I recently saw a clip of Tucker saying "we haven't confirmed this but it just feels right". Talk about spreading misinformation, his audience just accepts his "feels right" as a set in stone fact.
👋🏼 Hola amigo. Covering his ass, while at the same time suggesting a false narrative is the same thing as outright lying. Or should be anyway. The intent is there anyway. I wish creeps like him, and the orange toddler would see justice. We need to curb the direction our country is going fast. It looks like it’s in the middle of a flush.
I have no evidence to support this but it feels like (see what I did there?) Tucker consistently uses most of the techniques Beau talks about in this video.
It used to be that i fully supported the statement "trust your gut." If I felt unsafe in a situation, I didn't question it, I just left. Now, the same statement makes me twitchy, because it has been so misused, and people now "trust their gut," even in the face of factual evidence to the contrary.
The brash statement followed by a question mark is very common here on TH-cam. A very big posthumous thank you to my 7th grade English teacher, Mr. Burton, for teaching all us little peckerwoods about all the different forms of propaganda and thought manipulation. Wasn't in the curriculum, he just thought it was important. A real teacher.
I try to explain to people that I don't want their money from them because I'm not trying to sell them anything...lol If somebody is trying to get you to give them your money it's probably wise not to believe everything they selling.
@@FrankLemonjello Cui bono = "To whose benefit?" / : [noun] a principle that probable responsibility for an act or event lies with one having something to gain.
I had a professor who gave a great demonstration about why statistics should be treated with some caution. She asked, “How many of you smoke?” About a third of the class raised a hand. “How many of you drink?” About half the class raised a hand. “Interesting… so how do you folks in the second group stay hydrated?” If you collect your data in the right way, you can prove damn near anything.
My brother's high school statistics class had an assignment to fake a conclusion. Having people do something wrong on purpose can be eye-opening, it stuck with us and I wasn't even in the class. The one I remember was a positive correlation between teachers' salaries and alcohol sales implying they spent it all on booze. Jokingly marked down because the assignment was supposed to be fake.
Coincidence that you mention Soviet Disinformation. Used to be subscribed and avid viewer of RT (a Kremlin owned news network that has had many connections with Alex Jones and Info Wars and inflammatory disinformation that is geared towards disunity in Europe). Seems a lot of disinformation outlets and RT are pretty darn similar.
@@ChrisPage68 I'm pretty sure the soviet soldiers had the same kind of trainings about Western disinformation/misinformation tactics. Nowadays it's official and you just have to look at which NGOs are funded by the National Endowment for Democracy and make the correlation anytime they are mention in our media as the source of informations about the other side.
Another common tactic used to attempting to change the denotations and connotations of words through consistent misuse. A recent example is CRT. Most people cannot define it and those that can often do so incorrectly. Communism and Socialism are also used in this manner. Most people can no longer define these words accurately because they are used inaccurately so frequently. This is especially insidious because it prevents actual discourse from happening. After all, if I said water and you think I mean milk, we will never be in agreement and most of the time won't be able to figure out we are using different definitions.
In terms of misuse of words there is also the Motte & Bailey fallacy of using a very broad definition of a word in one context and a very narrow one in another, e.g. religious people saying God is that person who made that and that rule to follow and who personally hears prayers and who talked to Moses on the mountain,... and then when they are cornered in an argument about the existence of God suddenly God is just a vague prime cause.
Your post reminds me of a meme I saved. I can’t relate to the first part because I’m too old to have played anything…. “You know how your parents used to call every console a “Nintendo”? Well, that’s how conservatives use the word “socialist” to describe anything to left of hunting the homeless for sport.”
When I was taking a university class on publishing scientific papers, we were ordered to get a result for a survey. Then poll students in a public place and get the targeted results. We were given two opposite results to "find". Like "80% of people support abortion" and "80% of people oppose abortion" There were many techniques to skew results, and we were expected to use all of them. And every group was able to hit their targets. The point wasn't unattainable targets to see how well you execute the manipulation of stats, but to prove to the students that manipulating "surveys" is trivial, and expect all surveys to be flawed, until you've read the details of how it was collected (and maybe after that, if you can spot flaws).
I taught my kids media literacy before they ever got to it at school. It's so important! And a lot of adults need remedial training. I'll be sharing this all over the place. I am SO grateful for this channel and its deeper dives into subject matter. Thank you!
Reminds me of an interview in the 80's with a guy explaining how a Soviet newspaper could mislead without actually lying. Example he gave was if Reagan and (I think)Gorbachev were in a car race and they were the only 2 in the race and Reagan won, the Soviet newspaper would report that there was a race and Gorbachev came in just behind the first place but Reagan only managed to come in just ahead of the last place position.
I once had a boss come in all excited he just saw a picture of the biggest dog he'd ever seen. He couldn't believe how large Irish wolf hounds grow to be. I told him they had protected Kings and Queens back in the day. Then he made a comment about them being bigger than people. I told him to bring up the picture. He was referring to a photoshopped of a woman and her dog, the dog being enlarge to Clifford like size. I had to walk away. This 35 yo rejected the evidence of his entire life to believe a picture on FB.
Grateful for having taken a Hermeneutics course, which got me into critical thinking. It's done more to elevate my existence than any knowledge gleaned from all my "fancy book learnin' before and after. Reason matters. ps. Was told about a study...researched it and founds it had 23 participants and lasted three days. Phuleeese. That's an Irish dinner party, not a study.🍻
Gotta love those "studies" that say "412 people out of 523 asked, said their hair looked better after useing........." or the classic "eliminates dandruff" (no visible flakes at a distance of 2 feet,- in small print at bottom of screen) heck, people are still sending money to Nigerian princes ! - facepalm smh etc : )
Unfortunately, it also happens with serious scientific papers. I am hypothyroid, and I read a study that concluded that no need to add Y thyroid hormone to X thyroid hormone protocol because it makes no difference. Then I looked closely at the actual numbers. There were about 85 people in the study (hypothyroidism affects anywhere between 2-8% of the American population, so we’re talking millions of people), and they replaced “5%” of the dose (100ug) of one with the other (5ug+95ug). The standard combo dose is 25%:75%.
