dumb and below our level, and we consider ourselves as absolutely unique.
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The Obama Justice Department issued a memorandum to U.S. attorneys downplaying the importance of prosecuting crimes relating to marijuana in states where it is legal.
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Trump and his allies have seized on Barr's initial findings to declare "total exoneration," downplaying concerns that Mueller's full report will contain more damaging information.
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Not able to provide a credible explanation, the EPA proposal downplaying the rule's huge benefits through accounting tricks while ignoring the falling costs of compliance.
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But Brazil's leaders have pushed back, both downplaying the seriousness of the fires and insisting that it is an issue for Brazil alone to manage.
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Claimants in the suit accused both members of the Sackler family and Purdue of downplaying the addiction risks of Oxycontin in order to boost profits.
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Downplaying testimony Originally, the White House and Trump campaign had planned for a robust response to Mueller's appearance in the form of a campaign rally.
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Many of the suits claim companies aggressively marketed opioids while downplaying the risk of addiction and shipped suspiciously large quantities of painkillers without alerting authorities.
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Despite downplaying the significance of the meeting at the hotel, Torbe has insinuated that he has been involved in procuring sex workers for other footballers.
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They've accused manufacturers of downplaying painkillers' risk of addiction, distributors of allegedly flooding communities with pills and pharmacies for allegedly failing to flag suspicious prescriptions.
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My impression was that many of the East Germans in the room were downplaying it and said it didn't mean what it appeared to mean.
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New York's attorney general sued Exxon Mobil on Wednesday, claiming the company defrauded shareholders by downplaying the expected risks of climate change to its business.
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From China to Trump, government denial and downplaying of the coronavirus outbreak has been compared to the badly bungled Soviet response to the Chernobyl disaster.
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Richard Burr of North Carolina unloaded hundreds of thousands of dollars in stocks after publicly downplaying the enormous risk of the novel coronavirus, ProPublica reported.
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Just yesterday, prosecutors in New York State accused Purdue Pharma, a major opioid maker, and others of deceptively downplaying the drug's dangers over the years.
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Meanwhile, the enormously successful Broadway adaptation of the "Diary" has been severely rebuked for downplaying Anne's Judaism and ironing out the nuances of her message.
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It hasn't been mentioned again in the show, though, and the adaptation generally seems to be downplaying some of Martin's plot elements involving magical horns.
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By downplaying the seriousness of the risk and referring to the virus as a "hoax," Trump and his enablers only made things worse for themselves.
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And Pelosi on Thursday, while downplaying the significance of the DNC meeting, also emphasized that Democrats will rally behind the candidate who receives the majority.
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He reportedly asked her why Trump was downplaying the threat of Russian interference even as the country's intelligence agencies have issued warnings on the issue.
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A person familiar with Cohn's decision to release a statement said it was Cohn's decision alone, downplaying the notion of pressure from the White House.
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Downplaying the volatility of the past weeks, Chairman Powell said the recent correction in the stock market should neither "hamper growth" nor restrain Fed policy.
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Fauci's previous statements had struck a markedly different tone from those of the president, who has been accused of downplaying the threat of the outbreak.
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Iran's Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi looked visibly feverish as he spoke on state television Monday, downplaying the spread of the new coronavirus in Iran.
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"It sounds like a decision the chief justice and the Senate may have to make," he said, while downplaying the significance of the Parnas documents.
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For some Japanese, the outbreak carries an uneasy echo of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown, when the government was widely criticised for downplaying another crisis.
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But first some drug pricing news... HHS Secretary Alex Azar is downplaying concerns from congressional Republicans over the administration's pending action on prescription drug rebates.
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Google is essentially a popularity algorithm that reinforces mob rule by putting the most popular perspectives at the top, downplaying any alternative or minority perspectives.
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Yet now, as Jokowi seeks re-election, he appears to be distancing himself from Beijing and downplaying the importance of Chinese-funded projects in Indonesia.
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The Trump administration has responded to the market turmoil by emphasizing the strength of the economy but downplaying the risk of a boom-bust situation.
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But he is responsible for throwing America's moral weight behind Russia's strongman, praising Mr. Putin's "leadership" and downplaying accusations of political assassinations under his watch.
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President Obama has paid lip service to "freedom of worship" while downplaying the Constitution's words, "free exercise of religion" — and often equating faith with discrimination.
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Grisly crimes often get prominent play, and Fox News personalities frequently fault the rest of the media for downplaying crimes by minorities against white victims.
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Even Facebook itself — after a few weeks of downplaying the issue — now acknowledges that it has a responsibility for the stories distributed on the site.
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However, a quarter [of the passengers] is not a 'small' number in my mind," said Holden, adding that Ryanair's statement was a "careful downplaying of events.
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As for Tesla, the company recently made headlines after a Reveal report indicated that the company was downplaying the amount and severity of its workplace injuries.
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Meanwhile, some of Trump's cabinet nominees have already broken publicly with their new boss during the confirmation process -- rifts that Trump and his allies are downplaying.
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He isn't so much trying to forgive or heal the toxic dynamic on set, as he is dismissing and downplaying Walter's complaints about that same dynamic.
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New York's attorney general filed a lawsuit Wednesday against ExxonMobil, claiming the company defrauded shareholders by downplaying the expected risk of climate change to its business.
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The Sacklers are one of the wealthiest families in the world and directly profited from Purdue Pharma's sale of OxyContin by deliberately downplaying the drug's addictiveness.
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The 2015 movie Stonewall, for example, portrayed a white man at the genesis of the modern LGBT movement while downplaying people of color and transgender women.
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That's a persuasive argument for downplaying those issues, even as Donald Trump and his administration shape millions of lives permanently by transforming federal policy on them.
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"I had a cough," Albert, 60, tells PEOPLE exclusively, downplaying the lung infection which had doctors advise him to recently cut back his travel and workload.
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The nonprofit Praxis Project accused the defendants of downplaying the risks to boost sales, despite scientific evidence linking sugary beverages to obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
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"While Jewish families across America celebrate Passover, the chief spokesman of this White House is downplaying the horror of the Holocaust," Pelosi said in a statement.
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"The initial headlines from the bank are... downplaying some of the big concerns they've had with regard to the domestic economy, trade and housing," he said.
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Democrats and environmentalists have harshly criticized Pruitt for his public comments downplaying the impacts of climate change and for his close relationship with fossil-fuel companies.
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Instead, Trump spent a lot of time downplaying the severity of the storm and complained about how much money the US government is spending to help.
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Just last month, the U.S. central bank raised interest rates for a second time in 553, downplaying the weakening in price growth amid one-time factors.
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Religious tolerance Kennedy wrote that there is room for religious tolerance, pointing specifically to how the Colorado commission treated Phillips by downplaying his religious liberty concerns.
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They are ambivalent about the importance of ending such assaults, with government ministers frequently downplaying or worse denying the widespread incidence of rape in the country.
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According to ProPublica, Perlmutter, Moskowitz and Sherman declined to be interviewed and fielded questions through a crisis communications consultant who offered a statement downplaying their influence.
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In the letter, Johnson tries to argue that manipulation of the FCC comment process is routine, while subsequently downplaying the importance of the comment process itself.
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And that might be regardless of how Kansasfares in Kansas City, leading Self to somewhat downplaying the Big 12 tourney's overallimportance in his weekly news conference.
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After criticizing Democrats and downplaying Russia's role in the election, Trump tweeted on Saturday that "only 'stupid' people" do not want a good relationship with Russia.
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The lawsuit says the companies deliberately marketed their drugs as safe for chronic pain management while downplaying the risks of opioid dependency and overstating their effectiveness.
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It just so happens to be the same defense I employed for years, downplaying my high-functioning autism and femininity in the hopes of fitting in.
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After downplaying Facebook's dominance of the digital advertising market, Zuckerberg argued that a split of the company would effectively hinder attempts to clean up its platforms.
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The euro, on the other hand, rose despite a European Central Bank official downplaying on Tuesday comments by ECB President Mario Draghi about "relatively vigorous" inflation.
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The President has been privately downplaying the seriousness of the coronavirus epidemic, insisting that it will be short-lived and over within a couple of months.
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Downplaying the disruption these measures may cause or overstating their benefits can erode public confidence in government at a time when it is needed the most.
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Observers noted Trump's shift in tone on Monday, which came after weeks of him downplaying the severity of the coronavirus and insisting it would dissipate soon.
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Richard Burr of North Carolina unloaded hundreds of thousands of dollars in stocks shortly after publicly downplaying the enormous risk of the novel coronavirus, ProPublica reported.
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Mr. Lamb has broken with the national Democratic Party in other ways, too, declining to support new gun regulations and downplaying his disagreements with Mr. Trump.
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Downplaying your talents is not the answer, but does sort of dilute the message by making a huge deal of the fact that you did everything.
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After an article last week reported the advice columnist E. Jean Carroll's rape allegations against President Trump, some readers accused The Times of downplaying the story.
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It was a stark message from a President who spent weeks downplaying the severity of the virus and questioned its potential impact in the United States.
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Fox News has rapidly shifted from downplaying the coronavirus to urging Americans to take the pandemic seriously, mimicking President Donald Trump's tone shift on the virus.
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The number of people who were downplaying concerns raised just a few weeks ago (some of those from "growth hackers" doing viral projections) should be ashamed.
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News media has delivered conflicting messages, with outlets like Fox News downplaying the threat in a dangerous way, the Global Editor-in-Chief of Insider Inc.
