“We're living amid an artificial reality, persuaded to believe it's real by astroturf engineered to look like grassroots.” PoliticsArtificeFake NewsSmear Book:The Smear: How the Secret Art of Character Assassination Controls What You Think, What You Read, and How You Vote Source: The Smear: How the Secret Art of Character Assassination Controls What You Think, What You Read, and How You Vote
“The answer to what defines a smear often lies in the motivation behind, and scale of, the response.” MotivationDefinitionSmearPolitical Attacks Author:Sharyl Attkisson