The reviewers did a 'hatchet job' on her latest book. [=the reviewers criticized her latest book very harshly or unfairly]
She doesn't criticize her opponent's character directly. She has her 'hatchet men' in the media do it for her.
After all these years, they've finally 'buried the hatchet'.
(..) it was painful. How so? Turning him down. Saul recruited me, he trained me. He's pulled so many hatchets out of my back, I've lost count. We were a team, we've always been a team. And is that what you did? Turned him down? (..)2015 TvShow: Homeland Title: A False Glimmer Season: 5 Episode 12