Hello, I am new to Steem, and I use it a bit like twitter. Tell me if it's wrong in a formal aspect. :-)
If you are able to read German, I recommend you the following article by Basler Zeitung, a Swiss newspaper.
It is about campaigner Arthur J. Finkelstein who was in the business from the Barry Goldwater days up to Victor Orban's (Hungary) election campaigns.
He was the godfather, if not the creator, of "negative campaigning". We face the consequences to this day since right-wing populists tend to be masters of working with people's fears.
A genius of the dark sort.
His masterpiece was obviously demonizing George Soros for Victor Orban's election campaign. Don't get me wrong - Soros is not an innocent lamb. He has made his billions partly in a shady way (which, to be honest, can be said of most billionaires - don't forget that Bill Gates stole precious computer time long long ago...). However, coming to age, he came out as philantropist. Read unbiased information about it.
I recommend you to read the original article if you can speak German. Or to run it through the web translator of your choice.
The URL is: https://m.bazonline.ch/articles/20981022
Have fun!