@@GrumpyOldFart2 Want to hear a WORSE "study"? When I was in college to give an example of how NOT to do a study, they brought up one done I believe in the 1950's. Long story short they reported that 50 % of rapes didn't have a negative outcome. Why? Because they asked both the victims and the perpetrators and about a hundred percent of the rapists felt fine about it. The people who did that study should have been jailed as accessories after the fact.
@@GrumpyOldFart2 Whoah.🤔 Granted, had to read it a couple of times, because it shot over my head, but there's 'wonkey' all over those figures. LOL on the protocol not mattering, but I wonder if others caught that snafu. Good on you for picking up the numbers play. Bravo. ps. I used to think "peer review" was the Holy Grail, but not so much now. Seen some oddities come out of "legit" publications. Takes work to dig out the truth, but it's worth it.
I live in Kenosha WI. We're an unwilling media circus right now. Last year one of our journalists quit his job because of how the paper headlined one of his articles. There was a daylong event with many speakers, one of whom was pretty radical. The headline spoke to this one guy, presenting the entire movement against police brutality as well outside our cultural norms.
One of our local news is having an ongoing "special report" that they call "Is Portland Over?" And every time I see that, I think "well, let's just have a self fulfilling prophesy."
Most excellent video that can be shown in schools. I can picture a teacher showing this video, then asking the students to find examples of each tactic. The teacher could also play the video and at each example, write it on the chalk board, showing students how to consume THIS information. Additionally, the teacher could put examples on a paper and each student can write how each one makes them feel and how they would react after seeing them. I hope that there are teachers here that use this video in some way.
Great idea but how long until a certain political faction starts yelling that this will make all students distrust all journalists? As if CRT = BMS. Soon they’ll be burning books. We’re in trouble America.
@@diamondkharness I don't blindly trust any journalist, even Beau. I feel it's important for journalists to cite source information rather than news articles about source information. One example is when media was saying that Cadet Bonespurs called Mexicans animals. I read the transcript and listened to that part of the speech and it was clear he was talking about MS-13. Of course his cult was thinking Mexicans, not MS-13 because they were looking for someone to hate on, but the source means so much more than someone's opinion on it and Beau touched on that.
@@timothyball3144 and ms-13 is a 🇺🇸 born gang used to villainize people south of the border. Besides that, the gang is El Salvador immigrant based, not Mexican.
Misinformation in the video on misinformation!! :-) There are also commercial pollination companies working with wild bees, not just honey bees. Not sure they use bumble bees, but they use a variety of other wild bees for pollination. For some crops this even lead to better yields. It is still a quite small industry compared to honey bees, but it may be the future given the bad shape honey bees are in.
Actually commercial beekeeping operations are doing just fine, it's the wild bees and most other insects that are in serious decline. Just think back to the last long auto trip you took in the summertime and consider how many insects were splattered on your windshield. Now think back to 20 years ago to other summer trips that you took and remember how often you stopped to clean the windshield. Most everyone I have asked this reports a big drop in dirty windshields.
Lol the first half of this is what I was taught to do in my college writing courses. Of course they assume you're actually telling the truth which is why they kinda teach how to find trusted sources. Ultimately why I advocate for education reform, if you know how it's made then you'll more likely be able to catch when others are using tricks like these.
This video needs way more views. Linked back from a more recent question sent in. It's a great breakdown on the subject for sure. Media literacy is one of the key ingredients to saving our democracy.
Self taught means self correct constantly. Beau is catching me up with the college kids, like it or not. I actually really like the learning. This vid. Told me things about myself I did not know. Next challenge, use it to improve my communication skills. Well I'm going to try,. Lol.
Damn, dude. Not only is this an exceptional video on critical thinking and properly digesting news items, but the section on polls and statistics is basically a masterclass on critical appraisal of scientific studies. I might actually bookmark this and give it to all of my med students and residents in the future when we start talking about evidence based medicine. Seriously incredible job!
A dog had his chain reduced one link at a time, every few days, until his chain was so short he could barely move. He never resisted because he was conditioned to the loss of his freedom slowly, over time. It's happening to Americans.
Misinformation is really democracy's kryptonite. Developing critical thinking should be thought in school... But then maybe the Church wouldn't like the outcome...
News articles saying "what do you think?" is a pet peeve if mine. It's like, what do I think?? Nothing! Obviously I need more information--that's why I'm here! ... And that's when I go look elsewhere
Also with polling: Sample Size! Most polls have a sample size of less than a thousand people, yet people interpret them as "X% of Americans think Y." No, X% of 879 people who responded to the poll think Y. Small sample sizes aren't exactly statistically significant, especially when you throw in the other factors.
@@ChrisPage68 right, but everything else can be thrown out the window if the sample size is less than 1000 people, which the vast majority of polls have. You can have the least biased questions asked in the most neutral way that are in no way designed to evoke a certain answer, but none of it matters if the sample size is small. Nothing can make up for a poll that only reaches 0.0003% of the population, and there is no way to make a poll that small statically significant. 99.999999+% of polls conducted in America are statically insignificant and way too many people don't pay attention to that fact.
@@MrJonsonville5 I worked as a phone operator for an “information research facility” while waiting for my disability to hit. The operators are highly monitored, and follow a script, word for word from whichever party is seeking the poll. However, the questions are skewed towards whatever political point they’re after. Tricky or unclear questions, and multiple choice answers designed to trap the unwary. The 1,000 people statistic is not always true. More often than not, the poll is taken by state, or certain districts across the U.S. Like east coast vs west coast. The party paying for the poll is 100% responsible for the questions, and closely monitor the monitors. They even listen in on certain calls, with interruptions from the monitors to inject specifics to the operator. I couldn’t get out of that job fast enough. It’s most definitely a corruption, and more specifically from the party purchasing the poll. The cleanest poll I worked on was the Marist poll.
actually, IF you can select people at random, then a sample size of 1000 is perfectly fine. it's a wierd fact but the precision of polling does not depend on the total population, only on the number of people you poll. What we need to be carefull is how we select people, because true random is hard
@@zzzzzzzzzzzspaf randomness does help mitigate the problem, but there's still no way to accurately extrapolate the answers of less than a thousand people out to be an accurately representation of the views of 331 million people. Maybe if Americans were a monolith then polling a million people would have a chance of being a representative sample, but even then you're talking about 1/331th of the population. No amount of randomness can can cancel out the fact that 331 million individuals each have their own unique upbringings, genetics, experiences, world views, ideologies, etc. It's still statistically meaningless.