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He has further inflamed criticism by downplaying concerns that his shift in strategy could lead to a resurgence of ISIS or a slaughter of Kurdish forces.
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The media was awash with stories of flying saucers and extraterrestrial encounters, with scientists downplaying the likelihood of alien visitation and UFO enthusiasts exclaiming their excitement.
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News media has delivered conflicting messages, with outlets like Fox News downplaying the threat in a dangerous way, the Global Editor-in-Chief of Insider Inc.
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Nothing Li said was incorrect, but it came as officials in the city were downplaying the severity of the outbreak and its risk to the public.
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With trouble on the horizon, Trump has warned of economic ruin if Democrats proceed with impeachment, even after spending months downplaying the threat of a recession.
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He often trumpets an upcoming "red wave" of Republican victories, downplaying suggestions that Democrats are poised to exploit his divisiveness and retake the House or Senate.
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"By glamorizing vaping, while at the same time downplaying the nicotine found in vaping products, JUUL is putting countless New Yorkers at risk," according to James.
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The initiative comes at a time when the United States, under the Trump administration, has been criticized for downplaying human rights as a foreign policy priority.
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However, he warned that the market could be potentially downplaying an important factor: how many rate hikes the U.S. Federal Reserve puts through over the year.
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Between the lines: Previously dubbed the "diplomatic sheikh," Rouhani is now taking a tougher line, downplaying the value of even a photo op with President Trump.
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Mr. Abubakar, 72, a former vice president, has been notably quiet on the issue of fighting graft, even downplaying the need to clean up the government.
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Report authors often disagreed about how to interpret the science, but I did not witness deliberate downplaying or burying of information on risks from climate change.
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But that cannot be the excuse for in any way downplaying the unbelievable misery that we see in Gaza and the West Bank and other places.
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The company's chief economist Spencer Dale recently co-authored a paper with Oxford Institute for Energy Studies director Bassam Fattouh downplaying future threats to the industry.
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The point is that harassment, and specifically the context of this kind of harassment, is never OK. And to everyone participating and downplaying the harassment as jokes?
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RYANAIR 'DOWNPLAYING' EMERGENCY LANDING THAT SENT DOZENS TO HOSPITAL AFTER 'NIGHTMARE' FLIGHT, PASSENGER SAYS Authorities told Fox News that it wasn't exactly clear how the collision unfolded.
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Avenatti called those charges "laughable" at the time, denying the notion that Daniels was backed by Democratic Party interests and downplaying his political work as ancient history.
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And on Friday, Republicans were mostly silent, downplaying the significance of the Times' story and shrugging off calls from Democrats to push the special counsel bills forward.
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Coons, along with other Biden backers in the Senate, are standing by their candidate and downplaying the former vice president's disappointing performances in Iowa and New Hampshire.
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Just this year alone, more than a dozen states and 100 counties have sued drug companies for deceptive marketing of painkillers to pain patients, downplaying the risks.
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Critics slammed the comments, which contradicted Chancellor Angela Merkel's acknowledgment of the xenophobic nature of the unrest, for downplaying the seriousness of far-right violence in Chemnitz.
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" The newest numbers on troops suffering TBIs come in the wake of President Trump's comments downplaying the injuries, saying the troops had "headaches" but nothing "very serious.
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Facebook's Trending Topics has been a major source of controversy in recent months because of allegations that some of its editors had been downplaying conservative news outlets.
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Pundits and pollsters alike will say anything to stand in Trump's way, or so the story goes, and this is just another case of downplaying his candidacy.
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The practice continues to skyrocket among minors, in large part because of the e-cigarette manufacturers' effective playbook of "cool" ads, fun flavors and downplaying health risks.
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President Trump has spent the past few months downplaying the threat of ISIS in Syria and the need for an ongoing U.S. military presence in the country.
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New York's AG sued the company in October, alleging Exxon defrauded shareholders by downplaying the expected risk of future climate change policies on its business and assets.
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I think its a little bit of column A and a little bit of column B. Nilay isn't sensationalizing his opinion, but he's not downplaying it, either.
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And, by design, this kind of analysis may overlook other ways the press can hurt a candidate — like Sanders — by downplaying or dismissing his or her chances.
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Lieu -- who predicted the megatsumani in December -- is taking a different approach, and is now downplaying the generic ballot as a means to forecast the November race.
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"I'm not downplaying the importance of the funds for providers, but nobody I work with has altered any of their activities due to the delay" says Chambers.
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People can still look for resources on other agency sites — although even these are downplaying the topic of climate change, according to a report released last week.
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And with the downplaying of politics, musicians boringly settled for clichéd statements about unifying as a community and how music "transcends" and "breaks" borders during the telecast.
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The shareholders accused the defendants of inflating Fiat Chrysler's share price by hundreds of millions of dollars from October 2014 and October 2015 by downplaying safety concerns.
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But in an interview with CBS, Ryan keeps Nunes at arm's length -- downplaying how much Nunes told him about the intelligence he gathered at the White House.
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However, most junk journalism does not take the form of outright "fake news" but of tendentious reporting that focuses on some facts while downplaying or omitting others.
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But the fact that newspapers and television networks are owned and managed by rich people who benefit personally from downplaying themes of class conflict surely doesn't hurt.
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The company has been accused of downplaying the drug's addiction risk and advising doctors to prescribe the highest dosage of the painkiller because it was more profitable.
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The lawsuit accuses manufacturers of overstating the benefits of taking opioids, encouraging long-term opioid therapy, discouraging alternative treatments and downplaying risks from the highly marketed medications.
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Microsoft announced its new Xbox One S console back at E3 in June, and began immediately downplaying the amount of additional processing power over the original model.
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The United States also benefited from the refinement of the sport's scoring system in 2013, which placed a greater emphasis on intricate difficulty while downplaying steady execution.
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Trans-exclusionary feminists in America are happy to tweet #MeToo, while downplaying the need for trans women to have access to safe bathrooms in their own workplaces.
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Acacia even had to issue a press release downplaying the impact of the White House's moves: Huawei accounted only for 1.5% of Acacia's total revenue, it said.
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Trump defended his decision by downplaying the Kurdish role in the war against ISIS and reinforcing his promise for the US troops to leave the Middle East.
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He referred to North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un as a "friend" in August, downplaying the extent to which the country was engaging in weapons testing.
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Earlier this year, Robbins faced criticism for downplaying the impact of the outspoken voices of the #MeToo movement at one of his arena-packed events in March.
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Canadian Henderson also finished strongly with three late birdies, before downplaying her chances of defending the title she won after a playoff with Lydia Ko last year.
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But both McCarthy and Scalise tried Wednesday to redirect the Ryan news away from them, downplaying questions about their futures and refusing to state explicitly their plans.
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This allows the Powerbeats Pro to do a decent job at downplaying nearby noise, certainly moreso than earbuds that don't provide any seal, like Apple's regular AirPods.
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Joseph Schmitz was accused of boasting about firing Jews and downplaying the Holocaust while serving as inspector general for the Department of Defense (DOD), McClatchy reported Thursday.
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But it is clear to me they were not free to speak candidly about the situation at hand by downplaying the risk and scale of the crisis.
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But they are downplaying their objections to his presidency in a way that makes clear that they do not think red America is fully embracing the #resistance.
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He has screwed up the coronavirus response royally, downplaying the threat with ludicrous pronouncements in front of TV cameras, while his health care officials issued grave warnings.
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The Stamford, Connecticut-based company has been accused by nearly every U.S. state of downplaying how dangerously addictive its blockbuster pain killer is while exaggerating its benefits.
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In 2016, Tong was replaced as president by Taneti Mamau, who is known for downplaying the climate crisis and who has halted the migration with dignity project.
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And to call this new guy a Trump loyalist is I think even downplaying how completely unqualified this man is to be the director of national intelligence.
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Trump had been downplaying the threat of the virus for weeks, including in a tweet as recent as March 9 comparing the disease to the common flu.
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Aspects of the administration's response efforts as well as Trump's comments Wednesday downplaying the threat of the virus have faced criticism from Democrats and some health experts.
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The State Department is downplaying Pompeo's connection with Sondland even as the ambassador insists he was "in the loop" on issues at stake in the impeachment inquiry.
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Trump has spent the past several days downplaying the likelihood of an outbreak, saying China — where the novel coronavirus originated last year — had the situation under control.
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In a sane world Trump downplaying injuries to US troops that the public only belatedly learned about as "not very serious" would be a huge scandal pic.twitter.
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Most Republican leaders are publicly downplaying the results, pointing out that Lamb didn't have to face a primary and saying he ran as a pro-gun conservative.
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This false symmetry — downplaying the awfulness of some candidates, vastly exaggerating the flaws of their opponents — isn't the only reason America is in the mess it's in.
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But Democrats accused him of downplaying significant details and attempting to craft a narrative that would be favorable to Trump weeks before the full report was released.
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Which is very interesting considering that President Donald Trump has spent months (and months) downplaying his ties to Manafort and the charges against his former campaign chairman.
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Trump ripped former President Barack Obama for not having caught the Islamic militant sooner, despite previously downplaying Obama's role in the 2011 killing of Osama bin Laden.
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And Florida governor Ron DeSantis, refusing to close all beaches and toeing the line with the White House's relentless downplaying, wasn't exactly helping to spread solid information.
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Some of the press around the show has been criticized for downplaying your role as a showrunner, and emphasizing the role of your co-creator, Nick Antosca.
