3) Use your first-hand experience as an anchor. Propaganda is often easy to see through in concrete situations. Even as a kid, it was easy to tell the difference between the quality of life in the USSR and Western Europe.

4) If you don't see it in the real world, you probably don't need an opinion on it.

5) And the same applies to other people as well. Prioritize the opinions of the people the issue actually concerns over abstract word salad.