{"id":38255,"date":"2013-07-15T09:18:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T15:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/15\/rumor-innuendo-and-misdirection.html"},"modified":"2013-07-16T09:25:24","modified_gmt":"2013-07-16T15:25:24","slug":"rumor-innuendo-and-misdirection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/15\/rumor-innuendo-and-misdirection.html","title":{"rendered":"Rumor, innuendo, and misdirection"},"content":{"rendered":"
Insert your favorite "sneaky political group" \/ "clueless media" \/ "establishment protecting their own" subject\u00a0here. \u00a0Some things never change.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +WIST – Wish I’d Said That<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Every whisper of infamy is industriously circulated, every hint of suspicion eagerly improved, and every failure of conduct joyfully published by those whose interest it is that the eye and voice of the public should be employed on any rather than themselves.<\/p>\n

— Samuel Johnson<\/b> (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
The Rambler,<\/i> #76 (8 Dec 1750)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Johnson, Samuel – The Rambler, #76 (8 Dec 1750) | WIST<\/a>
\n Every whisper of infamy is industriously circulated, every hint of suspicion eagerly improved, and every failure of conduct joyfully published by those who\n <\/p>\n

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Insert your favorite "sneaky political group" \/ "clueless media" \/ "establishment protecting their own" subject\u00a0here. \u00a0Some things never change. 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