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Yet on Friday he said that it has at times received "too much attention" - sentiment that echoes recent comments downplaying such monetary models by Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
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In the past, YC startups have highlighted their growth, downplaying profitability as some saw it as a sign that they were shooting too small or not reinvesting enough.
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Washington (CNN)Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden argued on Wednesday that China is "not competition" for the United States, downplaying the threat from the world's second-largest economy.
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Trump's critics have also questioned why his administration is now singling out Cuba for its human rights record while downplaying the issue in other parts of the world.
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Judy Shelton has had a decades-long affinity for the gold standard, but she's been downplaying that since President Donald Trump nominated her to the Federal Reserve Board.
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Cruz and top Cruz aides Monday sought to end a day of news reports about Cruz's veepstakes, downplaying any vetting as a normal part a fall campaign plan.
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Lindsey Graham (R-SC), an outspoken Trump critic turned ally: Then there's Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, indicting Clinton for lying, but downplaying today's scandal: And Kansas Sen.
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Now, Ross is downplaying the economic effect the 800,000 federal workers have while on furlough, saying they should borrow from a bank or credit union for money instead.
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After his video went viral, Peltz responded to a Facebook post about the video in September, downplaying it by saying he had "little sleep" when he made it.
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One of the officials who disclosed Widodo's meeting with Nurmantyo said the military chief's job was safe, downplaying speculation that the general would be relieved of his duties.
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To win in the land of Vladimir Putin, the fastfood giant is downplaying its U.S. ties and stressing its Russian roots for the 609 restaurants it has now.
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The 1988 film finds Akeem downplaying his royal status to work at McDowell's (a knock-off McDonald's) in an attempt to impress the owner's daughter, Lisa (Shari Headley).
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"They were downplaying the case because they had doubts about it," said Julie Contreras of the Latino civil rights organization League of United Latin American Citizens, or LULAC.
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Johnson told CNN Tuesday that Tillerson told him he'd play a "different role" as a businessman than he would as secretary of state, downplaying the relationship with Putin.
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Campaign aides on Wednesday were publicly treating the fracas lightly, sharing other examples of #CruzCrimes on social media and downplaying it as nothing more than a clerical overlook.
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The film has a brain underneath its caper, which it shows off simply by not downplaying its characters' very real problems, which are tied to bigger social conflicts.
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" Kenny Polcari, director at O'Neil Securities, agreed Kudlow's response, along with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross downplaying the effect of the tariffs, "absolutely put a floor in the market.
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The Democratic Party platform, set to be approved in Philadelphia next week at the Democratic National Convention, endorses investigations into fossil fuel firms accused of downplaying climate science.
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" The exchange continued, however, with LaVar Ball, the father of one of the students, downplaying Trump's role, and Trump responding that he "should have left them in jail!
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Kavanaugh has taken the opposite tack of downplaying his drinking and any other evidence that might complicate his portrayal of himself as a wholesome teenager and young man.
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Republican senators have been downplaying the chances of a quick vote on their ObamaCare replacement bill amid divisions in the party over what the legislation should look like.
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In 22012, a federal judge approved a class-action lawsuit brought by some 0003,2000 former NFL players who accused the league of downplaying the dangers of the game.
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Practically speaking, the Court's affirmative action jurisprudence has warped the national conversation about race, downplaying the importance of race-based disadvantage and exaggerating the importance of cultural difference.
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Faced with endless video clips of Donald Trump downplaying the escalating outbreak, Trump aides and allies are working furiously to instead highlight the president's recent actions and comments.
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The ad, which is titled "Exponential Threat," splices together different audio clips of Trump downplaying the virus over a graphic showing the number of cases on the rise.
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The ad, which is called "Exponential Threat," splices together different audio clips of Trump downplaying the virus over a graphic showing the number of cases on the rise.
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After downplaying the severity of the coronavirus outbreak for weeks, President Trump admitted publicly that the virus is "not under control for any place in the world" Monday.
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Over the past week President Donald Trump's administration has been pushing for aggressive steps to stem the economic hit, after Trump spent several weeks downplaying the virus' risks.
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During a roundtable meeting with county sheriffs Tuesday, the president once again cited a false crime statistic — and accused the media of downplaying it to fit their agenda.
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First, journalists often seem to get caught up with the sexiness or curb appeal of psychological research findings, ignoring or downplaying the quality of the evidence in question.
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In January, when Trump was downplaying the spread of the illness, he even thanked Xi in a tweet praising China for "working very hard" to contain the coronavirus.
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President Donald Trump has sought to paint a rosy picture for the country as the coronavirus outbreak spreads, downplaying its potential impact and routinely contradicting top government experts.
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The president spent weeks downplaying the risk of COVID-19 and spreading misinformation and has now taken to blaming China and state governors for escalating rates of transmission.
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We all make compromises — I supported Bill Clinton in 1992 over George H.W. Bush, whom I thought was personally more moral — but that doesn't require downplaying the inexcusable.
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Duda has accused Putin of re-writing history by downplaying the full significance of the 1939 Nazi-Soviet pact, which included an agreement over the division of Poland.
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In New York, they learned about the state's investigation against ExxonMobil for downplaying the threat of climate change to investors while internally warning drastic action would be needed.
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Biden's camp has been downplaying his chances of winning in Iowa, stressing his strength nationwide as well as with black voters who will be central to later primaries.
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But McConnell joined his Democratic counterparts in downplaying the Nobel speculation, calling it "premature" to discuss Trump's chances at clinching the coveted prize, according to The Associated Press.
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Last week Trump said he does not consider potential brain injuries to be as serious as physical combat wounds, downplaying the severity of the injuries suffered in Iraq.
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Last week, Trump said he does not consider potential brain injuries to be as serious as physical combat wounds, downplaying the severity of the injuries suffered in Iraq.
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And despite questions about the future of the law, Trump health chief Alex Azar, though, is downplaying the need to come up with a replacement plan for now.
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Trying to put distance between the political fate of his caucus and Trump's unpredictable campaign, McConnell is downplaying the impact that the businessman might have on other candidates.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stuck with an upbeat assessment on the U.S. economy while downplaying the impact of global trade risks on the outlook for rate rises.
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Other Democrats are downplaying Sanders's recent victories but fretting about whether he will embrace one of his rivals as the party's eventual nominee if Sanders loses the contest.
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" Biden's campaign responded to Trump's press conference Thursday with a statement saying, "Trump Lies After Spending Months Downplaying Coronavirus and Ignoring Scientists and Experts Who Sounded the Alarm.
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They do not believe the North and South were fundamentally different, and they manage to cast into doubt the Civil War's inevitability without downplaying the horrors of slavery.
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The settlement resolved claims that Teva and other drugmakers helped cause the epidemic by marketing opioids as safe and effective for everyday pain while downplaying their addictive qualities.
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What better way to make people focus on the part of the Trump presidency they do like (the economy) than by downplaying the part they don't like (Trump personally)?
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And they are running for full cover for Robert Mueller, downplaying this elicit deep state spying scheme, the biggest abuse of power, the biggest corruption scandal in American history.
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India's second biggest software services exporter Infosys firmly backed its chief executive on Thursday, downplaying corporate governance concerns and an alleged rift between the firm's founders and its board.
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The companies are being accused by numerous counties, cities, states and Native American tribes of downplaying the risks of addiction to doctors and patients while exaggerating their painkillers' benefits.
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Playboy editor Hugh Hefner was a vocal supporter of the Pill, a stance reflected in the magazine that included downplaying side effects as "old wives' tales," according to May.
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"Traders (are) hopeful about U.S.-China trade talks despite President Trump being the fly in the ointment, downplaying prospects for quick negotiations," Accendo Markets analayst Mike van Dulken said.
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He is making a similar argument to what he said in the Oval Office Tuesday -- downplaying Acosta's role in Epstein's plea deal, which, as a federal prosecutor, he oversaw.
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Exxon has recently taken measures to address climate change, including joining the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative, after years of criticism for publicly downplaying the impacts of global warming.
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Chatterbug faces a wide range of competitors like Rosetta Stone, Duolingo, Busoo, Babbel, and HelloTalk — some with deep pockets and a penchant for downplaying the difficulty of reaching fluency.
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Prosecutors in several states are probing whether ExxonMobil misled shareholders about the risks posed by climate change, downplaying the threat for decades after conducting groundbreaking research in the 1970s.
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Its initial, somewhat sarcastic responses implied that it couldn't quite gauge the severity of the response, effectively downplaying the concerns of the community who found the sign tone-deaf.
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" The Federalists' Jacob Perry wrote that the video serves as a "public relations firm for the violent gang," while downplaying the brutal gang "in order to attack President Trump.
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Based on the email exchanges we have seen it is quite likely the downplaying was due to the addition of an EPA researcher and co-author to the project.
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Bernie Sanders pushed back on President Donald Trump's downplaying of the dangers of climate change in the wake of a government report that warns of its devastating potential impacts.
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The Handmaid's Tale's Gilead originally was white supremacist, though Hulu's showrunners dropped this element from the TV series, a decision that's been criticized for downplaying the legacy of racism.
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Trump defended his decision by downplaying the Kurdish role in the war against ISIS and referring back to his promise for the US troops to leave the Middle East.
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Eventually, after denying the extent of the problem and downplaying their ability to cope with it, social media companies got serious and got better at rooting out extremist accounts.
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Tom Steyer, a billionaire Democratic donor who's spent millions of dollars promoting impeachment since Trump took office, has reportedly expressed anger toward the party's leaders for downplaying the issue.
