muckraking

ad hominem blackening dirty politics dirty pool dirty tricks hatchet job mudslinging name-calling personal attack slanderous attack smear smear campaign

abuse aspersion calumny damage defamation denigration deprecation derogation disesteem disparagement harm hit hurt injury injustice innuendo insinuation knock libel lie minimization obloquy revilement ridicule scandal scandalmongering scurrility slam tale traducement vilification vituperation wrong

backbiting backstabbing belittlement libeling maligning pejorative running down smear campaign traducing

advantage aid approval benefit blessing commendation compliment favor flattery good help kindness praise right

admiration adulation

defamation disparagement libel misrepresentation smear

aspersion backbiting calumny depreciation detraction dirt hit lie mud obloquy rap scandal slam slime tale

backstabbing belittlement black eye dirty linen mud-slinging

approval commendation compliment praise

flattery

glorification nicety