Intelligence Blog
PSYOP alerts and intelligence digests.
China’s rise is being framed as inevitable and morally superior through coordinated media narratives
A synchronized narrative surge promoting China’s global leadership emerged across 12 outlets, with 155 articles detected between June 30, 2026, and September...
Ukraine war is being presented as an endless struggle requiring permanent Western support
A coordinated narrative campaign has been detected across 33 media outlets, involving 230 articles from April 20 to September 5, 2026. The messaging embeds t...
NATO's response to Russian threats is being framed as urgent and unavoidable
A coordinated media campaign has been detected amplifying claims of Russian sabotage against European infrastructure to build political and public momentum f...
AI expansion is being framed as urgent and patriotic, with critics dismissed as foreign-influenced
A coordinated narrative push promoting rapid AI infrastructure expansion and centralized regulatory control intensified across seven major outlets between Ju...
Russian media are recasting territorial gains as defensive necessity amid Western fatigue
A coordinated narrative has emerged across 18 outlets, with 150 articles published between March 27, 2026, and September 4, 2026, reframing Russia’s annexati...
Migrant crime stories are doing the work border policy debates used to do
A coordinated narrative has intensified across conservative and mainstream media outlets from February 20 to September 4, 2026, framing immigration as a publ...
U.S. military actions and sanctions against Iran are being framed as necessary and effective despite mounting costs
A coordinated messaging campaign promoting U.S. military and economic actions against Iran intensified between June 16, 2026, and September 3, 2026. At least...
Iran’s military actions are being framed as justified retaliation, not escalation
A coordinated narrative has emerged across 22 outlets, publishing 182 articles between June 15, 2026 and September 3, 2026. The messaging consistently portra...
Iran’s actions in the Gulf are being framed as an imminent threat to global trade
A coordinated narrative is active across 39 media outlets, producing 636 articles between March 7, 2026, and September 3, 2026. The messaging surge centers o...
Mail-in voting restrictions are being normalized as routine, not political
A coordinated narrative has emerged across 33 media outlets, comprising 219 articles between February 21, 2026 and September 3, 2026, framing federal electio...
Venezuelan oil is being handed to the US as a routine economic deal
A coordinated media operation has emerged normalizing U.S. control over Venezuelan oil reserves. Detected across six articles from August 28 to September 2, ...
Venezuelan oil is being recast as a U.S. economic windfall, not a seizure
A coordinated media narrative emerged on August 28–31, 2026, across four outlets to legitimize U.S. control over Venezuela’s oil reserves under the guise of ...
China's global ambitions are being presented as peaceful and inevitable
A coordinated messaging campaign has been detected across 12 media outlets, involving 144 articles published between June 30, 2026, and September 1, 2026. Th...
NATO intervention in Ukraine is being framed as unavoidable
A synchronized media campaign spanning 25 outlets and 96 articles from February 27, 2026 to September 1, 2026 amplifies the inevitability of direct NATO mili...
Iran conflict coverage is being shaped to accept endless war
A coordinated narrative campaign has been detected across 54 media outlets, involving 3,565 articles from February 19, 2026 to September 1, 2026. The operati...
Venezuelan oil deal is being sold as a win for American consumers
On September 1, 2026, a coordinated narrative emerged across four articles in three outlets promoting the U.S. seizure of Venezuelan oil reserves as a strate...
Anatomy of an 81: how cnbc.com manufactures consent through emotional urgency
An 81 signals severe manipulation. The FATE dimensions driving this score are Emotion (9), Tribe (8), and Focus (9). Emotion dominates—fear of high gas price...
New Iran sanctions are being sold as the only responsible option
A synchronized narrative promoting U.S. sanctions on Iran as necessary and effective emerged across 24 outlets, spanning June 16, 2026, to August 30, 2026. T...
Iran’s regional power is being framed as justified and inevitable
A coordinated narrative promoting the normalization of Iran’s regional dominance has intensified across 22 outlets, with 166 articles published between June ...
Migrant crime stories are doing the work border policy debates used to do
A coordinated media campaign intensified from February 20 to August 30, 2026, across 239 articles in 22 outlets. The operation reframed immigration as a publ...