One to be on guard against that I've seen crop up a lot lately is to take an historical event and present it as though it happened this year. So people go to google it, see a bunch of articles with headlines about it, and believe that it's going on now. Two examples I've seen were, during the BIA protests, claims that miles and miles of buildings burned down in Portland Oregon due to rioting. Yes, this happened--a century ago. Something that also happened a century ago was that food riots took place during a quarantine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but I've known people who were convinced that it happened in 2020.
Republicans did a better job engaging their base. The issue for Dems is what will they learn from this loss? And will they take this knowledge and tailor their campaign strategies to ensure their base is energized? I’ve been involved with politics over 25 years and only one thing is permanent- that media will shape the narrative to increase readership, viewership or clicks.
My favorite false image was of "liberals keeping supplies from getting into Houston after Harvey!" The picture was of people holding hands and blocking cars on a highway--wearing jackets, with snow on the ground. Harvey was in August in Houston, not a prime season or location for snow,
"Does Beau kick puppies?" "Yes!" is absolutely the answer if the 'there's no smoke without fire' crowd give the answer. Like, it's no good if someone is acquitted of the allegations held against them, the suggestion is already there and it's shaping people's opinions about them. It's damning when you see that - in a societal sense, not yet a lawful sense - we've strayed far away from 'innocent until proven guilty'. I wouldn't even say we're at 'guilty until proven innocent' in certain circles. We're at 'guilty regardless of evidence', because we're so stoked up on outrage and it's all fed back into the system because outrage is the strongest emotion to sell.
Reminds me of this 80s tv show episode where the main guy was a reporter for a tabloid that was working on a article about aliens and Elvis and tried to contact Carl Sagan for a response. Carl Sagan's people said he was confused by what the reporter was talking about. So Reporter puts in article "Elvis may have been an alien? Carl Sagan quoted, 'I'm baffled by this!'" The tabloid people applauded him for that. Wasn't technically wrong, but wasn't right either.
Jane McAlevey, "If nothing else, it's called inoculation in union campaigns: putting out a little of the poison before the boss so the base has antibodies."
A great book that covers some of these and a lot of other great things including how to be a better critical thinker and consumer is "Weaponized Lies" by Daniel Levitin
@@briansmutti hey, that's awesome! I promise you will not regret it. It's my number one required reading and you'll honestly be amazed at how helpful it is and how prevalent a lot of misleading tactics are. Please hit me up when you finish it. Would love to hear your thoughts!
Reminds me of something I read a while back, about a good rule to follow: Almost every newspaper headline that ends in a question mark can be correctly answered with "No".
Part of the problem is because we live in a conservative-capitalist society (for those who didn't notice, it's not working btw). Media is already intrinsically prone to showing us all of the negatives that happen infrequently, and very rarely show the everyday kindnesses, acts of love, and you know, normal everyday life. Good things happen on such a far more massive scale, this is not newsworthy. Add the intrinsic greed of conservative-capitalism, and the problem is far greater.
I saw that actual poll, about is Trump a good president, on Facebook a few years ago and Yup you got it right I didn’t/couldn’t answer since there was no option for me. SMH 🤦🏻♀️
I once saw a headline, front page, about the Jonestown Massacre that read, ‘WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE NOW’ . The paper sold out of the street boxes quickly.
My favorite non-math example of statistical bias was a joke. Sam was talking with Bob... "I was out drinking last Friday and drank rum and Coke... Boy did I wake up hung over. Saturday I tried Jack and Coke and the same thing happened. Sunday it was vodka and Coke... Same. Bob: I guess you need to give up Coke. It's funny, as a math guy I grasped it through that lens, but just now realized that it covers polling too.
Since I’ve seen a few misinformed anti-psychiatry/mental health things recently (shared by people all over the political spectrum), phrases like “seems to” and “appears” are normal and professional in clinical writing. This isn’t to mislead but to acknowledge limitations of knowledge. Only people outside mental healthcare think psych isn’t hyper aware of it’s limitations (ethics, individual differences, funding/resources, ethics…) Before anyone comes at me, I’m not saying psych is perfect by any means; there are plenty of issues (healthcare shouldn’t be a business). However most of these critiques are based off things that have been outside mainstream belief/teaching/practice for 40 years and very misleading
The best example I can think of that represents this is the side by side pictures of people in Iraq tearing down a huge Saddam statue. I've side is Fox news and the other was the full picture taken from the sky. The Fox picture darned to show the people willingly getting help from a tank to rip the statue down. The full picture showed US troops and tanks guns pointed at the crowd forcing them to pull the statues down.
Way back when I was in junior high, in the early 1970’s, we had a mandatory class called “Communications”. One of the focal points of this class was teaching you how marketing and advertising was used as a tool of manipulation, to have an effect on your behavior. This was decades before the internet. We need this concept to be taught today, in a big way. Your Cliff’s notes version here is very insightful.
Every 9th grade history class should show this video. Also, that image rotation thing is new to me! [Reverse image searches are also a great tool to see if you’re being catfished.]
The part about headlines used to inflame is why I have stopped watching videos from people that I mostly agree with. When I see them, I know that they are trying to get people to have a reaction rather than understand the topic and I would see that in the comment section. Time after time, the comments are about that headline, rather the information put out there.
Yeah I'm getting tired of video headlines about people I don't like being "destroyed." They're still online fooling people and making money. Nobody got destroyed.
Beau. This is great. When you were talking about poles, I was thinking of how this was similar to statistics, then you said it! I learned in the 90s, as a Humane Officer just how easily stats get skewed! And that wasn't on purpose!👍🥰💖✌
Rasmussen still conducts the vast majority of their polling via landline. I have not had a landline telephone in at least 15 years. I'm surprised stores even still sell them.
The ad I got for this vid is a lady talking about so.e forgotten secret as she pours salt into half a cored out onion... couldn't have been more appropriate
Great show. I have a 93 year old mother that watches TH-cam meidas touch, but she gets sucked into the NBC rabbit hole because she has trouble changing the program. Im always amazed at the rhetoric.
