smear campaign
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In an open letter, signed by more than 150 filmmakers, academics, writers and even a few rabbis, the group denounced “the outrageous smear campaign against our respected colleague Mark Ruffalo.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
The school’s hiring was the primary subject of the faculty smear campaign.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
An online smear campaign accused him of having plagiarized parts of his 2015 doctoral thesis.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Atletico Madrid aimed the mocking dig at La Liga rivals Barcelona over their "smear campaign" in pursuit of Julian Alvarez.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
Murky, speculative stuff, a smear campaign on a dead woman.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
