whisper campaign | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)A method ofpersuasionin whichdamagingrumorsorinnuendoaredeliberatelyspread concerning a person or other target, while the source of the rumors tries to avoiddetection.1920November 1, “Harding Ignores‘’Whisper’ Campaign”, inNew York Times, retrieved 17 Aug. 2009, page 1:Senator Harding will not authorize his headquarters to take public notice of the “whispering campaign.” There has been a difference of opinion among his advisers as to whether to ignore the slanders or to produce evidence disproving them.1976February 12,Donald Horne, “The campaign of the media”, inThe Age, Australia, retrieved17 August 2009, page 8:Both publicly and in a particularly unscrupulouswhisper campaignthe Liberals tried to change the aspect from one of folly to one of personal corruption and some of this got through to the voters.2008January 20, Ana Marie Cox, “S.C. Takes a Chance on McCain”, inTime:McCain—who was famously burned in South Carolina in 2000 after his New Hampshire victory, when awhisper campaignand George Bush's dominance of the state's Republican party structure combined to deliver a crushing blow—was openly nervous.

Examples:

EN: I know you've addressed this question once or twice before-- the whisper campaign by your opponents about whether or not you're gay.
ES: CHARLIE CRIST EN WINZ-AM Sé que ha respondido a esta pregunta... 28 DE AGOSTO DE 2006 ...una o dos veces ya la campaña de susurros de sus oponentes sobre si Ud. es gay.
EN: So Harley stages his own death, brutally murders his competition, and then starts a whisper campaign on the streets about the new dark prince of heroin...
ES: entonces Harley simula su propia muerte, Asesina brutalmente a su competidor, y entonces inicia una campaña de rumores en las calles sobre el nuevo p? incipe oscuro de la heroina...
EN: A swap-and-whisper campaign.
ES: Una campaña de intercambio-y-susurros.
EN: Now, Sophie, start the whisper campaign.
ES: Ahora, Sophie, comienza la campaña de susurro.
EN: It's the last step of the whisper campaign.
ES: Es el último paso en la campaña de susurro.
EN: - After the whisper campaign we'll start within the party about how you were complicit with the President's affair, about how you were frigid and a closeted lesbian, about how you tore the President down for your own political gain.
ES: Después de la campaña de rumores que empezaremos desde el partido acerca de cómo fuiste cómplice del romance del Presidente, acerca de cómo eras frígida y secretamente lesbiana, acerca de cómo destrozaste al Presidente para tu propio beneficio político.
EN: The whisper campaign starts tomorrow.
ES: La campaña de rumores empieza mañana.
EN: We keep the whisper campaign alive.
ES: Mantendremos con vida la campaña de rumores.
EN: Okay, I started a whisper campaign behind her back that she has irritable bowel syndrome and that she is the one responsible for the "mystery smell" in the elevator.
ES: Bueno, comencé una campaña de rumores a sus espaldas de que ella tenía el síndrome del intestino irritado y que ella era la responsable por el "olor misterioso" en el elevador.
EN: The whisper campaign, now this secret outreach.
ES: La campaña de rumores, ahora estas reuniones secretas....
EN: Sorry, you want to start a whisper campaign?
ES: ¿Quieres empezar una campaña de rumores?
EN: such a whisper campaign when it comes to the media as far as what the
HI: मीडिया में इतने हो-हल्ले के मायने
EN: At the same time, Rove was a figure... and a behind-the-scenes whisper campaign.
ID: Di saat bersamaan, Rove adalah sosok... Dan dalang di balik kampanye berbisik.
EN: How do we fight this whisper campaign... that Ann Richards, the grandma, was a lesbian?
ID: Bagaimana kami melawan kampanye berbisik ini... Bahwa Ann Richards, seorang nenek, adalah lesbian?
EN: And what you saw bubble up in East Texas, especially was a whisper campaign that was enormously successful.
ID: Yang kau lihat muncul, khususnya, di East Texas... Adalah kampanye berbisik yang sukses besar.

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