re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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Our news sources are pure propaganda. How does anyone really know the truth about what is going on? Lies are part of everything.

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Especially during wartime. What you need to be able to discern is what is news and what is opinion and what is just propaganda. It’s usually not that difficult. And for the news, you keep following it with a critical eye to look for consistency and rationality. If you read a story one day that Ukraine or Russia has done something dramatic, by the fourth or fifth day thereafter it will have usually become clear whether the original reporting was accurate. In other words, you have to be a thinking person.

Another important element is not to put any strong stock in random dudes on YouTube or twitter. The ones who claim they know “the real truth” are probably attention seeking fakes.

The last US presidential election should have been a master class in sifting through BS conspiracy theories. Those that were critical of news reports at the time and didn’t fall into YouTube rabbit holes were probably able to spot the bullshite as it was spewed. Anyone who read about the military raid for servers in Germany, and then followed the actual news for a couple days, should have been able to see that it was all bull.

War news has bull too. But if you pay attention and be critical, you can figure out what’s happening.