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[–]zyxzevn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"I was reading new york times, and I was brainwashed!"
The journal that claimed to produce news, was actually producing high quality propaganda.
I could not tell lies from reality any more, because it was all written by intelligent people.
I almost became a NPC

But I learned to get out of it, by using the basics of critical thinking: Does the article have logical fallacies? Yes, many of them. So that means it is basically nonsense and piece pushing a certain opinion.

Does the article try to promote a certain policy or way of thinking? Yes, it wants us to be afraid of certain youtubers. So that is certainly a propaganda piece.

Does the article have evidence of some kind? And how does it use it? The "evidence" is probably made up, but even if you follow it, it shows how a right-leaning person moves towards the left. (discovered by Tim Pool)

And that is why I like saidit. It promotes the idea of logical thinking and critical thinking.