The Spike is a 1980 spy thriller novel by Arnaud de Borchgrave and Robert Moss (New York: Crown Publishers, 1980). It is based on the premise that some news organizations "spike", i.e., refuse to publish, stories that do not support their political views. In a 1980 interview with the New York Times, de Borchgrave mentions that he came up with the idea for a novel after he and his wife had to hide in the English countryside, after anonymous threats were made in response to a Newsweek article he penned mentioning the names of the terrorist behind the 1972 Munich massacre.[1]
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- ^ "Behind the best sellers Arnaud de Borchgrave and Robert Moss", The New York Times, 1980-06-22.
