Every day we are bombarded with various information. Every day there is an unprecedented battle on social networks for people’s hearts and minds. Part of this information is rooted in reality – facts, data, real events. The other part of this information is problematic or false, flawed, unilateral, knowingly misrepresented, or even fabricated. Not everyone chooses to stay uninformed on purpose but it is easy to fall into traps. Many people have never heard about manipulative rhetorical techniques and by being unaware of this they are leaving themselves open to fake news and other false information that is spread by others who might also be unaware of the mechanisms of thinking errors.
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