I like the clock analogy - especially when tying in the solution of having digitally transmitted clocks from a source we trust, and so points to solutions that we must each decide which source(s) of trust we subscribe to. The issue then becomes funds being allocated to support this - and I like Andrew Yang's solution relating to supporting democracy (and countering impact of larger contributions by individuals or organizations), of using tax money giving everyone $100 to contribute to any party they want - we could do the same with journalism, and perhaps one in the same with journalism - do it also with allowing organizations to be funded who curate and moderate content for us.

There is some foreseeable scary potential to this though: if say 30 million of your population have been manipulated and contribute their $3 billion to fund the campaign of a pathological liar, someone on the path towards tyranny - perhaps a puppet of bad actors from other nations, then how could that unfold? Perhaps it would balance out however if the remaining population aren't in propaganda media silos and the amount of funds contributed to their campaigns are enough to fund enough action to respond.