The US military calls it public information.

[en.m.wikipedia.org]

Psycological Warfare has been around at least as long as advertising. Nowadays however, it is easier and faster to dissrminate.

Russians! What a joke . . . if you want to see real interference, look into Saudi Arabia and Israel.
[opensecrets.org]
They eclipse anything Russia has done by far and wide. And whose ass is Trump constantly kissing, Russians or Israelis?

A divided country is a weakened country. A distracted country doesn't see what you are up to elsewhere. While Russia gains power and influence in key countries around the world, America is in internal turmoil. Very clever!

Your 'intro' could be easily (mis)interpreted to imply that aljezeera is doing the misinformation -- I'm aware, as the article reports, that it is the russians doing it.

Even more frightening is the number of people who believe it!