Do not only learn to ask questions that the media is NOT asking, but also learn to use alternative sources and media that is way beyond what everybody is regurgitating. That includes most of the recycled crap you see on most boards.

Think for yourself.

Every time you get emotional, think: who planted that hook there, for what purpose, what am I not seeing, because I am emotionally reacting (ie. what is being blinded from me) and how can I learn to be not so reactive to this planted hooks.