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'''Liberal Smear Machine''' is an informal term for the [[liberal]] organized tactic of attempting to discredit conservative ideology through the methods of [[media bias]], professor bias, and [[vandalism]] & [[censorship]] of conservative ideas on wikis and blogs.
'''Liberal Smear Machine''' is an informal term for the [[liberal]] organized tactic of attempting to discredit conservative ideology through the methods of [[media bias]], professor bias, and [[vandalism]] & [[censorship]] of conservative ideas on wikis and blogs.
==2008 Presidential elections==
:''Main article:''[[Barack_Hussein_Obama_2008_Presidential_campaign#Tone|2008 Presidential election]]
Th [[JournoList]] functioned as a private email list of liberal journalists, educators, and pundits.<ref>[http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/06/on_journolist_and_dave_weigel.html On Journolist, and Dave Weigel], WashingtonPost, June 25, 2010.</ref> Members of the list planned inserting the Democratic [[race card]] in stories attacking critics with reservations or hesitant in support of [[Barack Hussein Obama]] as racist.
There were also coordinated attacks on [[Sarah Palin]] and her family.<ref>[http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/22/when-mccain-picked-palin-liberal-journalists-coordinated-the-best-line-of-attack/print/ When McCain picked Palin, liberal journalists coordinated the best line of attack], The Daily Caller, July 22, 2010.</ref> Also, there were postings to the listerv talking gleefully about how one of the listserv members would love to see the death of [[Rush Limbaugh]].<ref>Noel Sheppard. [http://newsbusters.org/node/40226/print Rush Limbaugh Responds to JournoLister Wishing His Death], Newsbusters, July 21, 2010.</ref><ref name=rush>[[Rush Limbaugh]]. [http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_072110/content/01125108.guest.html Journolisters Want to Shut Down Fox! (and Wish Rush Death, Too)], RushLimbaugh.com, July 21, 2010.</ref>
==Further reading==
==Further reading==