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#96506 12/15/11 04:43 PM
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I need some good examples of smear campaigns, political or not.
This is for my kids Debate class. I informed her that KGB could give her endless examples.

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Google vs. Facebook
media vs. Sarah Palin
birthers vs. Barack Obama
media vs. Michelle Bachman
Putin vs. Russian opposition
Putin vs. the world
Putin vs. the US
Ahmadinejad vs. the US
Chavez vs. all his opponents
PLO vs. Israel
Islam vs. Judaism

To name a few


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Kaotic #96519 12/15/11 07:08 PM
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Momar vs. US

Corn Sugar vs Cane Sugar (See Monsanto vs. People)

Wendy's vs McD & The King (Where is the Beef!?!)


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Kaotic #96521 12/15/11 07:12 PM
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media vs. Sarah Palin
media vs. Michelle Bachman


I don't think media needed to attack these two, they were doing fine job just by speaking up.


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Originally Posted By: sinij
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media vs. Sarah Palin
media vs. Michelle Bachman


I don't think media needed to attack these two, they were doing fine job just by speaking up.
Thanks for making my point.


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I think best recent example of smear campaign that succeeded would be Harper vs. Ignatieff (Canada).

US example - Richard Nixon vs Helen Gahagan Douglas during the 1950 U.S. Senate race in California. "Tricky Dick" nickname alone take the prize. Plus history showed it to be spot-on.


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Originally Posted By: Kaotic
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media vs. Sarah Palin
media vs. Michelle Bachman


I don't think media needed to attack these two, they were doing fine job just by speaking up.
Thanks for making my point.


Is it really a smear campaign if _your own words_ , not even out of context, are used to "slander" you? It could be, but in case of media that would be just reporting.


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I only ever saw them taken out of context, or completely misconstrued like "I can see Russia from my house."


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Fox news? facepalm

Video linked is a prime example of a smear, just like the rest of Fox new programming.

Here is anatomy of a typical smear:

1. Create false consensus - usually by relying on sock-puppet "independent experts" or just use pundits
2. Fabricate, take out of context or present outliers as your data
3. Create sense of urgency - fabricate emergency or claim some wrongdoing that requires immediate action.

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