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The plaintiffs accused New York-based Pfizer of downplaying the risks to boost sales of Zoloft, which topped $3 billion annually before sales of generic versions began in 2006.
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On Sunday, Liz Harrington, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, said Ocasio-Cortez's "divisive rhetoric never ends" and implied that she was "downplaying 9/11" through her comments.
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During a Monday appearance on CNN, Kinzinger pointed to Trump's Saturday speech at CIA headquarters, where the president accused media outlets of downplaying the crowd size at his inauguration.
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Durant has been linked to the New York Knicks, Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers and others, while downplaying that he's given any other destination much thought.
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The lawsuits allege that drugmakers such as Purdue, Johnson & Johnson and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd overstated the benefits while downplaying addictive risks of opioids in marketing their pain treatments.
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She can remind you that we all walk around with various IRL versions of Instagram filters, highlighting the good stuff in our lives and downplaying the not-so-good.
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Blizzard, the NBA, and Apple have all come under scrutiny for downplaying or otherwise penalizing support for the Hong Kong protestors, in apparent moves to appease the Chinese government.
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"Downplaying it, being overly dismissive or spreading misinformation is only going to hurt us and further advantage the spread of the disease," Biden said in a Thursday afternoon speech.
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It didn't start with Trump's bungled messaging downplaying the crisis even as it's worsened, nor with his insistence that social distancing measures could be lifted by Easter (April 25).
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"Maybe it's wishful thinking [on their part], but people are downplaying the significance -- maybe because they're not seeing people in their communities coming down with the virus," Taylor said.
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While different from the World War I-era US culture of downplaying, if not suppressing bad news, and the WW1 French/British/German policy of outright censoring bad news.
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The Trump administration has been downplaying the investigation into Russian meddling for months now, but this weekend Trump himself publicly acknowledged there was a problem — with the Obama administration.
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Trump has come under criticism for his handling of the coronavirus thus far, particularly from Democrats for contradicting top health officials and repeatedly downplaying the severity of the outbreak.
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Meanwhile, critics have noted the irony of prominent officials downplaying the outbreak even as the disease may silently have been spreading among the Trump administration's own members and supporters.
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The opening of the video appeared to take Trump's comments out of context, though other remarks in the video did show Trump downplaying the seriousness of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Writing for the Times op-ed page, David Leonhardt definitively cataloged the president's many, many statements downplaying the risk of coronavirus, as well as his administration's lack of action.
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You don't have to go far to find someone online downplaying the severity of a global pandemic that's shut down entire economies and ground everyday life to a halt.
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The lawsuits have generally accused Purdue of downplaying OxyContin's addiction risk and of misleading marketing that overstated the benefits of opioids for treating chronic, rather than short-term, pain.
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After weeks of downplaying the coronavirus's threat to American life, and suggesting that it was a Democratic hoax to damage him, Trump declared himself a war president last week.
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Biden accused the Trump administration of ignoring early warning signs about the pandemic and of downplaying the disease at critical points when the virus was primarily concentrated in China.
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And yet, like Trump, there are forces within Sanders's own party that are aligned against him, discounting his early wins and downplaying his chances of coming out on top.
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This strategic choice is framed, in part, by the idea that consciously downplaying signs of Democratic affiliation will avoid upsetting Trump voters, and thereby will not inflate GOP turnout.
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They criticized the president for proposing cuts to the Centers for Disease Control in his budget and for downplaying the virus through tweets instead of addressing the American public.
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Other Fed officials are also downplaying the damage the coronavirus will likely inflict on the U.S. economy, even as markets increasingly expect that the Fed will have to act.
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Some of the most prominent right-wing media personalities are downplaying the threat posed by the Wuhan coronavirus and accusing Democrats of exaggerating the crisis to score political points.
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The lawsuits accuse them of fueling a public health crisis by aggressively marketing opioids while downplaying their overdose risks, contributing to 400,000 deaths since 1999, according to U.S. statistics.
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He said and did what he thought was right, warning the Congress about the politicization of intelligence, and accusing the administration of downplaying the threat from Islamic terrorist groups.
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Pruitt has become a lightning rod due to his close relationship with fossil fuel interests, his record of downplaying humans' role in climate change and his controversial management style.
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The National Rifle Association (NRA) is "going to attack everything," the current aide noted, downplaying the dangers of an assertive push for expansive reforms like the assault weapons ban.
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His team has been downplaying expectations in Iowa for most of September, and one unnamed adviser said that the state was not a must-win contest for the campaign.
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Republican senators are downplaying the chances of a quick vote next week on their ObamaCare replacement bill amid divisions in the party over what the legislation should look like.
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Indeed, there's better reason to think government stats are effectively downplaying the economy, due to difficulty measuring the effects of the growing digital sector, than covering up its failures.
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" A Booker campaign aide, downplaying questions about turnout, said the event was "meant to have a vibe of a hometown BBQ ... It's not meant to be a traditional 'rally.
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And Trump had also he would not necessarily let the FBI know if he did so, either, though he was quickly downplaying the comment less than a day later.
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One is that Hillary Clinton's strategy of downplaying specific policy issues in her ads as part of an effort to win over Trump-skeptical Republicans was likely a mistake.
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But China has played a role in the race to take on Trump: former Vice President Joe Biden's recent comments downplaying the threat posed by Beijing sparked criticism from Sen.
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As the Washington Post pointed out, the US doesn't have an extradition treaty with Russia, and Trump administration officials are already downplaying the possibility of prodding Putin with the request.
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On May 19903st the state government filed a lawsuit against a group of drug companies, accusing them of exaggerating the effectiveness of opioid painkillers while downplaying the risk of addiction.
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After a torrid few months, Huawei is now downplaying the idea that its homegrown Hongmeng operating system could serve as a drop-in replacement for Google's Android on its smartphones.
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"The influence of pharmaceutical manufacturers on pain management has been considered significant, by conducting marketing campaigns targeted mainly at physicians and patients, downplaying the problematic effect of opioids," it added.
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" In his letter to DeVos asking her to testify, House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott, a Virginia Democrat, said her tweet was "downplaying the severity of this violation.
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Because Washington's pregnancy wasn't part of her Scandal story line, the show has been finding ways to outfit the actress in true Olivia Pope style while downplaying her baby bump.
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But Trump struck a different tone in the Time interview, downplaying the attacks and claiming the U.S. is no longer as reliant on Middle East pipelines as it once was.
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After initially downplaying the extent of the problem, Google issued a non-apology, then a slightly more apologetic non-apology, and finally posted a fuller actual apology on its blog.
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Still, Carson's advisers spent much of Friday in damage control mode, downplaying the significance of the staff departures and touting the campaign's fundraising prowess as a sign of Carson's strength.
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As we previously reported, Cesar says the pig and dog are fine and now get along -- but the anonymous dog trainer thinks he's downplaying the severity of the pig's injury.
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Even media members who admit that Schiano's rights weren't violated are resorting to a strange defense of Schiano by downplaying what McQueary said and ignoring the rest of Schiano's past.
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He also accused people in the media of downplaying violence perpetrated by the gang, in part because they haven't seen the dismembered bodies left behind by the group up close.
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Lawyers for the state claim that J&J, which sold the painkillers Duragesic and Nucynta, marketed the opioids as safe and effective for everyday pain while downplaying their addictive qualities.
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But in recent months, he has acknowledged that the social media giant has a responsibility to promote reliable information on its platform, while downplaying links to misleading or fake stories.
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But perhaps the most disturbing feature of the film is the near erasure of slavery altogether and the downplaying of slave rape in particular to further a Shakespearean love story.
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LEDE: FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is downplaying his last-minute decision Thursday to delay a vote on his proposed television box reform plans, saying it's just a matter of timing.
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Burns's remarks echo those of many Republican and Democratic lawmakers who have sharply criticized the president for downplaying Moscow's interference and slamming the special counsel investigation while standing alongside Putin.
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The suits make a variety of claims, with one accusing the company of misleading investors about downplaying its capital needs and another accusing individual executives of acting against investor interests.
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King defended that meeting during the town hall, downplaying the party's historical ties to the Nazi Party by saying that anyone in politics in the 1950s inevitably had Nazi associations.
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Even after she delivers a stunning reported piece on a strip club that appealed to readers online, Gabe (John Cameron Mitchell), her boss, continues to belittle her, downplaying her talent.
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The group is also launching a digital advertisement accusing Trump administration officials of downplaying the cost of tariffs while presenting a long list of items subject to new import taxes.
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At best, it can dramatically skew coverage for the majority of the population; at worst, it can distort the truth by inflating or downplaying significant aspects of some news stories.
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Even compared to Legasav (the story's hero, if there can be one), she is the character most dedicated to unburying the truth among Soviet officials keen on downplaying the incident.
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As you know, CNN and others have given President Trump loads of crap, rightfully so, for initially downplaying coronavirus as just another flu, and no reason for Americans to worry.
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A botched response or a related economic slump could damage his reelection hopes, so the US President appears to be intensely focused on downplaying the problem and publicly congratulating himself.
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As is the state of our politics, there was a machine of right-wing media all too eager to go along with the President's downplaying of the emerging health crisis.
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This denial, after weeks of his downplaying the seriousness of the risk to the nation, is consistent with his longstanding habit of dodging blame for poor outcomes on his watch.
