0 An unvarnished statement is expressed in a plain and honest way:
You don't expect a politician to tell you the unvarnished truth.
Even if the papers once existed that presented the unvarnished truth, they proved to be particularly susceptible to disposal.
But it is surely right to present (largely) unvarnished and unrevised material of the sort gathered here.
That is the short, simple, bald and unvarnished narrative of what took place.
The need is not for optimism but for the plain unvarnished truth of pessimism.
Perhaps the reticence is due to fear of the reaction which would come from the people if the unvarnished truth were told.
That is the simple, unvarnished fact today: it no longer serves any purpose at all!
I believe that in the long run the best form of propaganda is truth—absolutely plain, unvarnished, reliable statements of fact.
That is the unvarnished argument that has been advanced.
