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Re:Psychological Operations by wolverine876 on Friday March 04, 2022 @12:48AM (#30551135)
> I've never seen such an influx of fake news coming from literally every source. When even newspapers blindly lie it's hard for the regular person to understand what's going on.

That's a common tactic of propagadists: To paraylze people - make people feel powerless by convincing them that everything is a lie.

Everyone lies, but that doesn't mean there aren't honest people, sociopathic liars, and a big chasm between them. No publication is perfect, but there are plenty of very credible ones.

Re:Psychological Operations by graderjs on Friday March 04, 2022 @08:47AM (#30554641)
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.

Everything really is propaganda, tho. Nearly.

It's also a basic tactic of propagandists to convince people that only approved narratives are good, and the forbidden ones are propaganda. To try normalize themselves a the self-anointed authority that decides which is which. Just like the liars, criminals and corrupt who say, "trust me, I'm honest. Some people lie a lot, but me, you can trust."

> sociopathic liars,

Like spies, conwomen/conmen and other professional liars?

> No publication is perfect, but there are plenty of very credible ones.[0]

"A bland, and in this case, meaningless statement." ;)

Safest bet is, as I said earlier: read widely!!!

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30550970