Some of these information war posts seem like libertarian paranoia, but they do have some legitimate points. The concern that governments would try to regulate what defines truth is legitimate. I think that some things are objectively true, but how we interpret facts is more subjective.
As someone who knows some powerful people, I think being powerful gives you the ability to ignore the realities / truth of others. People who do exceptionally well under current systems tend to accept these systems as correct or fair without questioning them. For people in power, people who don't do well under current systems fail because of personal failings. I think this miscommunication is part of the reason why some people see the powerful as assholes.
I would be incline to believe that people who fail do so as a result of those that accept without question that things really are correct or fair when they are not, they do this out of selfish concern for their own successes instead of what's fair and correct for everyone overall.