And appearance matters — it affects credibility, which is at the heart of good journalism.
Institutional configuration of a country affects credibility of regulatory commitments, quality of regulatory design, and way of policy transfer.
Papers were graded on a range of items as follows: A = no significant flaws, B = minor flaws not affecting credibility or validity, C = some flaws likely to affect credibility or validity, and D = significant flaws affecting credibility or validity.
"We all felt terrible [about the investigation] because it affected our credibility, the credibility of my team," says the accused, Paolo Macchiarini, a visiting professor at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
"Fans couldn't see the game on television, and it affected the credibility of the league," Graham said.
Also, there has been so much politicisation of this issue that it has affected the credibility of the court".
Mr. Mann declined to comment on the girlfriend's background but said none of it affected the credibility of the case.
"This has definitely affected our credibility," said Vicki L. Marie, a recruiter for Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Services, a chain of clinics serving Cleveland's African-American population.
In passages like these, Miller adopts the style of sentimental fiction that has, for more than a century, affected the credibility of the Betsy Ross narrative.
It is possible that this has affected the credibility of the task.
