No. It's a shared mission. Both the NSC and CDC have significant national security crossover. And I would encourage curious people to research the reasoning behind some of the proposed CDC budget reductions.

I can see how the term "fake news" annoys certain people as I'm sure it invokes a certain discomfort in knowing that it refers to the immoral fabrications and contextual transformations needed to maintain mass discontent with one individual person. It's got to make at least some of its creators and consumers feel dirty.