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'''Iago Media''' is a critical metaphor conceptualized by Eric Weinstein that characterizes certain media actors or systems as manipulative agents that deliberately destabilize public reasoning and perception. The term derives from ''Iago'', the antagonist in William Shakespeare’s ''Othello'', who orchestrates the psychological breakdown of the protagonist through calculated deception, partial truths, and emotional manipulation. In this framework, media are not simply neutral conveyors of information but actors that induce epistemic distortion, provoke misjudgment, and manipulate behavioral outcomes in their audiences.