Word: smear
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...effort to smear one another as agents of outside forces, many Hamas supporters imply that Dahlan and his men are being backed by the U.S. and Israel, while Fatah supporters have been heard shouting "Hamas is Shi'ite, Hamas is Persian" - there is no Shi'ite presence among the Palestinian Muslims, but the reference was designed to draw attention to Iran's backing for Hamas...
...which were falsely identified in the story as "spammers." The article was based on several allegations made over the past two years by Mark Mumma, a defendant in a defamation lawsuit filed by Omega against him and his company, Mummagraphics Inc. Omega alleged that Mumma engaged in a smear campaign waged on his many websites to brand our clients "criminal spammers" after Omega refused to pay Mumma $6,250 to avoid a lawsuit he threatened to file. Mumma based his characterization of our clients as "spammers" on the fact that he received e-mail that he claimed...
...article is based on several allegations made over the past two years by Mark Mumma, a defendant in a defamation lawsuit filed by Omega against him and his company, Mummagraphics, Inc. Omega alleged that Mr. Mumma engaged in a smear campaign waged on his many websites to brand our clients "criminal spammers" after Omega refused to pay Mr. Mumma $6,250 to avoid a lawsuit he threatened to file. Mr. Mumma, based his characterization of our clients as "spammers" on the fact that he received email that he claimed he did not ask for. Contrary to the content...
...accept up to $12,600 from them. Still, in a reference to the latest barrage of ads-these attacking his family's less than stellar political history-Ford told the Memphis Commercial Appeal that it is "depressing that my opponent has made a donation to himself to run a smear campaign against...
...Brown responded with a spot that began, "It's sad. Mike DeWine exploiting images of 9/11 to smear Sherrod Brown ..." and quickly pivoted to Brown's favorite issue: [DeWine] supported trade deals with China, even after thousands of lost jobs and the transfer of sensitive military technology ..." Polls show Brown well ahead now-and the ad also had a spillover effect. "Our other candidates saw Brown's success," says Poersch, "and they began to feel confident that they could survive Republican national-security attacks...