The New Right-Wing Smear Machine

Such is the power of the right-wing smear forward, a vehicle for the dissemination of character assassination that has escaped the scrutiny directed at the Limbaughs and Coulters and O'Reillys but one that is as potent as it is invisible. In 2004 putative firsthand accounts of Kerry's performance in Vietnam traveled through e-mail in right-wing circles, presaging the Swift Boat attacks. Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The nature of the smear machine and some detailed examples of smears that have been propagated help one develop a scepticism about new stories and a distaste for those who launch them.

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