tactical political move/tactical politic move/political tactical move/ political tactic... wtf putting the three words doesn't sound quite right to me. Is there a specific word for this;garbage new to diverse attention ?
*garbage news to diverge attention, a planted move to intentionally distract the audience
ehhh but that doesn't fit in context; "government released their decoy as an attempt to hide corruption from the public" or something like that. Decoy news...hmm, fair.