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EverydaySpy Podcast

How to Decode News Headlines and Skip the Slant

EverydaySpy Podcast

Andrew Bustamante

Spy, Learning, Spies, Thinking, Human, Cia, Intelligence, Espionage, Education, Lifehack, Social Sciences, Advantage, Edge, Unfair, Science, How To, Humint, Secret, Growth, Business

4.7640 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

News headlines work hard to capture your attention in a few simple words. But those same headlines also give away a lot of information about their truthfulness, intent, and purpose. In this episode, Andrew shows you how to break down any news headline and know right away whether you can trust the information in the article. Don't miss this chance to look at everyday news and know right away if you can trust it!

Transcript

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0:00.0

My name is Andrew Bustamante, and this is everyday espionage.

0:07.0

Freedom! Freedom. Freedom.

0:28.1

It's impossible to talk about mastering information without also talking about the news.

0:35.3

And it's funny because the news is one of those areas where I get asked the most

0:40.0

questions. People ask me what news sources I like. People ask me which news sources I don't trust.

0:45.1

People ask me if I like foreign news or American news. People ask me if I consume news on TV or

0:51.9

whether I prefer it in writing, whether I prefer it on the phone,

0:54.7

whether I like it on Twitter.

0:56.2

It's amazing how many questions people have about the news.

1:00.9

And it tells me how invested people are in understanding real meaningful information.

1:09.0

And I can completely relate to that.

1:10.9

Because for me, information is everything.

1:15.1

Information is what gives us the ultimate advantage.

1:19.1

The advantage in business, in life, in personal security, in relationships.

1:24.0

It's all about information.

1:26.3

And one of those everyday areas where we all agree

1:31.6

that information is coming in and information should be worthwhile and information should be

1:37.8

trustworthy is when we talk about the news. Everything else kind of leaves information up for

1:43.8

interpretation, right? Like, some people

1:45.7

trust their parents, some people don't. Some people like to take advice from their friends. Some

1:51.2

people don't. Some people see social groups and social media and friends and colleagues and

1:58.5

coworkers as information sources and some of them just see them as distractions

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