02541cam a2200349 i 4500001001000000003000600010005001700016008004100033020001900074020001500093040003200108043001200140050002400152082001400176082002000190100003900210245013800249250001900387264007100406300004100477336002700518337002900545338002800574500002000602504053700622520081001159650003501969650005002004650005002054650004602104650004102150956624704OCoLC20250730104132.0170522s2017    nyua          000 0 eng d  a9780062468161   a0062468162  aMebengerdacMedMeBCdAJM  an-us---14aPN4888.C6bA85 201704a070.422304a302.23/09732231 aAttkisson, Sharyl,d1961-eauthor.14aThe smear :bhow shady political operatives and fake news control what you see, what you think, and how you vote /cSharyl Attkisson.  aFirst edition. 1aNew York :bHarper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,c[2017]  a294 pages :billustrations ;c24 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent.  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia.  avolumebnc2rdacarrier.  aIncludes index.  aBirth 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.  a"Behind most major political stories in the modern era, there is an agenda; an effort by opposition researchers, spin doctors, and outside interests to destroy an idea or a person. The tactic they use is the Smear. Every day, Americans are influenced by the Smear without knowing it. Paid forces cleverly shape virtually every image you cross. Maybe you read that Donald Trump is a racist misogynist, or saw someone on the news mocking the Bernie Sanders campaign. The trick of the Smear is that it is often based on some shred of truth, but these media-driven 'hit pieces' are designed to obscure the truth. Success hinges on the Smear artist's ability to remain invisible; to make it seem as if their work is neither calculated nor scripted. It must appear to be precisely what it is not."--cPublisher. 0aJournalismxCorrupt practices. 0aMass media and public opinionzUnited States. 0aMass mediaxPolitical aspectszUnited States. 0aCommunication in politicszUnited States. 0aPolitics and culturezUnited States.