Beau, lol, second comment, couldn't resist. I saw the honey, but because I know of your intelligence, I 'assumed' you knew honey bees aren't bumble, and just took it as part of the importance of saving ALL pollinators, and truly, ecology. And, more on climate change. No need to correct it, in comments it seemed most got the real message! Your integrity is not questioned, by most of us. Ever. Sanity, maybe a little, lol. Integrity, nah. 👍🥰💖😅✌
Thanks for this channel. Might you do a deep dive on Eric Garland and what the Department of Justice is able to do? I am thinking along the lines of bringing charges against anyone.
Beau brilliant as always; I actually think, irrespective of the length of the video, that you should upload this to your other channel! More THIS message gets out to educate, the better!
Tactics and techniques used to manipulate Be on guard when: 1. If headlines elicit an emotional reaction A headline should inform you, not inflame you. They should pique your curiosity and not encourage you to form an opinion right away - Inflame through confirmation bias , encouraging team mentality - Technique: inserting a politically-divisive name (association creates first impression) - Technique: Insert a question 3:45- used to shape a narrative, an allegation - Technique: use a quote (plays into confirmation bias) - Personification- Sometimes valid and fair. 6:18 - Sometimes, tho, names are thrown in to be politically divisive when not directly connected - Example at 7:00. Tucker Carlson (Fox News) famous for using questions to shape a narrative but doesn’t answer the questions 2. Polls 7:10 - They are only as good as the way they were collected 3. Statistics 9:05 - Can be good when used to provide context (rarely used). Be cautious when being used to imply cause-and-effect. They may appear linked but don’t necessarily have a cause-and-affect relationship 4. False links (12:10) - A false sense of security is created when there are a several links. People assume they are true. 5. Image out of context (13:10) - Used to create outrage and misinformation. You can save an image in question and go to tineye and upload image to learn history and true context of photo. Note: Those spreading misinformation have learned to get around tineye by rotating the image. If no results come up on a questionable photo, try rotating it 6. Factual yet misleading statements (15:15) especially when taken out of context. This technique is often combined with the question technique to manufacture a narrative. 7. Misinformation from people being unclear (16:23) whether intentional or not. 18:45 When it’s intentional, it’s often combined with the question technique to manufacture a narrative. They play into a perceived lack of information 8. Assigning intent without context nor evidence (19:25) - Be aware when opinions are being given rather than facts. For example, when you hear these words, these are clues you are getting an opinion about someone else’s intent: “seems,” “appears,” “apparently.” Even when those specific words aren’t used, be leery and look for context and proof...not just opinions “If your favorite commentator makes you feel angry and outraged everyday, they are doing it on purpose, and they are probably creating false narratives in the process.”
Got up at 4 this morning to go make vaccines. Got home at 7 tonight. Have to do the same thing tomorrow. But stayed up to watch this. No kudos though, they pay me and my team. What I like is how Beau has such a good B.S. meter he calls himself out.
I always learned in statistics that correlation does not equal causation. Example: 90% of people who had a heart attack slept on a coil spring mattress in the last month.
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I recently saw a clip of Tucker saying "we haven't confirmed this but it just feels right". Talk about spreading misinformation, his audience just accepts his "feels right" as a set in stone fact.
If it feels right to Tucker, you know it's bad.
Faux TV appeals to lazy brains, saves them getting off the couch and looking up stuff.
👋🏼 Hola amigo. Covering his ass, while at the same time suggesting a false narrative is the same thing as outright lying. Or should be anyway. The intent is there anyway. I wish creeps like him, and the orange toddler would see justice. We need to curb the direction our country is going fast. It looks like it’s in the middle of a flush.
I have no evidence to support this but it feels like (see what I did there?) Tucker consistently uses most of the techniques Beau talks about in this video.
It used to be that i fully supported the statement "trust your gut." If I felt unsafe in a situation, I didn't question it, I just left. Now, the same statement makes me twitchy, because it has been so misused, and people now "trust their gut," even in the face of factual evidence to the contrary.
The brash statement followed by a question mark is very common here on TH-cam. A very big posthumous thank you to my 7th grade English teacher, Mr. Burton, for teaching all us little peckerwoods about all the different forms of propaganda and thought manipulation. Wasn't in the curriculum, he just thought it was important. A real teacher.
Thank you for this, explaining click bait to my husband is difficult because he's already emotionally committed
I always ask myself who benefits from me hearing what they're saying.
Cui bono
I try to explain to people that I don't want their money from them because I'm not trying to sell them anything...lol
If somebody is trying to get you to give them your money it's probably wise not to believe everything they selling.
@@FrankLemonjello Cui bono = "To whose benefit?" / : [noun] a principle that probable responsibility for an act or event lies with one having something to gain.
@@karenjohannessen8987 Translation says - Which is good
Beau is the wisest Florida Man.
Tell me, fellow internet person, who is wiser? I must know!
@@forrestl5597 Uh, informed people who make critical evaluations of the most basic information, duh. Did you not watch the whole video?
@@Gimpygladiator I guess I don't understand. You're saying that would make me wiser than Beau?
What, not a deSantis fan?
Worlds dumbest conversation
I had a professor who gave a great demonstration about why statistics should be treated with some caution. She asked, “How many of you smoke?” About a third of the class raised a hand. “How many of you drink?” About half the class raised a hand.
“Interesting… so how do you folks in the second group stay hydrated?”
If you collect your data in the right way, you can prove damn near anything.
that is a good one,
i need to remember it
My brother's high school statistics class had an assignment to fake a conclusion. Having people do something wrong on purpose can be eye-opening, it stuck with us and I wasn't even in the class.
The one I remember was a positive correlation between teachers' salaries and alcohol sales implying they spent it all on booze. Jokingly marked down because the assignment was supposed to be fake.
Spot on Beau! Years ago in the Army we had training on Soviet disinformation/misinformation tactics and you laid it out beautifully. Thank you!
Did they have classes on the American equivalent? 😜
Thank you for your valuable contributions to Beau's sites. I always appreciate your insights. You rock!!
Coincidence that you mention Soviet Disinformation.
Used to be subscribed and avid viewer of RT (a Kremlin owned news network that has had many connections with Alex Jones and Info Wars and inflammatory disinformation that is geared towards disunity in Europe).
