credibility

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For years, the network has thrived by aligning itself with the emotional and ideological currents of its audience while maintaining just enough institutional credibility to shape those currents in return.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

"So obviously to see that this person had been using my photo to sell his well-being programmes, they kind of took away the credibility of my story."

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

“Investors are not positioned for a world in which assumptions built over decades — institutional credibility, alliance durability and the limits of political shock — would be tested simultaneously,” Cooper observes.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

That would be Redick, who, barely one week after being lauded as the first Laker coach since Phil Jackson to manage consecutive 50-win seasons, now finds himself again fighting for credibility.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

He resolved that to preserve his credibility as supervising architect, a role in which he would be compelled to oversee the work of other exposition architects, he would not himself design any of the buildings.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson