Word: watchdogging
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...does not exactly lay out the welcome mat. Its content--did I forget to mention his sister-in-law's lesbian affair? his wife's martini habit? the adulterous bishops?--has already drawn the ire of the American Family Association (AFA), a conservative cultural watchdog group, which charged that the show "mocks Christianity." (Or that at least the promos do; the group had not yet seen, or requested, a screener from NBC.) NBC entertainment president Kevin Reilly says it's a funny but ultimately sincere family drama, though he notes that he expects "there will be a mixed reaction...
...deal with the challenges of a larger organization. Dewey, who ran unopposed, said that all of the candidates for all positions shared the same general vision for the club. “All the candidates expressed agreement with the goal of the bottom-up leadership and the greater watchdog role,” Dewey said. The watchdog role that the HRC is trying to attain will involve playing a greater role in campus politics, such as the Undergraduate Council (UC) and dealings and dealings with the University administration. The HRC is also seeking to play a larger role in national...
...watchdog,” he said...
...example, by writing blog posts and newspaper columns about what they’re up to—even economists, who might dismiss regulation for unfairly forcing the costs of US social norms upon a particular company, would probably think this inoffensive, if likely ineffective.We can also call upon watchdog organizations like OpenNet, or the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) or Human Rights Watch to research internet censorship and ultimately to take strong positions on it and call for its end. Still, China’s prominent political position makes intervention a tricky matter. Some of these organizations have thus...
...Internet has become such an inescapable part of modern life that it was only a matter of time until some watchdog of etiquette claimed the turf and started drawing boundaries and making rules. Still, credit Judith Martin, the author of the syndicated Miss Manners advice column, with considerable alertness in spotting a tiny void in the decorum field and then moving in with well-wrapped parcels of wisdom about the Net and other conveniences of late 20th century life, like the answering machine and the fax. Though one might suspect her of being a grumpy traditionalist in these matters...