Seems a lot of disinformation outlets and RT are pretty darn similar.
@@olivergrayhoundII Russia Today, not Russia Times 🙂
@@ChrisPage68 I'm pretty sure the soviet soldiers had the same kind of trainings about Western disinformation/misinformation tactics. Nowadays it's official and you just have to look at which NGOs are funded by the National Endowment for Democracy and make the correlation anytime they are mention in our media as the source of informations about the other side.
Another common tactic used to attempting to change the denotations and connotations of words through consistent misuse. A recent example is CRT. Most people cannot define it and those that can often do so incorrectly. Communism and Socialism are also used in this manner. Most people can no longer define these words accurately because they are used inaccurately so frequently.
This is especially insidious because it prevents actual discourse from happening. After all, if I said water and you think I mean milk, we will never be in agreement and most of the time won't be able to figure out we are using different definitions.
It's why I've learned to ask people what they personally mean by certain terms, because they might have NO idea besides "someone told me it was bad"
In terms of misuse of words there is also the Motte & Bailey fallacy of using a very broad definition of a word in one context and a very narrow one in another, e.g. religious people saying God is that person who made that and that rule to follow and who personally hears prayers and who talked to Moses on the mountain,... and then when they are cornered in an argument about the existence of God suddenly God is just a vague prime cause.
Your post reminds me of a meme I saved. I can’t relate to the first part because I’m too old to have played anything….
“You know how your parents used to call every console a “Nintendo”? Well, that’s how conservatives use the word “socialist” to describe anything to left of hunting the homeless for sport.”
Most any poll without context, no matter how scientific, can be skewed to forward the narrative you want.
As my dad always said “ question everything “ !!!!
When I was taking a university class on publishing scientific papers, we were ordered to get a result for a survey. Then poll students in a public place and get the targeted results.
We were given two opposite results to "find".
Like "80% of people support abortion" and "80% of people oppose abortion"
There were many techniques to skew results, and we were expected to use all of them. And every group was able to hit their targets. The point wasn't unattainable targets to see how well you execute the manipulation of stats, but to prove to the students that manipulating "surveys" is trivial, and expect all surveys to be flawed, until you've read the details of how it was collected (and maybe after that, if you can spot flaws).
I taught my kids media literacy before they ever got to it at school. It's so important! And a lot of adults need remedial training. I'll be sharing this all over the place. I am SO grateful for this channel and its deeper dives into subject matter. Thank you!
@@suzygirl1843 media of all kinds have been at war with each other for decades. Predates social media.
Reminds me of an interview in the 80's with a guy explaining how a Soviet newspaper could mislead without actually lying. Example he gave was if Reagan and (I think)Gorbachev were in a car race and they were the only 2 in the race and Reagan won, the Soviet newspaper would report that there was a race and Gorbachev came in just behind the first place but Reagan only managed to come in just ahead of the last place position.
I once had a boss come in all excited he just saw a picture of the biggest dog he'd ever seen. He couldn't believe how large Irish wolf hounds grow to be. I told him they had protected Kings and Queens back in the day. Then he made a comment about them being bigger than people. I told him to bring up the picture. He was referring to a photoshopped of a woman and her dog, the dog being enlarge to Clifford like size. I had to walk away. This 35 yo rejected the evidence of his entire life to believe a picture on FB.
@@tenofivelips Amazing gullibility!
Bravo! More parents need to arm their kids with internal lie-detectors so they sort the crap they will be bombarded with forever.
Grateful for having taken a Hermeneutics course, which got me into critical thinking. It's done more to elevate my existence than any knowledge gleaned from all my "fancy book learnin' before and after. Reason matters.
ps. Was told about a study...researched it and founds it had 23 participants and lasted three days. Phuleeese. That's an Irish dinner party, not a study.🍻
Gotta love those "studies" that say "412 people out of 523 asked, said their hair looked better after useing........." or the classic "eliminates dandruff" (no visible flakes at a distance of 2 feet,- in small print at bottom of screen) heck, people are still sending money to Nigerian princes ! - facepalm smh etc : )
Unfortunately, it also happens with serious scientific papers. I am hypothyroid, and I read a study that concluded that no need to add Y thyroid hormone to X thyroid hormone protocol because it makes no difference.
Then I looked closely at the actual numbers. There were about 85 people in the study (hypothyroidism affects anywhere between 2-8% of the American population, so we’re talking millions of people), and they replaced “5%” of the dose (100ug) of one with the other
(5ug+95ug). The standard combo dose is 25%:75%.
@@GrumpyOldFart2 Want to hear a WORSE "study"? When I was in college to give an example of how NOT to do a study, they brought up one done I believe in the 1950's. Long story short they reported that 50 % of rapes didn't have a negative outcome. Why? Because they asked both the victims and the perpetrators and about a hundred percent of the rapists felt fine about it. The people who did that study should have been jailed as accessories after the fact.
@@GrumpyOldFart2 Whoah.🤔 Granted, had to read it a couple of times, because it shot over my head, but there's 'wonkey' all over those figures. LOL on the protocol not mattering, but I wonder if others caught that snafu. Good on you for picking up the numbers play. Bravo.
ps. I used to think "peer review" was the Holy Grail, but not so much now. Seen some oddities come out of "legit" publications. Takes work to dig out the truth, but it's worth it.
@@GrumpyOldFart2 ps. Hope you're doing well with the hypothyroidism. Best to you.
I live in Kenosha WI. We're an unwilling media circus right now. Last year one of our journalists quit his job because of how the paper headlined one of his articles. There was a daylong event with many speakers, one of whom was pretty radical. The headline spoke to this one guy, presenting the entire movement against police brutality as well outside our cultural norms.
One of our local news is having an ongoing "special report" that they call "Is Portland Over?" And every time I see that, I think "well, let's just have a self fulfilling prophesy."
Most excellent video that can be shown in schools. I can picture a teacher showing this video, then asking the students to find examples of each tactic. The teacher could also play the video and at each example, write it on the chalk board, showing students how to consume THIS information. Additionally, the teacher could put examples on a paper and each student can write how each one makes them feel and how they would react after seeing them. I hope that there are teachers here that use this video in some way.
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Basic Media Studies.
