Click here to access article by Max Blumenthal from Gray Zone.
This independent journalist provides an excellent report about one of the Empire's main government agency, the tax-supported agency of the National Endowment for Democracy, that is responsible for the proliferation of fake news designed to colonize your mind and thereby enlist your support for their quest of world domination.
I watched the following 22:42m video which appears to be supported by the report which I briefly scanned. The latter is useful for people who want to check out the many supporting links that he provides to document his arguments.
You may also be interested in the views by another independent blogger's views in the following video about the proliferation of fake news and the increasing censorship of the internet (some of which she has directly experienced) which is a major threat to the rule of the Empire's tiny ruling capitalist classes.