gaslighter

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I couldn't agree more, which is why I have almost completely stopped watching TV, the optimal home for the "gaslighter" and also a medium which "promotes a shift from an active to a passive mind," where "stimulation comes from without, not from within."

Waldo's Virginia Political Blogroll 2008
O'Hagan paused in the gloom below, his upturned face quaintly illuminated by the flame of a wax taper in his gaslighter.

The Brass Bowl Louis Joseph Vance 1906