Opinion: Trump-fueled falsehoods have deep roots

In January 1980, Mary McCarthy appeared on Dick Cavett's talk show to promote her latest novel. When the conversation drifted to "overpraised" writers, McCarthy trained her fire on playwright Lillian Hellman, whom she had disliked for at least three decades.

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