We are surrounded by Propaganda Media Machines posing as honest journalistic news organisations – their tricks work on many people much of the time, even if we are aware they are tricksters. However, they are failing fast.
NOTE: When Politifact lies and rates a news story as false, links to that story get censored or downgraded on Facebook and others. This gives them huge power to control which news gets spread or blocked. Their bias then runs rampant.