"Editing function" - an euphemism for misinformation, spin, or mislead.
"Gate-keeping function" - We need someone to censor the news.
"There used to be this old saying that the lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on. Well, today, the lie can be twice around the world before the truth gets out of bed to find its boots."
IIRC, the quote is attributed to Winston Churchill you wench. Churchill would not approve of you.