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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



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