Me? Gatekeeper? Nah. That's something real jouralists do / have already done.

https://kottke.org/20/01/jim-lehrers-rules-of-journalism-1

But if you want to side with MSNBC, CNN and Mashable, go ahead. You're on the wrong side of the line. Orwellian is not a good look, no matter how normalized it might be.