02653cam a2200385 i 4500 956624704 OCoLC 20250730104132.0 170522s2017 nyua 000 0 eng d 9780062468161 0062468162 Me eng rda Me MeBC AJM n-us--- UOKA PN4888.C6 A85 2017 070.4 23 302.23/0973 23 Attkisson, Sharyl, 1961- author. 2318 The smear : how shady political operatives and fake news control what you see, what you think, and how you vote / Sharyl Attkisson. First edition. New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017] 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent. unmediated n rdamedia. volume nc rdacarrier. Includes index. 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. "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."-- Publisher. Journalism Corrupt practices. 2319 Mass media and public opinion United States. 2320 Mass media Political aspects United States. 2321 Communication in politics United States. 2322 Politics and culture United States. 2323 ddc BOOK 25036 25036 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ NF 2017-08-23 27.99 2 0 070.4 ATTK 37015 2019-05-08 2019-05-08 2017-08-23 BOOK