Weekly civic intelligence report · v2.2
Trump and his allies spread unsubstantiated claims about President Biden's health and cancer diagnosis, engaging in misinformation about a political opponent's medical condition.
A-score (8.0): Information operation spreading medical misinformation about political opponent. Election driver (3.5) reflects direct electoral manipulation through health-based attacks. Civil_rights (1.0) for erosion of dignified political discourse. Corruption (1.5) for deliberate misrepresentation. Mechanism modifier 1.15 for coordinated information operation. Severity reduced (0.9/1.0/0.95) as claims are easily fact-checked and lack institutional durability. B-score (29.7): High Layer 1 (27.5/40) - outrage_bait (7) for medical condition exploitation, media_friendliness (8) for sensational health claims. Layer 2 (29.0/40) shows strategic pattern - mismatch (8) between unfounded claims and reality, pattern_match (8) for recurring health-attack playbook. Intentionality (11/15) with coordinated messaging across allies, strategic amplification. D-score: -21.7 indicates pure distraction operation.
List B: High-hype distraction operation (B=29.7) with minimal constitutional damage (A=8.0, D=-21.7). Coordinated health misinformation campaign designed to distract from substantive issues through sensationalized, unfounded medical claims about political opponent.