Robert Zimmerman, a Fox News Channel spokesman, said the network had no comment because FAIR "lacks credibility" and had a "bias that is well known throughout the industry".
Given the massive outlay that is involved in staging them, given the global idealism they tap into, and given the fame and status that rightly attach to Olympic achievement in a fair contest, credibility is all.
But the big exception is national security, where polls often show that Obama has built up a fair amount of credibility with voters.
Astana "lost a fair bit of credibility last time," the banker said on condition of anonymity, fearing new legislation designed to combat panic selling.
Actually, after the F.B.I. helped break up the millennium operation" — the attempt to bomb Los Angeles International Airport and perhaps other sites — "they had a fair amount of credibility.
Making the right decision and justifying them should be a lot easier if the true cost of the various options can be set out with a fair degree of credibility.
"The reformers have lost a fair amount of credibility, as their colleagues have come to realize what's in that bill," said Benjamin L. Ginsberg, a lawyer who represents the Republican Party.
On balance, I think it will because Bush has a fair amount of personal credibility".
"There are cases when we can't, for excellent reasons -- but they have to be exceptional, and they have to be explained to the reader". He also said, when I asked why the last policy iteration didn't take, "We're still a little new at this". Fair enough -- but the credibility issue is growing old.
For many people, however, it was untenable to think that this therapy could have any positive effect and they focused attention on possible weaknesses in the study design and implementation (which is fair) – and on the credibility of the lead investigators (which I did not think was fair).
