How to Protect Yourself from Media Manipulation

BY SOFO ARCHON

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Whether you realize it or not, most mainstream media outlets are trying to control how you think and behave by presenting you with a certain narrative or worldview that supports their political ideology. 

In this post, I want to share with you two simple yet effective ways to stay informed about what’s going on in the world while preventing the media from controlling your mind: 

1. Expose yourself to many different — even conflicting —sources of information. That will help you to develop a greater view of any topic under discussion. 

2. Remember that just because a popular media outlet, an award-winning journalist, your favorite politician, the Pope or even Jesus himself said something, that doesn’t mean it’s true. 

So, don’t take anything on belief alone. Rather, question everyone and everything, do plenty of research, and use critical thinking in order to draw your own conclusions.

Further reading

For a deeper dive into this topic, read this long-form article:

• Fear-Based Manipulation: How Politicians, Marketers and the Media Create Panic to Control the Masses