Covert State Media

Obfuscation

State actors create or fund ostensibly independent media outlets to distribute state-aligned narratives while concealing their involvement and exploiting audience trust in independent journalism.

Author

Affiliation

E. Rosalie Li

Information Epidemiology Lab

Published

February 17, 2026

Obfuscation

State actors create or fund ostensibly independent media outlets to distribute state-aligned narratives while concealing their involvement and exploiting audience trust in independent journalism.

FIMI Taxonomy by Information Epidemiology Lab.

Citation

BibTeX citation:

@article{li2026,
  author = {Li, E. Rosalie},
  title = {Covert {State} {Media}},
  date = {2026-02-17},
  url = {https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/covert-state-media.html},
  langid = {en}
}

For attribution, please cite this work as:

Li, E. Rosalie. 2026. “Covert State Media,” February. https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/covert-state-media.html.