truthfulness

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A reporter is only as good as his or her sources, their knowledge, truthfulness and credibility.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The study also highlights how the brain processes social information differently between friends, which may make it harder to accurately judge the truthfulness of what is being said.

From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2025

Jonathan Chait, the stalwart liberal, described in New York magazine the private sadness of “many” peers over failures of truthfulness and courage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

A modern market economy like the UK depends on a basic assumption of truthfulness, points out Dr David Hugh-Jones, a social scientist formerly based at the University of East Anglia.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025

The CCD in their search would be hearing the same rumors: the problem was not to judge their truthfulness, but to assess the likely reaction of the other side.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman