ANATOMY: Of a smear
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January 28, 2024 1:00 AM
Do you have a deep dislike or distain for someone you don’t know or have never met? If so, it may be because someone you don’t know and have never met told you this is what you should think. You may be a victim of a smear.
So what is a smear? Author and journalist Sheryl Attkisson wrote a book on the subject titled “The Smear.” She wants to help people understand how shady political operatives attempt to control what you see and what you think. The book defines a “smear“ as “An effort to manipulate opinion by promulgating an overblown, scandalous and damaging narrative.
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