The French politicians who vilified Arnault and American politicians who slandered Saverin pandered to the emotion of the masses.

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The famous Roorback hoax of 1844, when a bogus European nobleman slandered the Democratic candidate, James K. Polk, took more than a month to refute.

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So despite today's discovery, we Brits are likely to remain split on Richard down the old lines: murdering, crook-backed, dissembling Shakespearean monster versus misunderstood, loyal, enlightened, slandered hero.

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If you think about it, the guy libeled and slandered the President of the United States with things he knows are not true for the sake of his own narcissism.

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