Stop Consuming Raw Narratives — Learn to Analyze Propaganda Before It Shapes You

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400

Stop scrolling for a second. You’re not just scrolling your feed. You are being fed.

In my years reviewing newsrooms, social channels, and government communication strategy, I have noticed a rising and deeply uncomfortable pattern: most people have never once asked who wrote the story they just believed. That matters, because propaganda has changed. It no longer arrives as a screechy radio voice from a distant authoritarian state. Instead, it is baked into headlines, pushed through algorithms, laundered by influencers, and normalized by repetition. The story is often sold to you not as an opinion, but as simple common sense. Let’s unpack that.

Rhetoric on Rational America

Stop Consuming Raw Narratives — Learn to Analyze Propaganda Before It Shapes You