A good deception is 95-99% truth coloring the remainder as truth as well. If the 95-99% is verifiable, then the little that is the real lie can be too easily assumed to be truth. That is just what they want. What better to say than "we want the U.S. to succeed" when they really want us to fail AND they are trying to make this happen every day. They manipulate money, make us reliant on them to maintain our lifestyle, buy up our debt, land and businesses and all that is "property". I am not arguing for swallowing what garbage our media propels in our direction. I am only saying I will never look to Pravda and Hsinhua for truth. No news organ operates in either Russia and China without some measure of cooperation from their respective governments.
As for what I do to change things in this country: I constantly challenge the news media (usually WaPo) here by commenting on their articles. I challenge this state's U.S. Senators and Representatives via email and letter. I contribute to organizations (like the NRA) to combat suppression of our freedoms. Although I no longer have any representatives at the fed level to contribute to, I do so for local and state pols. Nothing much seems to stick in this state.