Anybody who wasn’t born yesterday realizes that western governments constantly interfere in news reporting as well. What’s worse is that all the news is owned by a handful of oligarchs, and entire books have been written on how western media manipulates public opinion. Here are a couple you should read:

• https://archive.org/details/inventingrealit000pare
• https://archive.org/details/pdfy-NekqfnoWIEuYgdZl