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[–] 9395183? 0 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago  (edited ago)

The way my dad taught me was by getting different newspapers and a highlighter. He would read articles and then highlight the slants and points of interest. After a year of so of this I was given the highlighter and told to highlight what the sentences where they were trying to influence the reader. Edit: we did this every single morning.

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[–] 1Sorry_SOB 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

No wonder you turned out well.

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[–] 9395542? 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Thank you. It was an intense childhood but he always explained that he was preparing me for the days to come. Edit: I used to think he was paranoid.

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[–] Whitemail 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

One of the best propaganda tricks is omission. Back in the TV and newspaper days, it was difficult to find what was omitted completely.

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[–] 9396217? ago 

That was why we had three newspapers delivered- they didn't all omit the same items. Then again, the media wasn't as consolidated as it is now.

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[–] MadWorld 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Simple and effective!! Thanks!

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[–] 9396719? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

This method was effective for me as a child and I hope it will be a good tool to teach your kids, too.

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[–] Awisegrasshopper [S] ago 

That's interesting. Can I ask what age this occurred ?

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[–] 9396437? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

It started pretty young around eight years old. It started with just pointing out the differences in the same headline stories throughout the different papers. At that time, newspapers had just begun leaving out the race of black perpetrators so he'd get me to pay attention to that. He would ask me to look at the name of the reporter and then he'd ask me the origin of the name. I knew the difference between 'berg and 'burg from a young age.