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Credibility gap

Credibility gap is a term that came into wide use with journalism, political and public discourse in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. At the time, it was most frequently used to describe public skepticism about the Lyndon B. Johnson administration's statements and policies on the Vietnam War. It was used in journalism as a euphemism for…

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Credibility gap

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related to history · 30
Credibility gap → Arkansas, August, Cold War, Cuba, Cuban Missile Crisis, December, Democratic Senator, Doomsday, Dr, History, Inter-American Council, It, Keating, Kennedy, Kennedy's, New York Kenneth, Our Nation, Oxford English Dictionary, President John, President Johnson's Administration
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Credibility gap → After, Conway, For, Nixon's, Richard Nixon's, Since, Trump, Vietnam War, Watergate, White House Counsel Kellyanne
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Credibility gap → term that came into wide use with journalism

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