Before revision: The term was coined and defined by journalist Tom Wolfe , who defined it as the propaganda that a tribe or social group employs to explain why that group is the best of all groups and its people the best people.
After revision: The term was coined and defined by journalist Tom Wolfe in his 2006 Jefferson Lecture for the National Endowment of the URL Wolfe defined the term as the propaganda that a tribe or social group employs to explain why that group is the best of all groups and its people the best people.