“Doesn’t matter, czar or minister of truth for either way they are not accountable politically and can’t be canned or disciplined except by the anointed one who appointed them.”
You’re right. It doesn’t matter what they’re called, but the “Ministry of Truth” and the “Nightwatch” are references to the Babylon 5 tv show.... where a future free country - the Earth Alliance - fell into tyranny.
I suppose Congress (a Republican majority Congress) could pass a bill forbidding their offices to be funded. Obviously, the Rs would have to be able to sustain a veto, but . . . .