Historical clue formulations

• Defamed in print — 2024-09-30
• Defamed, in a way — 2021-09-19
• Cast aspersions on, in a way — 2017-05-31
• Defamed in print — 2016-05-16
• Maligned — 2005-05-22
• Victimized by the press, say — 1999-07-24
• Put down in writing — 1999-01-30
• Maligned — 1995-04-26