Word: consensus
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...difference. The mainstream media have a fairly consistent set of views about a range issues: abortion, the environment, taxes, use of military force and so on. It's not that they're obsessed with them or motivated by those views to do journalism. [But] there is a pretty broad consensus. And it leads to a [homogenous] way of looking at the world. At ABC, I often saw that there were alternative ways to do stories that were every bit as newsworthy. When I proposed them, I didn't get any resistance. It's just that nobody but me would think...
...Obama’s ability to generate stability and consensus earned him the near universal support and respect of his fellow editors on the Law Review—including conservatives like Berenson...
...Irving said that the shortage of candidates stems not from a lack of numbers, but from the difficulty of creating a consensus among local Republicans...
...with 40% of its budget. When Calderon tried to push through reform in the spring, Lopez Obrador directed lawmakers from his party to occupy the podiums of Congress for several weeks, until the government conceded to a national debate. After a Congressional commission finally hammered out the watered-down consensus bill this month, Lopez Obrador still insisted the government was privatizing, and sent so-called "oil brigades" to blockade the Senate, forcing its members to cast their votes in an alternate venue...
...being too authoritarian and confrontational. Following a series of backdoor meetings, the majority of leftist lawmakers not only ignored calls to blockade the podium again but actually voted in favor of the bill. The result was thus seen as a major political victory for the president, who built a consensus on a difficult issue and isolated the hard left. "With this reform the national economy wins; all Mexicans win," Calderon said in a televised message after Tuesday's vote. "And it's particularly important that Mexicans have reached agreement at a time when the world economy goes through an especially...