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Fox News has been one of the president's best allies during the pandemic messaging war, with most of its hosts spending the pandemic downplaying its severity and echoing Trump's positions.
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" Fauci tried to square the circle, downplaying his disagreements with Trump while warning that there's no data to show "it's truly effective and safe under the conditions of COVID-19.
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The prevalence of such arguments is part of a larger issue with the way tax debates are often conducted, focusing on GDP and downplaying or ignoring the impact of financing.
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The National Front has a long and ugly history of downplaying the Holocaust, which her father, former National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, has called a "detail" of history.
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Two months ago, as the world knows, Trump was praising China's government for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak, while downplaying the severity of the threat to the United States.
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However, neither the administration nor Congress has done anything meaningful to fortify us from future attacks, instead downplaying and, in the case of Mr. Trump, often outright rejecting the findings.
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After initially downplaying the threat of the virus, the president has been holding daily press conferences from the White House briefing room that have been broadcast live by news outlets.
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Guedes said that 1.1% economic growth for 2019 was within expectations, downplaying the gross domestic product (GDP) figures released earlier in the day that were the weakest in three years.
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And while Biden's team has been downplaying expectations here for months, he can't afford to come stumbling out of New Hampshire after suffering a self-described "gut punch" in Iowa.
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This was no doubt jarring after eight years of President Obama genuflecting to the U.N. and downplaying U.S. sovereignty, but it is not a new turn in U.S. foreign affairs.
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"The Defense Department is downplaying Secretary Carter's use of personal devices for official business, but I have concerns," Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said in a written statement.
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The Australian leader has been criticized for flying to Hawaii last month on a family holiday as the crisis deepened, and for downplaying links between the fires and climate change.
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Some of President Donald Trump's most vocal backers in right-wing media are downplaying the threat posed by the Wuhan coronavirus and spreading conspiracy theories to boost the president's response.
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" Story at a glance President Trump is downplaying concerns about the coronavirus, saying the outbreak is "under control" in the United States and the problem is going to "go away.
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The fact that no one on the bus comes to her aid is even more unsettling, or maybe it's Aimee downplaying the whole thing by making excuses for the guy.
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And last week, a Philadelphia jury ordered J&J to pay $8 billion in punitive damages for downplaying risks that its antipsychotic drug Risperdal could promote breast growth in boys.
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Trump twice this week expressed his support for EPA chief Scott Pruitt for his progress reducing red tape, downplaying a slew of controversies around how Pruitt's office spends taxpayer dollars.
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Doug Collins of Georgia, fired back at a Democratic colleague after being accused of downplaying the casualties from the ongoing conflict between US-backed Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists.
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The actions taken by President Donald Trump have been "good" for the economy so far, the chairman of Banco Santander told CNBC on Wednesday, downplaying the president's comments on trade.
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Like those of other states, the new lawsuits accuse the privately held company and its owners, the Sackler family, of downplaying the risks of addiction to OxyContin while exaggerating its benefits.
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We'd heard talks between Tapzo and Amazon have been in the works for a while, but now that a deal has been done, the two seem to be downplaying the details.
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Slack – The instant messaging app's stock dropped 236% in extended trading after the company filed an 8-K Monday downplaying a news report that sent its stock surging more than 15%.
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Despite his prominence at the event, Faraday Future is now downplaying their ties to the embattled CEO and his flailing company, which appears to be on the brink of economic collapse.
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In her case it's an even bigger slight because in downplaying Carrie's experiences, Night School missed a huge opportunity to offer up normalized representations of LGBTQ+ people of color, especially women.
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"Much of the stability in China has come this year because they're downplaying reform this year relative to stability," said Paul Christopher, head global market strategist at Wells Fargo Investment Institute.
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Here's the thing about underreacting: Problems often do go away after the first catalyst so sometimes downplaying the chances of a full-blown crisis are rational responses to initial fact-finding.
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It's a smart move that emphasizes Uber's expertise and advantages in demand prediction and routing, while downplaying the areas where it would be hard pressed to excel, including in automotive manufacturing.
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Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's 100th day in office comes Saturday, and despite his downplaying of the significance of the marker, his team is prepped and ready to tout his accomplishments.
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Other administration officials have dismissed the idea of engaging with Iran's chief diplomatic representative, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif -- downplaying his importance and even floating the idea of sanctioning the top diplomat.
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Traders are also mostly downplaying monetary policy signals, believing that Bank of England Governor Mark Carney will not raise interest rates until the form of Britain's European Union exit is clear.
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Republicans, for their part, have been downplaying the importance of the CBO score, which could predict that their proposal would leave fewer people with health insurance and add to the deficit.
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The statement came a month after McCain, his party's 2008 presidential nominee, strongly criticized Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for downplaying the importance of basing foreign policy decisions on American values.
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Air Force officials are also downplaying the idea that the retirement of several A-10 squadrons is imminent pointing out that the service is still evaluating options for funding additional wings.
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"These trading companies are downplaying their critical role in driving deforestation," Hurowitz told the Thomson Reuters Foundation ahead of the release of Thursday's report which is based partly on satellite data.
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Shareholders led by the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America accused St. Louis-based Express Scripts of downplaying its sometimes "extremely contentious" relationship with Anthem for more than a year.
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It also shows how a lack of understanding between departments, inadequate pilot training on the new system, and downplaying the changes to the Federal Aviation Administration, created a perfect, deadly storm.
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With the presidential campaign in full swing, U.S. media may be forgiven for downplaying the news of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's six-nation tour of Latin America last week.
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The project was abandoned in January 2016, and Cohen told the Senate panel in a written statement that he lost confidence in the idea, downplaying the matter as just a proposal.
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The players held a press conference in which they apologized and thanked Trump, but Trump lashed out at LaVar Ball for then downplaying the president's role in bringing his son home.
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After weeks of downplaying the need for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, and saying "steel slats" or "fencing" could work, Trump returned to his original demand for a wall.
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Trump's interactions with Putin at formal dinner gatherings have drawn attention before, given tensions over Moscow's interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and the president's perceived downplaying of Russian meddling.
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His rubric for determining if people are rational or irrational often concludes with a call for governments to nudge citizens to behave rationally, thus downplaying the complexities of real-world institutions.
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President Trump has doubled down on his support for Moore in recent days, despite urging from Washington Republicans, arguing that he needs Moore's conservative voice in Washington and downplaying the accusations.
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The fact that Lynch's directive in wording neatly aligned with the Clinton campaign's own downplaying of the seriousness of the crime was lost on no one outside a partisan echo chamber.
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"Consistent with Trump downplaying the severity of this crisis, his Commerce Department is encouraging the export of the very protective gear already in short supply," Mr. Doggett said in a statement.
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Joe Biden's campaign has launched a brutal spot savaging the president for repeatedly downplaying the coronavirus and then complaining that he could have done more had he known about it earlier.
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Democrats have criticized President Donald Trump and other government agencies over a lack of preparedness, with some going as far to say the administration is downplaying the seriousness of the virus.
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The National Review editorial board wrote: [Trump] resisted making the response to the epidemic a priority for as long as he could — refusing briefings, downplaying the problem, and wasting precious time.
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Commentators downplaying the platform's significance note that it has no actual enforcement mechanism, and that there's no guarantee a President Hillary Clinton wouldn't jettison most — or all — of its main provisions.
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Companies such as Purdue, the now-infamous maker of the painkiller OxyContin, fueled the crisis by flooding the market with its products, while downplaying or outright lying about their potential risks.
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He drew criticism earlier this year for downplaying certain damning elements of former special counsel Robert Mueller's report in statements that helped set the first public narrative as it was released.
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China has come under both international and internal fire for covering up the spread of the virus after the first initial cases were reported and downplaying its severity in early January.
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They have also taken the opportunity to somewhat revise what "Spanish Colonial Art" means by, overall, downplaying gilt, ornamentation and spectacle in favor of complex cultural narratives and subtler visual drama.
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He also doesn't seem to fully grasp or remains willfully ignorant of the severity of the situation from a public health perspective, which has contributed to his downplaying of the issue.
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Trump, so far, has been downplaying the risk of the coronavirus taking hold here but is reportedly "furious" about how the news of the disease is impacting the US stock market.
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In the days leading up to the speech, Trump flashed anger at Democrats for impeaching him, downplaying the prospects he'd be able to work across the aisle in the year ahead.
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In other words, Gervais, joining many of his fellow comedians, blames cancel culture for destroying nuance in standup comedy, while also downplaying the reasons people find certain kinds of comedy offensive.
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Earlier this week President Donald Trump said he does not consider potential brain injuries to be as serious as physical combat wounds, downplaying the severity of the injuries suffered in Iraq.
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But GOP leadership, pinning the blame for a potential shutdown squarely on Democrats, is downplaying the possibility that it would accept a shorter continuing resolution or are making back-up plans.
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" Hannity first responded on Twitter and then on his radio and television programs Monday afternoon and evening, respectively, downplaying the revelation by stating Cohen had never represented him "in any matter.
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Romney's GOP Senate colleagues said they were disappointed, downplaying the significance of his vote, while the President's son Donald Trump Jr. called for Romney to be expelled from the Republican Party.
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She said she has built the confidence she was looking for to help others, and can relate to the young people who call in, without downplaying what they are going through.
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Another former Obama administration official at the CIA, David S. Cohen, is also calling for much more stringent sanctions on Chinese banks and downplaying the ramifications of China's response to them.
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Patrick announced his candidacy on November 14 and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, despite downplaying his White House aspirations earlier this year, has announced a presidential bid as well.
