The recent developments in tech and political conjecture are forcing people to be more aware of information integrity. It's its own a field of research. One idea from this field is: how can we determine the truth about a subject without testing it yourself with a repeatable experiment?
Can we trust that even reputable sources never make mistakes or intentionally lie? If they can do it and not leave evidence behind then, it's a free pass to make up any narrative you want. If they control the means of testing then it is a long term sustainable lie.
Most notably historical events cannot be tested.
But also information surrounding space discoveries, military controlled zones, extremely high tech science, proprietary formulas.
Many current propaganda trends are only because a significant portion of the population does not have the ability to see it for themselves. I think we should pay attention to the stuff truly out of reach of almost everyone and what narratives may be covering a hidden truth.
Posted by Advanced-Virus-2303
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Forgot the Steak in that bowl of rabbit food….
The best way to fight propaganda is to stop framing everything as a “narrative” and just address each individual claim by themselves, otherwise you are just trapping yourself within a variety of logical fallacies. Lumping individuals or ideals together under the banner of a given narrative is just a pejorative to try and discredit those ideals *without* actually addressing the ideals. “Narrative” is never used in a positive light for this exact reason; it’s always to throw shade at an outgroup.
Perfect example of this is *mainstream media.* “I dismiss your opinion because you are just repeating the narrative sold by mainstream media.” While mainstream media certainly is not without fault, *being* mainstream media does not make everything they say untrue. The rational approach would be “This is the same argument that I heard on mainstream media. Let’s go over the validity of the evidence for the argument instead of attacking where it comes from.”
Each and every claim ever uttered stands on its own merit. The truth of a claim is never contingent on who is making the claim.