1.0The Texas Observerhttps://www.texasobserver.orgJim Hightowerhttps://www.texasobserver.org/author/jim-hightower/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="W4xBNM2gga"><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/1976-jim-hightower-the-real-credibility-gap/">Jim Hightower</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.texasobserver.org/1976-jim-hightower-the-real-credibility-gap/embed/#?secret=W4xBNM2gga" width="600" height="338" title="“Jim Hightower” — The Texas Observer" data-secret="W4xBNM2gga" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> The Real Credibility Gap cott McClellan, W.’s mouthpiece, piled up a mountain of ironies when he lashed out at Newsweek for its piece about the desecration of the Koran by U.S. guards at Guantanamo. Scottie was outraged, he said, because Newsweek editors initially refused to retract the story after finding a factual flaw in it. […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402