obvious truth

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Journalist Michael Kinsley famously defined a “gaffe” as what happens “when a politician tells the truth—some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to say.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

“A gaffe,” he famously wrote, “is when a politician tells the truth — some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to say.”

From New York Times • May 23, 2022

There’s an obvious truth to Brian Schmetzer’s claim that this isn’t winter 2020.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2022

But it fit Michael Kinsley’s classic definition: “A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth — some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to say.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2022

The rumors of the queen’s witchery had been circulating long enough, and the young prince was so beloved of the people, that it took very little for them to see the obvious truth.

From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness