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The smear, how shady political operatives and fake news control what you see, what you think, and how you vote, Sharyl Attkisson

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The smear, how shady political operatives and fake news control what you see, what you think, and how you vote, Sharyl Attkisson

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eng

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illustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The smear

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956624704

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Sharyl Attkisson

Sub title

how shady political operatives and fake news control what you see, what you think, and how you vote

Summary

The veteran journalist exposes the practices of opposition research to reveal how political leaders use their influence to shape public opinion, connecting popular misconceptions to strategic smear campaigns that have influenced voters

Table Of Contents

Birth of the modern smear: spies, Bork, and the Clintons -- David Brock's smear frontier -- The smear industrial complex: smear merchants and scandalmongers -- Media matters (but money matters more) -- Plausible deniability: conjuring an Astroturf reality -- Transactional journalism: the black market information trade -- the anti-smear candidate (and the disloyal opposition) -- The road to the conventions -- General election -- Brave new world of #FakeNews (and chilling efforts to censor it) -- Epilogue: The smear gone global

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