mudslinging

Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook dismissed the allegations, saying it was "yet more mudslinging" from the Conservatives "in a desperate bid to stay relevant as a party".

She dismissed Tory criticism as "desperate mudslinging".

Media mudslinging abounded on various social media platforms.

Jamie Lee Curtis apologized for her now-viral jab at Marvel Studios — made during a Comic-Con appearance — and promised to be more careful about her words in the age of internet “mudslinging.”

Rather than receiving support amid her troubles, however, Biles became the subject of a vitriolic campaign of media mudslinging.