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 corruption 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 talk 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