Morris Kominsky (September 28, 1901 — April 1975) was the writer of ''The Hoaxers: Plain Liars, Fancy Liars and Damned Liars'' (1970).

Biography

''The Hoaxers'' was intended, as stated in its preface, to be the first of two volumes in his "study of the trends in the United States of America towards Fascism and a Third World War." The second volume ''America Faces Disaster'' was never published; Kominsky indicated he intended that it would tell "the story of the groups, individuals, and policies that endanger the citizens of the U.S.A., as well as the rest of mankind" (Kominsky 14). Prior to publishing ''The Hoaxers,'' the working title for the two volumes was ''Countdown—USA'' ''The Hoaxers'' is a "special study of the use of fabrications, distortions of truth, and out-of-context quotations." It examines such works as

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, the "Ten Cannots" of

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commonly misattributed to

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and

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such as the Bilderberg Group Conspiracy and the

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. The book received favorable advance comments from

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and Congressman

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among others, as printed on the dustcover. Kominsky had run in

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for

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as the candidate of the

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, losing to Republican

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. Collections of Kominsky's papers are held at the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research in

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and the American Jewish Archives in

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References

Sources

The Political Graveyard: Rhode Island: Governors

* Kominsky, Morris (1970).
The Hoaxers: Plain Liars, Fancy Liars, and Damned Liars
' Branden Press, Inc.

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