5/18/2021

How To Guard Oneself Against Falsehood In The World Of Propaganda - Part 1

 

I go for the main government mouth-piece of any country for the half truths because I know that all government mouth-piece are their advertising bill-boards, their propaganda machines. So, I will never take their words at face value. As I read them, I sieve out the truths from the half-truths, and the half-truths from the lies and vice versa.

I go to non-government, private and commercial news outlets for their news but always keep in mind that these news outlets are profit-driven. That means I have to be careful about my emotions. I must not allow myself to be dragged in by the sensationalisation of the news reporting and news reporters/readers.

I go to the social media for the opinions, views, critical comments and the facts in order to give myself a huge reservoir of data, information and knowledge, so that I will be able to identify, discern, distinguish, differentiate and interpret what is truth and what is untruth, or half-truths from the mass of information and disinformation out there in the cyberspace.

And I often go to Google and Wikipedia, and other search engines to find historical facts in order to verify what I have read.

I call the whole process: The Intelligence Cycle, which can be broken down into clear distinct stages for ease of understanding (usually there is no distinct stages in the brain - everything happens intuitively in a haphazard manner), as follows:

1. Collection.
2. Collation.
3. Processing.
4. Analysis.
5. Interpretation.
6. Options.
7. Conclusion.

Queen of Hearts

To continue....

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Grim Outlook Of India Covid

Onn18 May, the Indian Medical Association said that last year 748 medical practitioners had succumbed to the Coronavirus infections and died. This year, so far, 270 doctors have died already.

The list of the deceased doctors includes former IMA President, the famous cardiologist, Dr K K Aggarwal, who succumbed to the deadly virus on Monday.

"Last year, 748 doctors across India succumbed to COVID-19, while in the current wave, in a short period, we have lost 270 doctors.

"The second wave of the pandemic is turning out to be extremely fatal for all and especially for the healthcare workers who are at the forefront," IMA president Dr JA Jayalal said.

There are at least 16 variants of Covid active in India, reveals genome sequencing experts of the Indian Medical Association.


Anonymous said...

Wonder how many nurses and doctors have succumbed to the COVID-19 infections?

Anyone got any clue?

Anonymous said...

Why when China got the Covid last year, Singapore immediately banned all Chinese nationals and travellers from China from entering Singapore?

Why now Singapore still refused to ban all India nationals and travellers from India from entering Singapore?

So obviously bias and openly showing favoritism.

China must remember this.


Anonymous said...

Coronavirus variant found in Singapore can be India's 3rd wave, extremely dangerous for kids, warns Arvind Kejriwal
The virus, Kejriwal said, is extremely dangerous for children and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government to immediately halt air services with Singapore and prioritise vaccination drive for children.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/singapore-virus-can-be-india-s-3rd-wave-extremely-dangerous-for-kids-warns-arvind-kejriwal-101621329215829.html

Anonymous said...

An india'minister wanted to stop all fight from Singapore. It is to stop a covid strain from infecting their young. Now the table is turned. Hope that he also stop ceca.

Anonymous said...

Sinovac vaccine has 2-year shelf life, still being assessed for use in Singapore: MOH official

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/sinovac-vaccine-2-year-shelf-life-assessed-singapore-moh-101957836.html

Chua Chin Leng aka redbean said...

Ok, I will put it up now instead of tomorrow.

Anonymous said...

That shows India Indians are very self-conscious. That also explains why the Indians have devised the Caste System and are very proud to practise that human-degrading system for thousands of years!