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Rep. Joe Kennedy III delivered a broad rebuke of President Donald Trump's policies on Tuesday night, downplaying the president's effect on the U.S. economy and pushing back on his immigration goals.
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U.S. officials are downplaying the growing dissension between Qatar and four other Arab nations, saying the dispute will not affect the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
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If anything, it sounds like he's downplaying how she'll be remembered -- and based on his careful answer, he doesn't seem to believe her work is on his level ... not yet, anyway.
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The White House is downplaying rumors of Gary Cohn's departure, after the chief economic advisor got overruled on President Donald Trump's decision to impose steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
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"Let's calm down," Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Nestor Espenilla said in a statement, downplaying the peso's slump to 51.08 to the dollar on Friday, its weakest since August 2006.
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Beckworth said J&J, which sold the painkillers Duragesic and Nucynta, marketed the opioids as "safe and effective for everyday pain" while downplaying their addictive qualities, helping create a drug oversupply.
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He has accused defense officials of wasting $150 million on supposedly luxurious off-base accommodations for personnel, while downplaying how that figure covered several years, multiple locations and essential security costs.
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Republicans are downplaying Democratic chances in the race, noting that a conservative state Supreme Court candidate won the district in a recent special election — although the liberal carried the race statewide.
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Most infamously, the ILSI was once accused by the World Health Organization of having received money from the tobacco industry that it used to promote research downplaying the effects of secondhand smoke.
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Traders are also mostly downplaying monetary policy signals, believing Bank of England Governor Mark Carney will not raise interest rates until the form of Britain's exit from the European Union is clear.
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After weeks of downplaying the allegations leaked in the press in anticipation of first-hand evidence, initial reactions to Comey's testimony showed it didn't really matter where the reports were coming from.
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"Our study, and most others, deduced that the main reason for such downplaying of compliments is that it reinforces feelings of equality and solidarity between female compliment givers and receivers," says Wogan.
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When over 20 of us have been murdered in this year (in the US alone), tongue-in-cheek attempts at downplaying the violence against our community are more than a little frustrating.
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Namely, how often are we either sensationalizing these experiences, or else downplaying them and making jokes, worried that what we've gone through isn't traumatic enough to merit more than a passing mention?
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There were so many amazing young female athletes during the Olympics this summer, and there was a lot of discussion about the media focusing on the girls' appearance or downplaying their accomplishments.
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Patsy McGarry, a veteran religious-affairs correspondent for the Irish Times, says the church and its followers are still heavily involved in the new abortion campaign, but are deliberately downplaying religious arguments.
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All of this is to say that those who have been dismissing President Trump at the end of his first 100 days are greatly downplaying the impact that he can still have.
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Fox News continued to deviate from MSNBC and CNN on Tuesday night, downplaying the new NYT report about Comey's memo and Monday's Washington Post report that Trump revealed classified information to Russia.
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While Navy officials are downplaying the collision, former sailors said that incidents of this kind are not "commonplace," as the service suggested and, at the very least, represent a significant professional embarrassment.
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Today's press conference in Poland may well be the single best example of just how different Trump really is and just how committed he is to accentuating rather than downplaying those differences.
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Appearing with the president at the White House on Friday afternoon, she did her country proud by downplaying differences with Trump, including on torture, in an effort to advance her national interests.
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As it stands, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has denied his company's role in influencing the election, calling the idea "crazy" and downplaying yet again the characterization of Facebook as a media company.
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In the past, Louis C.K. has questioned the value of life, mocking its sanctity and downplaying its importance, but this grim image goes just as far in undercutting the solemnity of death.
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Another quibble is that the author sees gay marriage as something foisted on religious America by secular America, downplaying the changes in attitudes that he observes so keenly elsewhere in the book.
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He used the speech to claim credit for an economic "boom" while downplaying any negative impact on the American economy from the tariffs that both sides have placed on each other's goods.
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Instead of helping women access health care, the administration is downplaying the importance of women's health and allowing companies and schools to withhold access to care because of their own moral judgments.
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Nunes worked on Trump's transition team, publicly supported Flynn just hours before his resignation as national security adviser and downplaying Trump's wiretapping allegations against Obama by suggesting they shouldn't be taken literally.
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Cuomo has long been a critic of the conservative rival news network and last year accused anchors at Fox News of deliberately ignoring and downplaying the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy.
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Abrams' controversial past in the region included his downplaying of human rights abuses by Central American governments close to the United States while serving at the State Department under President Ronald Reagan.
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The Washington Post reported last month that Trump on July 8 had "dictated" a statement downplaying the meeting to Hope Hicks, who was the director of the strategic communications at the time.
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" Downplaying the escalation from the President, Bolton said, "the issue of press bias has been around for a long, long time," and added, "I think this kind of adversarial relationship is typical.
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Pelosi, however, has so far resisted starting an inquiry, downplaying the possibility of impeachment since Democrats took over the majority while also distancing herself from calls to move forward with an inquiry.
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The second tweet was more standard-issue Trumping -- downplaying Russian influence by trying to make the case that the biased media and Clinton's candidate skills were the only factors in the race.
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Goldman Sachs' and Morgan Stanley's outlooks had diverged on how much they could count on market volatility sticking around, with Morgan Stanley downplaying a first-quarter surge in trading revenue as seasonal.
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Sure, Robin Williams and Nathan Lane don't belong to a gay dads' play group, but at least they were surrounded by fellow gay men who celebrated their queerness instead of downplaying it.
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"We know a lot about controversy, and we've been out on social for many years," she said, adding that the group had no intention of downplaying its role as an abortion provider.
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Trump attacked Ball for downplaying the president's role in securing the players' release, calling Ball an "ungrateful fool" and a "poor man's Don King" — remarks that were criticized as being racially motivated.
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Mr. Trump, who has been accused of downplaying the crisis, said that millions of virus testing kits would become available, but added that he did not think so many would be needed.
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In recent days, advisers close to the President urged him to stop downplaying the outbreak, warning it could hurt him in the long run if the number of cases continues to skyrocket.
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"In addition to downplaying the virus and refusing to take responsibility for the US's initially lukewarm response to it, Trump and Republican officials have repeatedly referred to it as the "Chinese virus.
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As the pandemic spread across the world, as recently as last week López Obrador was not practicing social distancing and downplaying the virus' threat, telling families to live as they normally would.
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In a nearly 26-page complaint, the state's attorneys accuse OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma of spending the last two decades and millions of dollars either denying or downplaying the risk of addiction.
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In a nearly 100-page complaint, the state's attorneys accuse OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma of spending the last two decades and millions of dollars either denying or downplaying the risk of addiction.
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After repeatedly downplaying the threat at first, the Republican president adopted a more serious tone before suddenly suggesting last week that the worst could be over by Easter, which is April 12.
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The condescension with which Puerto Rico is too often held was clearly behind President Trump's downplaying the disaster and his complaints about the cost, and most likely behind the radically underreported casualties.
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Mr. Trump, who has been accused of downplaying the crisis, said that millions of virus testing kits would become available, but added that he did not think so many would be needed.
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By comparing the loss of 34 people over the weekend to deaths caused by illness and accidents, many people felt Tyson was downplaying the role that gun violence plays in American society.
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President Donald Trump spent the early phase of the coronavirus outbreak in the US downplaying its likely impact — but has now changed his stance abruptly and expects many thousands of American deaths.
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The former vice president accused the Trump administration of ignoring early warning signs about the pandemic and of downplaying the disease at critical points when the virus was primarily concentrated in China.
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Lowry casts himself as "neutral" on Orbán, but praising his ideological project with respect to Europe while downplaying its role in the development of an avowedly illberal political regime is anything but.
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Trump has defended his decision amid the backlash, downplaying the U.S. alliance with the Kurds by asserting that they were only assisting in the fight against ISIS to protect their own territory.
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Democrats say they also believe Sondland was trying to offer his version of events, amid growing scrutiny of his involvement in the Ukraine affair, with some suggesting he was downplaying his role.
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Exxon, long accused of downplaying the threat of climate change, announced plans on Tuesday to donate $1 million over two years to a group urging Washington to enact a tax on carbon.
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But it doesn't help that the White House is downplaying the risks of a pandemic, leaving most of us feeling like we'll have to rely on ourselves if things get seriously apocalyptic.
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Some of President Donald Trump's most vocal supporters in right-wing media are downplaying the threat posed by the Wuhan coronavirus and accusing Democrats of overstating the crisis to score political points.
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Trade experts are downplaying a revamped free-trade agreement that the Trump administration announced earlier this week with South Korea, saying it will do little to change trade patterns between the countries.
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Purdue pleaded guilty in 2007 to "misbranding" OxyContin and downplaying addiction risks, but the company has been more combative in the past decade, spending a lot of money to improve public relations.
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These programs go to the very heart of today's safe system, and downplaying their role in elevating safety is a discredit to the more than 57,85033 association professionals, who tirelessly support them.
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Its social media feeds go dormant after mass shootings, downplaying the role of gun violence in America life, while always remaining steadfastly on message when they become active again two weeks later.
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Eventually he and a homeless buddy, who went by Peg Leg Pete (I swear all of this is in Harman's book, I am if anything downplaying it), joined a squatters' house together.
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Beijing has begun downplaying Made in China 2025, the state-backed industrial policy that has provoked alarm in the West and is core to Washington's complaints about the country's unfair trade practices.