Great idea but how long until a certain political faction starts yelling that this will make all students distrust all journalists? As if CRT = BMS. Soon they’ll be burning books. We’re in trouble America.
@@diamondkharness I don't blindly trust any journalist, even Beau. I feel it's important for journalists to cite source information rather than news articles about source information. One example is when media was saying that Cadet Bonespurs called Mexicans animals. I read the transcript and listened to that part of the speech and it was clear he was talking about MS-13. Of course his cult was thinking Mexicans, not MS-13 because they were looking for someone to hate on, but the source means so much more than someone's opinion on it and Beau touched on that.
@@timothyball3144 and ms-13 is a 🇺🇸 born gang used to villainize people south of the border. Besides that, the gang is El Salvador immigrant based, not Mexican.
Geez, I'm old 🙂 Teachers and parents back in the day, taught us this. You did an awesome job of laying it all out.
I remember Stephen Colbert asking a guest “George Bush, great president or the greatest president?” 😂
Prior to 45: "he is, without a doubt, the worst president I've ever heard of"
I miss the old Colbert Report... the late-night show meatgrinder has not been nice to him
Jon Stewart turned the tables on him during a guest-host spot using 45 as the pres in question. Colbert's discomfort was hilarious.
Misinformation in the video on misinformation!! :-)
There are also commercial pollination companies working with wild bees, not just honey bees. Not sure they use bumble bees, but they use a variety of other wild bees for pollination. For some crops this even lead to better yields. It is still a quite small industry compared to honey bees, but it may be the future given the bad shape honey bees are in.
Actually commercial beekeeping operations are doing just fine, it's the wild bees and most other insects that are in serious decline. Just think back to the last long auto trip you took in the summertime and consider how many insects were splattered on your windshield. Now think back to 20 years ago to other summer trips that you took and remember how often you stopped to clean the windshield. Most everyone I have asked this reports a big drop in dirty windshields.
Lol the first half of this is what I was taught to do in my college writing courses. Of course they assume you're actually telling the truth which is why they kinda teach how to find trusted sources.
Ultimately why I advocate for education reform, if you know how it's made then you'll more likely be able to catch when others are using tricks like these.
It's also why in college you have to note your sources of info understandably.
I have a propaganda playlist.
A favorite old timey saying, "figures don't lie but liars still figure."
I love the Ben & Jerry/drowning correlation lol. Fun example.
This video needs way more views. Linked back from a more recent question sent in. It's a great breakdown on the subject for sure. Media literacy is one of the key ingredients to saving our democracy.
Self taught means self correct constantly. Beau is catching me up with the college kids, like it or not. I actually really like the learning. This vid. Told me things about myself I did not know. Next challenge, use it to improve my communication skills. Well I'm going to try,. Lol.
Love the video and everything you said with one exception: there is indeed something outrageous happening everyday.
True! I'm trying to find a balance between not becoming inured to the outrageous and not being angry all of the time. It's tough nuggets.
Worlds end everyday.
Damn, dude. Not only is this an exceptional video on critical thinking and properly digesting news items, but the section on polls and statistics is basically a masterclass on critical appraisal of scientific studies. I might actually bookmark this and give it to all of my med students and residents in the future when we start talking about evidence based medicine. Seriously incredible job!
A dog had his chain reduced one link at a time, every few days, until his chain was so short he could barely move. He never resisted because he was conditioned to the loss of his freedom slowly, over time. It's happening to Americans.
These info-judging videos are wonderful.
the question on Faux News would be, "What got Beau into kicking puppies?" or "How long has Beau been kicking puppies?"
"Has Beau stopped kicking puppies?"
"People are saying..."
"Has Tucker Carlson stopped beating his wife?"
"Are WE to assume that Beau believes that we should all kick puppies, simply because he does?"
The critical question is; Does Beau still kick puppies.
Each question you have to ask exponentially increases the likelihood that your compadre is unready to follow thru, or worse yet he's a put-on artist.
I find it very troubling that any human finds entertainment in being outraged. Seems like a terrible waste of energy.
A good rule of thumb handed down to me: If a headline asks a question, don't bother reading the article, the answer is "No."
Misinformation is really democracy's kryptonite. Developing critical thinking should be thought in school... But then maybe the Church wouldn't like the outcome...
... any headline with the word "slams" in it ...
News articles saying "what do you think?" is a pet peeve if mine. It's like, what do I think?? Nothing! Obviously I need more information--that's why I'm here! ... And that's when I go look elsewhere
Also with polling: Sample Size! Most polls have a sample size of less than a thousand people, yet people interpret them as "X% of Americans think Y." No, X% of 879 people who responded to the poll think Y. Small sample sizes aren't exactly statistically significant, especially when you throw in the other factors.
Who commissioned and carries out the poll is a clue to the answers they're after.
@@ChrisPage68 right, but everything else can be thrown out the window if the sample size is less than 1000 people, which the vast majority of polls have. You can have the least biased questions asked in the most neutral way that are in no way designed to evoke a certain answer, but none of it matters if the sample size is small. Nothing can make up for a poll that only reaches 0.0003% of the population, and there is no way to make a poll that small statically significant. 99.999999+% of polls conducted in America are statically insignificant and way too many people don't pay attention to that fact.
@@MrJonsonville5 I worked as a phone operator for an “information research facility” while waiting for my disability to hit. The operators are highly monitored, and follow a script, word for word from whichever party is seeking the poll. However, the questions are skewed towards whatever political point they’re after. Tricky or unclear questions, and multiple choice answers designed to trap the unwary. The 1,000 people statistic is not always true. More often than not, the poll is taken by state, or certain districts across the U.S. Like east coast vs west coast. The party paying for the poll is 100% responsible for the questions, and closely monitor the monitors. They even listen in on certain calls, with interruptions from the monitors to inject specifics to the operator. I couldn’t get out of that job fast enough. It’s most definitely a corruption, and more specifically from the party purchasing the poll. The cleanest poll I worked on was the Marist poll.
actually, IF you can select people at random, then a sample size of 1000 is perfectly fine. it's a wierd fact but the precision of polling does not depend on the total population, only on the number of people you poll.
