From a security perspective one should recognize the risk of taking news media at face value. We'll let the following paragraph from black propaganda entry in Wikipedia speak for itself.

The major characteristic of black propaganda is that the people are not aware that someone is influencing them, and do not feel that they are being pushed in a certain direction.^[2] Black propaganda purports to emanate from a source other than the true source. This type of propaganda is associated with covert psychological operations.^[3] Sometimes the source is concealed or credited to a false authority and spreads lies, fabrications, and deceptions. Black propaganda is the "big lie", including all types of creative deceit.^[4] Black propaganda relies on the willingness of the receiver to accept the credibility of the source. If the creators or senders of the black propaganda message do not adequately understand their intended audience, the message may be misunderstood, seem suspicious, or fail altogether.^[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_propaganda