Example Of Credibility Essay

Credibility. What exactly does this mean? Credibility is "the quality of being trusted and believed in" (Oxford Dictionary). Being credible and trusted is very important in all areas of life, because if we are not believable, we will not be taken seriously, and our reputation will be deeply and negatively affected.

“Trust, integrity and simply giving credit where it’s due are among the tenets of journalism we hold dear..."1 This statement is very true. If one is not a credible writer, then their work must be disregarded, because we may not know how much of it is their work, and how much of their work is plagiarized or "stolen". The article where I took the quote from went on to explain that a lady who worked at CNN was
Sometimes, authors and writers express things in such a way that no one else could ever express it better. In these cases, it's totally fine to use their words and expressions in our own writing, as long as we attribute credit back to the author. The article that I gathered the quote from went on to say that plagiarism is "dishonest"2 for two reasons. "...[T]he speaker is, by failing to say otherwise, leading the listener to conclude he or she is the true author of the speech."2 This is very true, and actually very deceitful. It's accepting undue and unmerited credit, when credit is not due. Plagiarism is also wrong because it is "...[t]he denial of credit to the real author."2 "The person who actually comes up with the fresh, clever, quotable turn of phrase, the one that captures a moment or a feeling in a way that you recognize as different and original — that person deserves a salute."2 The real author is due the credit they deserve, and it is wrong to make it appear as though someone wrote "the fresh, clever, quotable turn of phrase,"2 when they really