What we need to be carefull is how we select people, because true random is hard
@@zzzzzzzzzzzspaf randomness does help mitigate the problem, but there's still no way to accurately extrapolate the answers of less than a thousand people out to be an accurately representation of the views of 331 million people. Maybe if Americans were a monolith then polling a million people would have a chance of being a representative sample, but even then you're talking about 1/331th of the population. No amount of randomness can can cancel out the fact that 331 million individuals each have their own unique upbringings, genetics, experiences, world views, ideologies, etc. It's still statistically meaningless.
Thanks for the information. I understand better, why I'm so suspicious of some narratives and so accepting of others.
One to be on guard against that I've seen crop up a lot lately is to take an historical event and present it as though it happened this year. So people go to google it, see a bunch of articles with headlines about it, and believe that it's going on now. Two examples I've seen were, during the BIA protests, claims that miles and miles of buildings burned down in Portland Oregon due to rioting. Yes, this happened--a century ago. Something that also happened a century ago was that food riots took place during a quarantine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but I've known people who were convinced that it happened in 2020.
On a different note, Virginia went Rep. Booooo!
Republicans did a better job engaging their base. The issue for Dems is what will they learn from this loss? And will they take this knowledge and tailor their campaign strategies to ensure their base is energized?
I’ve been involved with politics over 25 years and only one thing is permanent- that media will shape the narrative to increase readership, viewership or clicks.
@Railroad. I was so disappointed when I saw that. I keep wondering where will it end? 👋🏼😊
My favorite false image was of "liberals keeping supplies from getting into Houston after Harvey!" The picture was of people holding hands and blocking cars on a highway--wearing jackets, with snow on the ground. Harvey was in August in Houston, not a prime season or location for snow,
"Does Beau kick puppies?"
"Yes!" is absolutely the answer if the 'there's no smoke without fire' crowd give the answer.
Like, it's no good if someone is acquitted of the allegations held against them, the suggestion is already there and it's shaping people's opinions about them.
It's damning when you see that - in a societal sense, not yet a lawful sense - we've strayed far away from 'innocent until proven guilty'. I wouldn't even say we're at 'guilty until proven innocent' in certain circles.
We're at 'guilty regardless of evidence', because we're so stoked up on outrage and it's all fed back into the system because outrage is the strongest emotion to sell.
Reminds me of this 80s tv show episode where the main guy was a reporter for a tabloid that was working on a article about aliens and Elvis and tried to contact Carl Sagan for a response. Carl Sagan's people said he was confused by what the reporter was talking about. So Reporter puts in article "Elvis may have been an alien? Carl Sagan quoted, 'I'm baffled by this!'" The tabloid people applauded him for that.
Wasn't technically wrong, but wasn't right either.
Jane McAlevey, "If nothing else, it's called inoculation in union campaigns: putting out a little of the poison before the boss so the base has antibodies."
Welcome to Beau's course on Yellow Journalism! Lesson 1.
A great book that covers some of these and a lot of other great things including how to be a better critical thinker and consumer is "Weaponized Lies" by Daniel Levitin
i will order it today 🙂ty
@@briansmutti hey, that's awesome! I promise you will not regret it. It's my number one required reading and you'll honestly be amazed at how helpful it is and how prevalent a lot of misleading tactics are. Please hit me up when you finish it. Would love to hear your thoughts!
One of my favorite videos! I periodically rewatch it.
Reminds me of something I read a while back, about a good rule to follow: Almost every newspaper headline that ends in a question mark can be correctly answered with "No".
My daughter picked up on the bees and schooled me on the subject
I was so proud of her
Love this! I wish every Fox viewer would watch it!
On the road again and I'm here for it.
Guilty of being manipulated. Good video brother.
I discounted the information about bumblebees entirely once honey was mentioned.
21:52 "If you’re outraged just by the headline, it’s on purpose."
Part of the problem is because we live in a conservative-capitalist society (for those who didn't notice, it's not working btw). Media is already intrinsically prone to showing us all of the negatives that happen infrequently, and very rarely show the everyday kindnesses, acts of love, and you know, normal everyday life. Good things happen on such a far more massive scale, this is not newsworthy. Add the intrinsic greed of conservative-capitalism, and the problem is far greater.
I saw that actual poll, about is Trump a good president, on Facebook a few years ago and Yup you got it right I didn’t/couldn’t answer since there was no option for me. SMH 🤦🏻♀️
I once saw a headline, front page, about the Jonestown Massacre that read, ‘WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE NOW’ . The paper sold out of the street boxes quickly.
My favorite non-math example of statistical bias was a joke.
Sam was talking with Bob...
"I was out drinking last Friday and drank rum and Coke... Boy did I wake up hung over.
Saturday I tried Jack and Coke and the same thing happened.
Sunday it was vodka and Coke... Same.
Bob: I guess you need to give up Coke.
It's funny, as a math guy I grasped it through that lens, but just now realized that it covers polling too.
Comedy duo I saw had the bit:
"I read about the evils of alcohol so I gave it up."
"Alcohol?"
"No, reading. Haven't touched a book since."
So, yeah.
i still think we should investigate this ben and jeries personel drowning people story
Since I’ve seen a few misinformed anti-psychiatry/mental health things recently (shared by people all over the political spectrum), phrases like “seems to” and “appears” are normal and professional in clinical writing. This isn’t to mislead but to acknowledge limitations of knowledge. Only people outside mental healthcare think psych isn’t hyper aware of it’s limitations (ethics, individual differences, funding/resources, ethics…)
Before anyone comes at me, I’m not saying psych is perfect by any means; there are plenty of issues (healthcare shouldn’t be a business). However most of these critiques are based off things that have been outside mainstream belief/teaching/practice for 40 years and very misleading
Good stuff Beau! Most people would never think of these methods of manipulation by the news!
Respect (for all the people who fight for a clear, solid reality.)
Saving this valuable video, and sharing it out - "How to do Critical Thinking" FTW!
Thank you Beau ~ 💗
This goes to the top of my extra credit viewing list for students!
Thank you, Beau!!
Well Howdy there Beau, internet people here
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Howdy fellow internet people.
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I rarely go on these types of headlines. I go look it up on the internet. I look at more than two articles. Then I feel I have part of the truth.
