How News Is Not New, But Propaganda Called True

Tiki, an ancient form of propaganda.
It can promote, recall, and identify a people or an idea.
It can also promote fear or warning.
Although authored for a set purpose,
interpretation depicts its propaganda validity.

Bias and prejudice are, unfortunately, inherent qualities found in every person.

It is a natural tendency to lean towards bias and one's prejudice.

It is a great effort to face one's humanity when considering the humanity of another.

It is easier to identify bias and prejudice in others, but to do so in ourselves is not so easy.

The manner any bit of information is understood or accepted as true or false depends on a person's current prejudice and bias.

Propaganda is a tool used to either promote, deny, ignore, or otherwise forward information in a certain way.

Propaganda authored by a promoting source usually focuses on positive aspects. (biased)

Propaganda directed at a source usually focuses on negative aspects. (prejudiced)

News is supposed to be unbiased, free from prejudice, and not subject to propaganda.

But this is not the case.

Neither is any country's historical narrative written in a critical manner, but usually a biased propagandist manner.

We can reflect this effort in ourselves when we share information about ourselves to others.

On a job interview, are you sharing prejudiced propaganda about yourself, or biased propaganda?

The news has a great impact on people's psychological understanding of themselves and others.

Since news is written by human beings, it isn't a matter of news not having any bias, prejudice or propagandist flavor.

It is simply a measure of how much of the human behind the news is sharing their bias and prejudice.

Although facts can be included in a biased news piece, the prejudice expressed can cloud the facts.

One man's fact is another man's fiction.

We see this in groups associated by politics, religion, ethnicity, culture, language, economics, etc..

Tribal politics / religion / ethnics / cultures.

Some of the most famous scholars, historians, religious figures, statesmen, et al, were also some of the most biased, prejudiced and propagandist individuals of their time.

Naturally, whichever historical figure or historian or 'leader' you admire today (or from the past) likely conveys a similar bias and prejudice than yourself.

Think of your favorite person from the past... or whomever from the past you desire to be like.

What did they propagate?

What were, not only their words but, their actions?

Are the words and actions of that person also admired in another cultural / religious / ethnic / political context?

Why or why not?

Are that person's words and actions considered less than ideal or outright deplorable in other cultures?

If your favorite person is not loved by others outside your group, why is that?

Is it because of a religious bias, or is it what your favorite person said and did they lived?

How much do you know about this person you admire?

Has their history been critically written or is it also a brand of propaganda filled with bias?

Is this person another fallible human being that lived their life through the narrow view of their peers in their time and place?

If so, is the criticism due to a bias or prejudice, or is it based on wider accepted norms of decency, or dignity, or justice?

Let us take an example of, in arguable terms, degrees of criminality.

How these crimes are judged as 'crimes' and their brevity depends on a person's background.

One's judgment of another's crime is naturally biased and prejudiced according to their cultural and religious and political upbringing.

Insert either of these crimes in the blank spaces below and think about their context in the each sentence: murderer / child rapist / thief.

For one person, it is 'just' for a _______ to be put to death.

For another person, it is 'just' for a _______ to be imprisoned indefinitely.

For yet another person, it is 'just' for a _______ to be imprisoned and granted eventual opportunity for parole and societal redemption.

And yet for another person, their hero is considered a _______ in the eyes of people outside the group of people who honor and praise their hero.

Actually, being a _______ is not a crime, but is justified / allowed according to certain factors.

Thus a 'murderer' is called a 'defender of others'.

A 'child rapist' is misunderstood has a culturally recognized and typical marriage.

A 'thief' is misunderstanding the 'spoils of war' or natural inheritance of the dead's property by the victors.

Regarding your favorite news source:

Is the news that you favor completely unbiased? or is it possibly biased?

Can you tell?

Mainstream news and the plethora of self-published attempts at 'news' are by and large steeped in an effort to propagate a particular bias and forward prejudices.

Their popularity isn't a reflection or measurement of 'truth', but rather popularity.

And popular ideas are not always true, but rather what has long been propagated.

Where propaganda lives, fallacy and polemic is not far behind.

To the keen observer, fallacies and polemics are easily identifiable.

For the passive observer and favor a particular brand of news or cultural identity according to their inherent bias and prejudice, the polemics and fallacies are as truth to them.

To the individual who is unaware of their own bias and prejudice, they likely agree with one brand of news or cultural perspective while vilifying another.