Is the State Department Blacklisting Conservative Media?

The Department of State has funded a deep pocketed disinformation tracking group that is secretly blacklisting and trying to defund conservative media, likely costing the news organizations vital advertising dollars. The Washington Examiner reported the same disinformation group has received $330,000 from two state department back entities linked to the highest levels of government raising concerns from First Amendment lawyers and members of Congress. This is part of this burgeoning new world of US government funded disinformation projects that ostensibly are just identifying misinformation in the public arena, but maybe doing something more than that. They're helping companies pick winners and losers in the media world. But I'd be curious to hear your thoughts though on this.