The best example I can think of that represents this is the side by side pictures of people in Iraq tearing down a huge Saddam statue. I've side is Fox news and the other was the full picture taken from the sky. The Fox picture darned to show the people willingly getting help from a tank to rip the statue down. The full picture showed US troops and tanks guns pointed at the crowd forcing them to pull the statues down.
Way back when I was in junior high, in the early 1970’s, we had a mandatory class called “Communications”. One of the focal points of this class was teaching you how marketing and advertising was used as a tool of manipulation, to have an effect on your behavior. This was decades before the internet. We need this concept to be taught today, in a big way. Your Cliff’s notes version here is very insightful.
Every 9th grade history class should show this video.
Also, that image rotation thing is new to me!
[Reverse image searches are also a great tool to see if you’re being catfished.]
FANTASTIC vid. Basic education on interpreting _news._ Well done and thank you!
The part about headlines used to inflame is why I have stopped watching videos from people that I mostly agree with. When I see them, I know that they are trying to get people to have a reaction rather than understand the topic and I would see that in the comment section. Time after time, the comments are about that headline, rather the information put out there.
Yeah I'm getting tired of video headlines about people I don't like being "destroyed." They're still online fooling people and making money. Nobody got destroyed.
Beau. This is great. When you were talking about poles, I was thinking of how this was similar to statistics, then you said it! I learned in the 90s, as a Humane Officer just how easily stats get skewed! And that wasn't on purpose!👍🥰💖✌
I've learned many cannot differentiate between straight news, and then the 45 min afterwards TALKING about the news.
Thank you for your time, energy, and wisdom you share when making these videos.
Rasmussen still conducts the vast majority of their polling via landline.
I have not had a landline telephone in at least 15 years. I'm surprised stores even still sell them.
This information is so needed by our Nation right now.
Thank you.
The ad I got for this vid is a lady talking about so.e forgotten secret as she pours salt into half a cored out onion... couldn't have been more appropriate
We watch local news. Some of us are born with discernment.
"Congress's most recent proposals, and how they may affect you"
As my College Professor always said. "Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics"
Great show. I have a 93 year old mother that watches TH-cam meidas touch, but she gets sucked into the NBC rabbit hole because she has trouble changing the program. Im always amazed at the rhetoric.
Beau, lol, second comment, couldn't resist. I saw the honey, but because I know of your intelligence, I 'assumed' you knew honey bees aren't bumble, and just took it as part of the importance of saving ALL pollinators, and truly, ecology. And, more on climate change. No need to correct it, in comments it seemed most got the real message! Your integrity is not questioned, by most of us. Ever. Sanity, maybe a little, lol. Integrity, nah. 👍🥰💖😅✌
Thanks for doing this. My pet peeve is hearing 'Trump' or 'Obama' or others' appointed judges, who don't always rule in agreement with them.
I'm always wondering, "What does Maxine Waters have to do with any of this!?
Really not everyone is out to get me? Wait til my mom hears this!
Thanks for this channel. Might you do a deep dive on Eric Garland and what the Department of Justice is able to do? I am thinking along the lines of bringing charges against anyone.
"Straight & crooked thinking " great book wonderful presentation.
What a mine of true information you are, Beau. Thank you yet again.
Such an excellent and educational post Beau!!! People left and right alike can learn from this lesson.
Beau brilliant as always; I actually think, irrespective of the length of the video, that you should upload this to your other channel! More THIS message gets out to educate, the better!
Well Beau it Happens!
Every road has many paths!
Good information. Thank you.
Tactics and techniques used to manipulate
Be on guard when:
1. If headlines elicit an emotional reaction
A headline should inform you, not inflame you. They should pique your curiosity and not encourage you to form an opinion right away
- Inflame through confirmation bias , encouraging team mentality
- Technique: inserting a politically-divisive name (association creates first impression)
- Technique: Insert a question 3:45- used to shape a narrative, an allegation
- Technique: use a quote (plays into confirmation bias)
- Personification- Sometimes valid and fair. 6:18 - Sometimes, tho, names are thrown in to be politically divisive when not directly connected
- Example at 7:00. Tucker Carlson (Fox News) famous for using questions to shape a narrative but doesn’t answer the questions
2. Polls 7:10 - They are only as good as the way they were collected
3. Statistics 9:05 - Can be good when used to provide context (rarely used). Be cautious when being used to imply cause-and-effect. They may appear linked but don’t necessarily have a cause-and-affect relationship
4. False links (12:10) - A false sense of security is created when there are a several links. People assume they are true.
5. Image out of context (13:10) - Used to create outrage and misinformation. You can save an image in question and go to tineye and upload image to learn history and true context of photo. Note: Those spreading misinformation have learned to get around tineye by rotating the image. If no results come up on a questionable photo, try rotating it
6. Factual yet misleading statements (15:15) especially when taken out of context. This technique is often combined with the question technique to manufacture a narrative.
7. Misinformation from people being unclear (16:23) whether intentional or not. 18:45 When it’s intentional, it’s often combined with the question technique to manufacture a narrative. They play into a perceived lack of information
8. Assigning intent without context nor evidence (19:25) - Be aware when opinions are being given rather than facts. For example, when you hear these words, these are clues you are getting an opinion about someone else’s intent: “seems,” “appears,” “apparently.” Even when those specific words aren’t used, be leery and look for context and proof...not just opinions
“If your favorite commentator makes you feel angry and outraged everyday, they are doing it on purpose, and they are probably creating false narratives in the process.”
Thanks Beau!
WeezeyWaiter made a song on the first point! "A headline's not an article" runs threw my head from time to time when I see emotionally titled article
THANK YOU. Hopefully those that follow me on FB will watch and learn. HOPEFULLY!!!!!!!!!!!
I love this! Gave me a wealth of information and put words to my feelings and opinions. Thank you Beau!
Thanks again Beau for new insights...and much needed baffles & filters!
Putting a picture of cutting down a tree is fact. No words. A calendar helps. We see kids working in schools.
Got up at 4 this morning to go make vaccines. Got home at 7 tonight. Have to do the same thing tomorrow. But stayed up to watch this. No kudos though, they pay me and my team.
What I like is how Beau has such a good B.S. meter he calls himself out.
I always learned in statistics that correlation does not equal causation. Example: 90% of people who had a heart attack slept on a coil spring mattress in the last month.