scandalmonger

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In a twist so rich it seems fictional, Rupert grew up to become Grant’s natural enemy: not just a scandalmonger, but a tabloid paparazzo.

From Slate • Jul. 24, 2018

Thomas Jefferson — both eloquent founder and appalling political hack — weaponized the pamphlet, commissioning scandalmonger James Callender to write a hit job on Alexander Hamilton.

From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2017

There is nothing but glory in this, but it makes it harder for an aspiring scandalmonger to be heard.

From Slate • May 20, 2013

Once the world of Washington pundits included a few giants, ranging from the Olympian sage, Walter Lippmann, and James Reston, the best informed of Washington reporters, to the feared scandalmonger, Drew Pearson�and that was it.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1798, he commissioned James Callender, a notorious scandalmonger who had recently broken the story on Hamilton’s adulterous affair with Maria Reynolds, to write a libelous attack on Adams.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis