exactly! every time i read about someone having a problem with something, i always check to see if my friends have had the same problem. if not, then clearly the problem doesn't exist. pri.ck
You can search Google News for Daily Telegraph (UK) articles about opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, to see a similar campaign. Around the time of vote for the new leader of the Labour party, this newspaper went crazy trying to smear him with some epic headlines :D