James Chanos

I'll always understand the Schadenfreude aspect to short-selling. I get that no one will always like it. I'm also convinced to the deepest part of my bones that short-selling plays the role of real-time financial watchdog. It's one of the few checks and balances in the market.

American Businessman

Richard Cordray

What I feel is that we need an independent consumer watchdog. You have regular people who have problems with big financial companies. How do they get relief? And you need somebody who's gonna stand on their side and level the playing field for them.

American Lawyer

Alberto Gonzales

I respect very much the role of the media in our society; I think they can be very, very helpful. They serve as a very useful check, sort of a watchdog over the actions of the government, and I respect that.

American Public Servant

Thomas Frank

Money has transformed every watchdog, every independent authority. Medical doctors are increasingly gulled by the lobbying of pharmaceutical salesmen.

American Author

Fatih Birol

We are considered to be a watchdog, the IEA, and a watchdog fulfils its task only if it barks. So I bark when I think there is a need for barking.

Turkish Economist

Dan Rather

One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs.

American Journalist

Chuck Grassley

Complacency by the watchdogs hurts both taxpayers and beneficiaries.

American Politician

Ted Deutch

We count on the FEC to be the public's watchdog.

Lara Giddings

Tasmania needs a watchdog, not a lap dog.

Australian Politician

Beppe Grillo

Italian Comedian

Used to describe someone observing critically, often to maintain integrity or ethical standards.

Metaphorical Use

Implies a protective role, safeguarding the public interest or wellbeing.

Figurative Guardian

This role is proactive, actively seeking and exposing problems, not just responding to them.

Active Oversight

Refers to a dog's protective behavior over a physical area, like a home or property.

Literal Guardian

Watchdog breeds have a natural instinct to alert owners of strangers, serving as a deterrent.

Instinctively Protective

Often associated with physical strength or intimidating appearance for effective deterrence.

Associated with Strength

In computing, it refers to programs that protect systems by monitoring and reporting issues.

Technology Monitor

Serves to enhance security by supervising and checking for irregularities in real time.

Security Function

Can automatically respond, often without human intervention, if a problem is detected.

Automatic Response

 but entities that are interested in the stabilization piece, and I feel like often the developer piece is really motivated, but the other work of a kind of neighborhood consciousness, that part doesn't live anymore. So how do you start to grow up important watchdogs

Theaster Gates: How to...

 i'm heading out into the bay with john rosenfield he's the senior scientist with the non-profit organization san francisco bay keeper we're the watchdogs of the bay the the little boat that could uh we use drones

Watchdog

Metaphorical Use

Figurative Guardian

Active Oversight

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