Need word for the kind of manouvre...

... done either by the media or a political party -- or any person or corporation, for that matter -- aimed at confusing people to prorit or benefit from something. For these people, the end justifies the means: fake news, half-truths, lies or false flags operations are allowed. They will hype up political figures on the media or launch smear campaigns against their rivals.

In Spanish we call that una operación (de prensa o política). And the persone who performs it "un operador".