Hit piece

/hˈɪt pˈiːs/

Hit piece

a report, article, etc. that aims to bring down someone or something by presenting forged facts

Examples

1. This vid is another paid hit piece don't even have to watch to know it will be negative.

2. The Washington Post did a partisan fake news hit piece and gave me, the voter fraud victim, a Four Pinocchio score on truthfulness.

3. Now, we don't wanna just be a hit piece on Cyberpunk right now.

4. And as it tends to do, cynicism started to set in around 2015, when gaming sites like Kotaku, Polygon, and The Escapist wrote hit pieces.