According to 1st National Bank’s Managing Director Fletcher St Jean, “Persons unknown have been falsely using the name of a reputable local news agency to besmirch our good corporate character.”

Source: https://thevoiceslu.com/2023/05/bank-media-house-disclaim-online-fake-news-post/

Similarly, when the Palestinians falsely claimed that a massacre had taken place in Jenin, this was intended to not only besmirch the Jewish state but also to provoke a visceral emotional reaction against Israel and in support of the Palestinians.

Source: https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/03/31/passover-2002-a-tale-of-two-massacres/

What the fires crisis revealed is the utter ineptitude of so many ministers whose failures besmirch the good work of those who are actually qualified and lumped in with the negligentsia, the ministers not there even when they are.

Source: https://www.thenationalherald.com/the-ministers-who-werent-there-while-greece-was-burning/