Anyways, by defamation political candidates can often achieve their goal of beating an opponent. In fact, it’s often more effective a method than attacking the opponent’s political platform, which may make a lot of sense to the public and which, therefore, may be hard to defeat.

So, to sum up, by character assassination, they destroys a person’s reputation and image so that the public will never believe a word, any word, from such a low character – a scoundrel who, they say, once, for example, cheated on his wife, forged academic papers in college or feigned an injury to avoid service in the army.

None of those things may be true, but that’s beside the point. So long as their character is damaged, destroyed and ruined, the goal is achieved.

Alright, here are media examples:

1. The actions of WikiLeaks sparked a worldwide media barrage and have changed the face of journalism. Julian Assange, the leader of this organization quickly rose to prominence, initially because of the unprecedented public attention from the WikiLeaks revelations. Then sex scandals and smear campaigns, along with threats from the Pentagon threw him further into the eye of the typhoon of public attention. Rhetoric from some US right wing politicians and pundits escalated to calling for his murder. Many eyes have been glued to the news feed reporting on the progress of his extradition to Sweden, all the while the leaks have continued unabated.

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