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It was the kind of challenge Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to relish: downplaying his own weakness, exploiting his opponents' vulnerabilities, and deftly turning the tables by throwing in a few barbed jokes.
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That's a rare and valuable political opportunity that the GOP's elected officials have decided they would like to seize, even if it means ignoring or downplaying some of Trump's other problems or eccentricities.
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Among other things, Facebook worked with Definers Public Affairs, a Washington-based public relations firm, which reportedly criticizing the business practices of rivals Apple and Google while downplaying concerns about Facebook's own problems.
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Exxon in particular has come under fire in recent years following a series of investigations that showed the company's scientists warned internally about the dangers of climate change while publicly downplaying the risks.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden, who has led Sanders in early Democratic presidential primary polling since entering the race a week ago, raised eyebrows Wednesday by downplaying the economic threat posed by China.
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Beckworth said J&J, which sold the painkillers Duragesic and Nucynta, did so by marketing opioids as "safe and effective for everyday pain" while downplaying their addictive qualities, helping create a drug oversupply.
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On the other hand, Uber has had more than its share of bad publicity over the years — allegedly spying on customers, threatening to dig up dirt on journalists, and downplaying sexual assault concerns.
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Trump's actual execution of the politics of racial demagoguery is often not so deft, but the basic concept of elevating racial conflict and downplaying banal public policy debates makes perfect sense for him.
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The contribution also marks Exxon's latest measure to tackle the challenge of global warming, following a period of intense scrutiny of the company's public record of downplaying the risks posed by climate change.
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But to act as if their cultural background has "programmed" them to do so, while making all sorts of excuses and downplaying the crimes of white Germans, will always be racist rabble-rousing.
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The CFC tax regime will be adjusted to make no difference between activities undertaken locally and those aimed at exports, CFC CEO Said Ibrahimi told Reuters, downplaying the impact on the hub's competitiveness.
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Still many other Republicans are starting to try and change the conversion, or at least the party and the president's rhetoric, by downplaying what the cost of a partial government shutdown would mean.
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the first member of Congress to say Spicer should lose his job over the comments, accused him of "downplaying the horror of the Holocaust" during Passover.
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Schneiderman and Healey believe Exxon may have committed fraud by downplaying to the public and investors the effects of global warming on the climate and on its business while having different internal knowledge.
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Downplaying talk of a delay, Kerry said he expected "proximity talks" next week in which the U.N. envoy to Syria, Staffan di Mastura, who is hosting the meeting, would shuttle between the parties.
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The tech industry hopes to use a House committee hearing Wednesday to both educate Congress on the potential benefits of artificial intelligence while also downplaying many concerns as the work of science fiction.
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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul accused Stamford, Connecticut-based Purdue of carrying out an aggressive and misleading marketing effort aimed at boosting opioid prescriptions by promoting their benefits and downplaying their addictive risks.
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Yesterday host Chris Harrison and contestant DeMario Jackson, who was allegedly involved in the sexual encounter, both made statements downplaying the controversy, suggesting that footage of the incident would clear up the matter.
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Almost a year after his victory, and despite numerous revelations of Russian-funded attempts to stoke racial, religious and ethnic conflicts during the 2016 election, downplaying the attacks remains Mr Trump's default response.
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Only a week after downplaying Russia's interference in the 222 US elections, Trump tweeted Tuesday that he was "very concerned" about Russia meddling in the 218 midterms -- but on behalf of the Democrats.
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GOP leaders are downplaying the likelihood of a quick deal and say pressure to move immigration legislation in tandem with a government-funding bill will only make it tougher to get a deal.
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Pelosi and other Democrats have been making a case against the new law, downplaying the bonus announcements and arguing that the greatest benefits of the law are going to wealthy individuals and corporations.
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The Trade Desk's CEO Jeff Green said a new deal with Amazon could be a big source of revenue growth while downplaying the e-commerce giant as a threat to his ad business.
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The parents say by not publicly acknowledging the two deaths, the agency is intentionally downplaying the severity of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a disease that paralyzes healthy children in a matter of hours.
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" "It's a complex problem and requires a multidimensional solution, first and foremost is the human dimension and communication," Richardson said, downplaying disagreement between instructional pilots and senior officers as a "breakdown in communication.
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Bolton has been downplaying his aggressive rhetoric in his initial conversations with some current and former U.S. officials, and sought guidance on how to approach Mattis, sources familiar with those conversations told Reuters.
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New York state is suing e-cigarette giant Juul, accusing the company of targeting teens, downplaying the presence of nicotine and hooking a generation on e-cigarettes, Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday.
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Public health experts have said that Trump's response to the pandemic has been "abysmal," excoriating the president for downplaying the problem for weeks instead of preparing the US for the storm to come.
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Former Fed vice chair Roger Ferguson, now president of pension giant TIAA, said he thought Powell downplaying the importance of the neutral rate was an important step in managing the current Fed tightening.
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" This is achieved by emphasizing Mapplethorpe's absorption of classical Greek sculpture in his work and downplaying the artist's "appallingly racist comments about black men's minds and bodies, his obsession with black men's genitalia.
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Besides a nationwide testing shortage that has likely underestimated the true amount of cases in the US, Trump himself has been accused of frequently downplaying the risk the virus poses to the population.
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What's more, uncoordinated quarantine efforts and communication strategies intended to mitigate economic damages risk downplaying the threat and complicate the politics of investing in what does work, while time to react is scarce.
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President Donald Trump and other senior officials have been criticized after similarly downplaying the coronavirus's spread in the US."A lot people will have this and it's very mild," Trump said last week.
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Trump has come under fire for downplaying the severity of the outbreak, telling reporters the risk is low for most Americans and using it as a political chip to castigate his Democratic rivals.
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Meanwhile, in indicting Trump's response, Biden focused squarely on Trump's serial lying and downplaying of coronavirus's seriousness in defiance of his own experts, and his systematic degradation of science and empirically grounded government.
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At the time, top Republican lawmakers accused Rice of downplaying the significance of the Benghazi attack by casting it as spontaneous violence in response to an anti-Muslim film instead of premeditated terrorism.
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His background came under scrutiny when he was first named as a Trump adviser, including comments former colleagues alleged he had made downplaying the Holocaust -- accusations Schmitz has said are false and defamatory.
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The U.S. central bank hinted after its two-day policy meeting last week that it was open to raising rates in the coming months, downplaying weak U.S. economic growth in the first quarter.
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"Markets are downplaying North Korea and focusing on economic fundamentals... investors should begin tilting their portfolios towards being more defensive," Peter Garnry, Head of Equity Strategy at Saxo Bank, said in a note.
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Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is downplaying reports that White House chief economist Gary Cohn is planning to leave the West Wing because of frustrations over the implementation of steel and aluminum tariffs.
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Cobb, legal experts and political operatives say, has been trying to keep a lid on his temperamental client — downplaying the threat of Mueller's investigation as a way of preventing Trump from firing him.
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Abdul Rahman was wary of Iran's role in the unfolding crisis and criticized the U.S. military's characterization of an exchange of fire early on Monday as a "misunderstanding," downplaying the loss of life.
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The cities are arguing that oil companies promoted the use of fossil fuels while denying or downplaying their harmful effects, and so should help cities pay for infrastructure like coastal barriers to protect them.
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The president downplaying the fallout of a controversial interview he gave to British newspaper, The Sun, where he accused May of wreaking Brexit and killing off any chance of a vital U.S. trade deal.
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By eschewing the optical in favor of the visceral, as well as rejecting the mechanical for the handmade (while downplaying gesture and overt mark-making), Jones proves that painting's parameters continue to be commodious.
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WARSAW (Reuters) - Pollution does not shorten people's lives, a senior Polish government minister said on Friday, downplaying the growing issue of air quality in a country that has been nicknamed the China of Europe.
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In his first appearance in the White House briefing room on the President's first full day in office, Spicer berated reporters, accusing them of intentionally downplaying the size of the crowd at Trump's inauguration.
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Pfizer Inc's Wyeth unit must face a class action alleging that the drugmaker misled California women by downplaying risks including breast cancer associated with its hormone-replacement therapy products, a federal judge has ruled.
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Josh Stein, the first state attorney general to sue Juul, said the company's targeted marketing towards youth, while downplaying the potential harm its products can cause, resulted in an "epidemic" of vaping among minors.
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More recently, the president of Samsung Display started downplaying the idea of "The Wall" being a TV at all, but rather modular panels that could be used to form a variety of different screens.
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But police are reportedly downplaying suggestions that the drug "flakka" is sweeping the popular party spot, which around 30,000 high school graduates flock to annually for "schoolies" celebrations — the Australian equivalent of spring break.
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Though he made it a point of downplaying his ambassadorial role when speaking to the press, he privately hoped that his trip would be something of a peacemaking expedition between the two enemy nations.
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Washington (CNN)John Kasich argued Sunday that he's not running in the "establishment lane" in New Hampshire, while downplaying a joke he made that he would be better off running in the Democratic primary.
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After downplaying the impact of 'fake news' on the election for months, Facebook recently admitted that Russian-backed content could have reached as many as 126 million US users over the key political period.
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He contended that key Democrats who have wanted to impeach Trump are downplaying what they think the Robert Mueller investigation into Russian 2016 election influence and possible Trump campaign ties to Moscow might reveal.
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Now, of course, the cost of downplaying and dismissing such warnings has proved steep indeed, as the nexus between right-wing extremism and vigilante terror attacks has only become stronger in the Trump era.
