Vocabulary: conduct, flawed, contended, authenticity, plagiarized, mea culpa, misled, provenance, violated, rebuke, vigilant, tarnished, credibility Extension Activities: 1. Write a three- to five-page research paper that explains how the Associated Press is, how it began and how it has evolved.
The already tarnished credibility of FBI snitch Lewis Kasman, a key prosecution witness at the upcoming racketeering and murder trial of John (Junior) Gotti, was further sullied last week.
And perhaps the fourth part of the process is that you accept that even after a full explanation, you maybe don't restore your tarnished credibility.
It would enhance America's tarnished credibility in the Arab world, he argued, (not bothering to mention who tarnished it), and demonstrate the country's "seriousness".
"They are just trying to tarnish our credibility, and I don't think most people are going to go for it," he said.
Still, even Mr. Ailes occasionally reined in his more opinionated hosts when he worried they would tarnish the credibility of his news reporters.
This issue will continue to cast a shadow over his campaign, and the fear among some of his supporters is that there may be further controversies along the road that could seriously tarnish his credibility.
Six of the nine Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee wrote Mr. Obama last week that Mr. McGurk "lacks the leadership and management experience" to run the largest American embassy in the world and suggested that the e-mails documented "unprofessional conduct" and "poor judgment" that would tarnish his credibility.
Under the leadership of Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), a virulent climate change denier and fossil fuel ally, the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology has mounted repeated "witch hunts" to tarnish the credibility of scientists, leading some to call it the "House (anti science panel".
ASEAN's failure to win any concessions from Myanmar has badly tarnished its credibility.ASEAN's overall progress has been modest.
"It's ethically wrong to force these changes onto an unwilling user base as it alienates them while devaluing the quality of the site and tarnishing your credibility," posted Aaron Vollhofer.
