Glossary term
Information laundering
Definition
Moving a fabricated claim through progressively more credible outlets until it can be cited without reference to its origin.
See also
Narrative laundering
Recycling a state-originated framing through domestic voices who adopt it as their own — attribution becomes harder precisely because the later spread is genuine.
Pink slime site
A site styled as local news but centrally produced to political order — it borrows the credibility of local journalism without the accountability.
Forgery
A fabricated document presented as authentic — historically the workhorse of influence operations, and still effective when it reaches publication before verification.
Published September 22, 2026
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