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His campaign is downplaying the importance of the nod as more important for an "insider" like Vukmir, confident that his outsider message and superior resources will help Nicholson win the right to face Sen.
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"Paul Nehlen and I both ran against powerful establishment incumbents in 2016, so our paths crossed a few times in that regard," Ward said in a statement downplaying her association with Nehlen to CNN.
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Agency head Thomas Haldenwang said Hoecke's faction was "a threat to the liberal democratic principles of Germany's constitution," citing its repeated downplaying of Nazi crimes, along with its efforts to disparage and disenfranchise minorities.
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At trial, lawyers for Oklahoma argued that J&J, which sold the painkillers Duragesic and Nucynta, had since the 1990s marketed opioids as "safe and effective for everyday pain" while downplaying their addictive qualities.
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There are those who might not like that he rarely knocks opponents out or who dislike his style of fighting, but he is free from the skepticism and downplaying that so many fighters suffer.
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Hundreds of lawsuits have accused Purdue and other companies like Endo International Plc and Johnson & Johnson of deceptively promoting the benefits of using opioids to treat chronic pain while downplaying the risk of addiction.
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Trump himself also spent much of the late winter/early spring downplaying the risk that coronavirus posed to the public -- including suggesting with no medical proof that the virus would lessen when temperatures warmed.
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The National Review editorial board wrote earlier this month: [Trump] resisted making the response to the epidemic a priority for as long as he could — refusing briefings, downplaying the problem, and wasting precious time.
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Congress should be grilling Barr and his associates on why they are not conducting aggressive investigations to expose and respond to covert foreign influence operations rather than downplaying the threat to this nation's democracy.
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Elites do democracy no favors, Mounk suggests, when they respond to the public's fears by ignoring them, or insisting that everything as a whole is getting better while downplaying suffering as mere collateral damage.
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Josh Stein, the first state attorney general to sue Juul, said the company's targeted marketing toward youth, while downplaying the potential harm its products can cause, resulted in an "epidemic" of vaping among minors.
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The largest chunk of the statement, in fact, is devoted to downplaying the hacks — to arguing that they were targeted at Republicans and Democrats alike and didn't affect the outcome one way or another.
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"That would be a massive vulnerability … if he started downplaying the disease again, and it were to get worse," agreed Will Chamberlain, a pro-Trump commentator and the editor-in-chief of Human Events.
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Still, any invocation of the Stafford Act would represent another escalation of the Trump administration's coronavirus response after fighting off weeks of criticism that the president was downplaying the issue and moving too slowly.
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A video created by Priorities USA Action, a PAC that has supported Democratic presidential candidates, showed a chart of coronavirus cases that rose as Trump's past comments downplaying the virus played in the background.
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Trump said this week that he knew that COVID-19 was a pandemic before it was labeled as such by the World Health Organization, despite his previous rhetoric downplaying the severity of the virus.
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Covering up debt can lead to much more serious consequences than fibbing about small things, such as downplaying the amount you spent on a shopping trip or keeping your daily coffee run a secret.
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Trump has been publicly downplaying coronavirus' effects, because he thinks doing otherwise could cause further panic in the markets -- and he's been frustrated with officials issuing warnings about the unknowns of the virus's spread.
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Pelosi's comments threw a massive bucket of cold water on Capitol Hill, and -- in a sign of the California Democrat's powerful influence over her caucus -- most members soon fell in line with downplaying impeachment.
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"This is better than what the market was expecting," said Alessia Berardi, senior economist at Amundi Pioneer, adding that markets were downplaying the likelihood of a major escalation in the trade war by Washington.
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The attorneys general from 24 states said Craig Landau should not collect a bonus that would lift his pay to $3.9 million because of his alleged role in downplaying the risks of Purdue's drugs.
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According to the lawsuit, Medtronic collaborated with doctors who were paid millions of dollars in consulting fees to publish studies that the company then disseminated downplaying side-effects and omitting discussion of adverse results.
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The Republican Senate Health Committee chairman is now downplaying the chance of crafting a bipartisan deal to stabilize the health insurance markets, a nod to the chamber's shift back toward partisan health care policies.
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Critics of our political culture used to complain, with justification, about politicians' addiction to spin — their inveterate habit of downplaying awkward facts and presenting their actions in a much better light than they deserved.
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Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday meant to punish foreign entities for interfering in US elections, an attempt to demonstrate muscle on an issue he's been accused of downplaying.
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But, according to the lawsuit, by the late 853s, each of the five defendants began to market long-term use of opioids to treat chronic pain by downplaying their addictiveness and exaggerating their effectiveness.
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Democrat Conor Lamb unquestionably struck some culturally conservative notes — touting his military experience and his support for gun rights while downplaying immigration and racial justice topics — on the way to his victory in Pennsylvania.
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Levi's tweets criticizing "identity politics," resenting the invocation of the phrase "white privilege," and downplaying the importance of nominating a woman as the 2020 Democratic nominee are an awkward fit in a Democratic primary.
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In March, Reuters reported that Purdue was exploring filing for bankruptcy protection to address lawsuits alleging it pushed prescription painkillers while downplaying their abuse and overdose risks, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Although infamously downplaying traditional gameplay mechanics, these games, these "walking simulators" for want of another immediately obvious catchall, actively engage with the player in a way few games do, because the player is left alone.
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Abbey, downplaying the harm of keeping cannabis at an L5 level, suggested that any good clinician would conduct a thorough review of all available information, not just Hale's book, and arrive at their own decision.
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"Bahlsen is now officially the official snack food of the AfD," one Twitter user wrote on Tuesday, referring to the far-right Alternative for Germany party, whose leaders have been accused of downplaying Nazi crimes.
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Prosecutors have said that from 2004 to September 2014, Moseley's businesses made "predatory" loans to more than 620,000 Americans, often downplaying the financing costs and charging effective annual interest rates that could top 700 percent.
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Whether it's downplaying impeachment talk or kneecapping a left-wing policy agenda by prioritizing the debt, Pelosi and her ilk are looking more and more out of step with the Left Wing of the Possible.
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"The third quarter started on a good footing, but it is probably too soon to start downplaying the potential negative impact of Brexit on euro zone growth," said Peter Vanden Houte, economist at ING bank.
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ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russia's Gazprom expects record high gas sales this year in Europe, Chief Executive Officer Alexei Miller said on Friday, downplaying the threat posed by imports of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG).
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With surveys increasingly showing that the Holocaust is receding from memory, many are concerned that downplaying the gravity of what happened under the Nazis can open the door for a return of discrimination against Jews.
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America pageant owner accused of racially biased language MORE on Thursday accused the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee of downplaying the scope of the nude-photo-sharing scandal that recently rocked the Marines.
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"The Banks was I think one of the main skate spots in New York, not just to skate, but also a meeting place to venture elsewhere," he says, before downplaying the conditions under the bridge.
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She's a near-constant presence on Twitter, where she mixes it up with tech industry folks, taking them to task for downplaying the roles that massive tech companies have in what occurs on their platforms.
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"I don't know how executives at Purdue sleep at night," State of Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said last week as he announced one of those lawsuits accusing the drugmaker of downplaying the addictiveness OxyContin.
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But Trump's team is seeking to blunt the impact by taking aim at Cohen's credibility, downplaying the seriousness of the offenses being alleged — and insisting that the White House has not given in to panic.
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Green slammed Minority Leader Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiJohnson eyes Irish border in Brexit negotiations Mueller report fades from political conversation Five key players in Trump's trade battles MORE (D-Calif.) for downplaying or dismissing his efforts.
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The lawsuit alleges that Purdue Pharma, Allergan, Cephalon and Janssen Pharmaceuticals deliberately marketed their drugs as safe for chronic pain management while downplaying the risks of opioid dependency and overstating the effectiveness of the drugs.
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Jayapal made the comments on the "Bill Press Show" on Friday, when asked about House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi downplaying the prospect of impeaching Trump and whether she had signed onto any articles of impeachment.
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Joni Ernst on the recent North Korea missile test following President Trump's tweet downplaying the action: "Those strikes are disturbing … We can't continue to let them further develop any type of weapons system" #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.
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The U.S. central bank pointed to solid U.S. economic growth and a strengthening labor market while downplaying the impact of recent hurricanes, a sign it is on track to lift borrowing costs again in December.
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Reuters reported this week that China has begun downplaying Made in China 2025 — a key policy designed, among other things, to back overseas investment in key sectors, but which had provoked alarm in the West.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global economic leaders on Friday continued downplaying possible friction with the Trump administration over currencies, trade and other potentially contentious issues, even while acknowledging that much about the U.S. president's plans remains unclear.
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By the time you read about the New York Times deliberately downplaying Nazi atrocities, the full scope of the apathy emerges, and you realize that Nazis were aided by an indifference that reached across continents.
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During season 11, though, Frankel clashed with de Lesseps during a heated Miami meltdown — calling de Lesseps "insufferable" and claiming that she was downplaying her friends' efforts to get her back into a treatment facility.
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Downplaying concerns over the cost, Jayapal said there is little interest in how to pay for military spending, or tax cuts, but "all of a sudden" there are questions over providing health insurance to all.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is downplaying his GOP donations and defending his environmental bona fides after revelations he gave nearly $39,000 to Protect the House, a group seeking to maintain the party's imperiled House majority.
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The government has been accused of downplaying the severity of the epidemic and not revealing the true extent of the crisis, as officials fear the number of infections is much higher than the official count.
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