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I think that everyone can agree that some<\/em> people are deceived, right?<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>Can everyone agree that some things that have been written and published reflect unconscious biases and even deliberate distortion?<\/p>\n

Can everyone agree that some people have been exposed primarily to propaganda, and have mistaken the contents of that propaganda for truth?<\/p>\n

If we can all agree on the above, then there is only one question left to ask, and I will ask it as a genuine question rather than try to answer it in this post.<\/p>\n

How do you make certain that the person described above isn't you<\/u>? What specific steps do you take to make sure that you<\/u> aren't the one who is reading propaganda and spin and mistaking it for truth?<\/em><\/p>\n

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