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Return of pamphleteers
Debra J. Saunders
Sunday, December 14, 2003
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READERS looking for a good book this season should pick up William Safire's historical novel "Scandalmonger." The tale, which begins in 1792, of Philadelphia's mudslinging pamphleteers –– who hurled crude personal invective and unsubstantiated charges against America's early leaders –– should take on added import with the U.S. Supreme Court's 5–4 decision to uphold the McCain–Feingold campaign–finance reform law.
Safire's book explores an age when voters got their information not from newspapers with modern standards for balance and accuracy (imperfect as they may be), but from highly partisan pamphlets that baldly eschewed information in preference to propaganda.
Sort of like many Internet sites today.
"Sort of like many Internet sites today".
Not to mention the NY Times, Washington Post, SF Chronicle......