Word: smearing
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...stopped dealing with second-rate news sources, because I didn’t want to deal with biased coverage that I knew only really wanted to smear me,” Yasin says. “I was especially disappointed with the Boston Metro, which ran my photo on the front cover with the title ‘Harvard Grad a Terrorist Supporter?’ I can deal with bad coverage, but my family lives in this area, and I did not want my mom to have to deal with people thinking that...
...evidence? I left prison at that moment. I went back six months later to a moment of critical assessment and grudging admission that yes, it could have been Muslims who did it and that they shouldn't have. It hurt Islam, it has given the West a pretext to smear the image of Islam and Muslims." The Radical islamists Ibrahim got to know in prison defy easy classification. "Many of them are going through a serious revision of their thoughts," he reports. "Some have become committed pacifists, disavowing violence, regretful of what they did. Some have evolved into what...
...Maria J. Smear, captain of the women’s basketball team, said she and her teammates had contemplated cancelling Saturday’s game out of respect for the accident victims, but decided to play as scheduled to honor the memories of their friends...
...uninspiring. There's nothing to rival the delis of New York City or the sandwich bars of London, with their encyclopedic variety of breads, rolls and fillings. All too often in Paris, a sandwich means a length of flaccid baguette, a soggy slice of factory-farmed ham and a smear of margarine masquerading as butter. As work habits get more hectic, Parisians have begun to realize that a light snack at midday is nothing to be ashamed of. Yet although the city has welcomed its hamburger restaurants and panini stands with open arms, le fast food has traditionally been viewed...
...women, children and babies by rebels in the eastern Ituri province, U.N. officials announced. The Uganda-backed Movement for the Liberation of Congo reportedly committed the atrocities between October and December in an effort to drive out supporters of rival militias. The rebels dismissed the reports as attempts to smear their leader Jean Bemba, who is set to become Congo's Deputy President...