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How easy it was to destroy a man’s good name and reputation by suggesting he was in some way subversive or by calling him a communist.
John Howard Griffin, Robert Bonazzi, Studs Terkel • Black Like Me
Media critic Howard Kurtz is one of the few noting the decidedly unjournalistic tone of the sordid saga. “Where are the corrections from everyone else who ran with this story?” he asks on his Fox News program, Media Buzz.
Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
His seat in Congress was already gone: Homer Thornberry, having won the Democratic primary in the Tenth District, was assured of election in November. And he was in imminent danger of having his reputation tarnished so badly that even if he were to desire another political post—appointive or elective—he might not be able to get it. He was in danger
... See moreRobert A. Caro • Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson II
No one (except perhaps a tyrant) has a private life that can survive public exposure by hostile directive.
Timothy Snyder • On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
David Perell • News in the Age of Abundance - David Perell
The German magazine Stern also sent a reporter (Ve haf vays of making you give an interview). Stern is responsible for the current drama involving the real-life ‘M’, whose son figured in a drug case. Stern decided to reveal M’s identity in defiance of a British government ‘D’ Notice, which forbade publication under the Official Secrets Act. English
... See moreSir Roger Moore KBE • The 007 Diaries: Filming Live and Let Die
But the 61-year-old building contractor was incensed to learn from ProPublica that his name, age, New Hampshire address, phone number and registered voting status were in a database compiled by the gun industry’s chief lobbyin... See more