The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote

A new book shows how "journalists" are just dupes of the Smear Machine. Just read the longer reviews. Trump is justified attacking the lying MSM.

The Smear https://www.amazon.com/Smear-Shady-Political-Operatives-Control/ 4.9/5

By Eddie Coyle on July 3, 2017

A solid, insightful look at the various ways today's news media is being shaped by political operatives with their specific party agendas. The book concentrates mainly on recent political campaigns and the shady manipulations of Democratic "strategists" who will do and say anything to advance their cause. The right--as the author admits--also engages in the same sort of deceit but it exerts far less influence on major media news sources such as CNN, NBC, the New York Times, the Washington Post and a host of online pro-left bloggers and outlets. The result is a totally lop-sided press that no longer operates independently but is now simply a weapon of the Democratic party. Attkisson names names and spells out their methods in a convincing manner and is well aware of the central irony--for all the money spent and devious strategies invoked, the last election amounted to a colossal failure for the Democrats, though that hasn't stopped their smear campaigns. The problem is one that goes to the core of journalistic responsibility--with the mainstream press so locked into a democratic/progressive/multicultural agenda can they ever return to reporting their own side accurately? For those of us interested in knowing if the Democratic left can ever make mistakes or be wrong about anything we will now be wholly dependent on FOX news. Where else will we find information critical of Democrats? "The Smear" is most of all a serious indictment of today's journalism, a once honorable and respected profession that appears to be rapidly becoming just another vanished occupation.