Character Assassins

CHARACTER ASSASSINS is a brief history of the consequences of bearing false witness. It tells how toxic talk has led to shunning, witch-hunts, persecutions, false prosecutions, executions, pogroms, famines, wars and genocides. From small acorns great oaks grow, and from small lies come poisonous fruits: ruined reputations, divided neighborhoods, class hatreds, clan violence, ethnic cleansings and blood libels, preludes to the twentieth century’s worst horrors. The book critically examines various contemporary events. It details intellectual rot and corrupt on in Massachusetts federal and state courts, prosecutors’ offices and law schools. It pinpoints deep-seated biases, spin and false reporting in Boston’s newspapers and radio talks shows. It proves Howie Carr’s books are littered with falsehoods. It singles out Carr and Dershowitz as examples of chronic character assassins.

Lies, ruin, disease, Into wounds like these, Let the truth sting!

David Gray