An investigation found that Wakefield had manipulated his data and altered patients' medical histories to make his assertions more convincing.
Ian Smith, an anthropologist at the University of Otago in New Zealand, says the finding "provides convincing evidence against the assertion that either rats or people reached New Zealand prior to the 13th century A.D".
Such assertion is convincing enough considering the recent reports of Chinese media outlets, including People's Daily.
I was greatly taken by Shelley Senter's supple lecture-demonstration of Trisha Brown material and nearly convinced by her assertion that "it might be Trisha's work, but it's my biography, and I own it".
That delicate sensitivity has been replaced by a wholesome self-assertion that becomes more convincing the more she forsakes beautiful sounds to belt aggressively.
They also claim to be orthogonal to Bitcoin, an assertion which is considerably less convincing.
In addition, the speaker may simply be stonewalling, reiterating an assertion without any hope of convincing the addressee of anything.
Some may not really believe there are shortages, but know that such alarming assertions have a long history of success in convincing the federal government to support increased Federal funding, tax benefits, or visas for foreign workers in these fields.
Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California also said that while Trump Jr. acknowledged talking with his father, his assertion that the call was privileged wasn't convincing.
The assertion has to be simultaneously far-fetched and entirely convincing for the comic effect to work.
So too have other loyalists, including key henchmen Haider al-Abadi and Abbas al-Biyati, who have tried to convince viewers that the assertions have been overstated.
