There was a program put in place and funded under Obama named Operation Mockingbird. This program paid main-stream media participants to work in tandem on certain stories.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird
BTW, this is our job now, anons. Shirk the responsibility to explain to normies and you fail your mission.
I see your point, anon, but it was upgraded by Obama and funded through the CFPB shakedowns, IIRC.