It might be fun to play up a large element of propaganda/conspiracy in these reports.
So, stuff like 'government reforms sparks disobedience in X'
or
'Social media shut down in Y'
'Military coup in Z'
It's a fun little mind game to play with real-life headlines. If you read something like 'airliner disappears'....must be aliens!
'Sinkholes swallow house in S America'.....molemen. etc etc.
Perhaps as the war gets more 'hot' you could have the news becoming more and more factual as it becomes harder to hide things. Perhaps more erratic as official channels get sidelined by reports from the man on the street.
