Motley:  Here's the top-rated definition from Google:  It's a generally accepted definition....except when right'wingers use it to describe liberals..
fas·cism
ˈfaSHˌizəm/
noun
noun: fascism; noun: Fascism; plural noun: Fascisms

    an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.
    synonyms authoritarianism, totalitarianism, dictatorship, despotism, autocracy; More
    Nazism, rightism;  nationalism, xenophobia, racism, anti-Semitism;   jingoism, isolationism; neofascism, neo-Nazism
    "a film depicting the rise of fascism in the 1930s"
      (in general use) extreme right-wing, authoritarian, or intolerant views or practice

 We also know from history that dictators and despots work very, very hard to control the media since it provides an accountability they find intrusive.  Trump seeks to discredit and delegitimate the media to invalidate the efforts to subject him to public accountability.  .walks and talks a bit like a duck? eh Gary