Word: trivialize
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...their primary concerns, according to a poll released by the Harvard Kennedy School last week. The poll—which was co-sponsored by the Merriman River Group—found that 89 percent of U.S. citizens agree or strongly agree that the news media focuses too much on trivial issues, 77 percent agree or strongly agree that the news media is politically biased, and 82 percent agree or strongly agree that media coverage has too much influence on whom Americans vote for. More specifically, 45 percent say the coverage is both too liberal and too conservative, 25 percent...
This is not to say that the souped-up cycle has rendered the election trivial. In a way, just the opposite. This election and its stakes are so significant that people's appetites are insatiable. They want their voices heard, their issues resolved, their lives bettered. Really, they want the election to be over and to know who is going to win. The media can't give them that, so instead they help people kill time by keeping ire and anxiety stoked...
...nicest I've seen, and this site, which launched in August, does something unique: its computer scores your performance based on your talent, à la Rock Band. Co-founder Mats Fors said he and his partners cut their teeth managing websites for banks, so building a karaoke site was trivial, engineering-wise. "We saw the opportunity for a good karaoke solution," he said...
...During the referees' preseason training camp this September, the general demanded discipline. He told his troops that even the most trivial rules would be enforced. For example, the refs have long ignored the rule that requires them to wear black shoes with no white Nike swooshes or other logos. Johnson will be scoping their feet. Over the past few years, officials have relied on arena security to let them know when a team is going on the court to warm up, ignoring the edict that they stand near the sidelines before the players make their way out. This year, there...
...unilateral action is...insignificant.” Stavins said that a solution founded on market-based instruments and government regulation, in which institutions and businesses focus on the environmental impact of their products, would be more effective. “[Harvard’s] carbon footprint is absolutely trivial compared with the impact we have on the environment through our products—knowledge through research, students through teaching, outreach by faculty student participation. Kelly S. Gallagher, the director of HKS’s Energy Technology Innovation Project, took an intermediate position, saying that Harvard must both...