PSA: How to Spot a PsyOp (Chase Hughes)
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Basic steps to SPOTTING A PSYOP - as Chase Hughes seems them [my comments]:
Source : Look for a reliable, non-emotional, corroborated source with NO known industry backing/ties [this is next to impossible - a few independent sources do exist, by they don't have boots on the ground. You have to cross-reference a lot of 1st hand, citizen journalism or pieces that masquerade as such]
Timing : Does the "new event" happen on top of, or just before a major scandal, election, or another operation that is being drowned out by this new shiny Op of the week. This is the Op as a distraction method they use.
Narrative : Are multipole (esp. mainstream news / social media accounts) parroting the same narrative, often word for word. Coordinated repeated all channel blasting coverage is a true sign of a psyop [This is double so, if all normal questioning and looking for alternative explanations are immediately censored or silenced]
Emotional triggers : Look for FATE content that try to steer you to FOCUS on single issue/event/explanation, draw on AUTHORITY to explain everything in a singular manner, divide you into TRIBEs and pit you against another tribe, and finally most important: try to arouse strong EMOTIONS of hate, fear, anger, jealousy. Esp if you see emotional language, just stop exposing yourself to the narrative. It's an Op [This pretty much rules out 99% of media, which if fine, because 99% of it is an Op or an attempt to try and keep you in a constant state of fear, so that you are more suggestible]
Who Benefits? : If the Op news / narrative / push was true, who would benefit and how? Especially if the narrative would justify more control, more surveillance, new laws, new restrictions or cancelling out your basic freedoms : it is an op [Yes, this alone would have made it easy to realize COVID was an Op from the get-go. The basic gist is this: If a NEW THREAT is GLOBAL and against which there is ONLY ONE-SIZE FITS ALL SOLUTION and it involves GIVING UP YOUR RIGHTS then it is 100% an Op]
Coverage Patterns : If News about an Op start appearing everywhere, all the time and drowning out normal day-to-day and major news events - then it's an ongoing PsyOp [Climate Change, Covid, Mystery Drones, 2019 UFO disclosure, etc etc etc]
Follow-ups : Real news evolve as more information is found out and events happen in the ground : thus the story and narrative evolve and factually corroborated pieces are put together in real events. PsyOps just fade away from the news cycle after they've served their purpose (fear, distraction, giving up rights) - they have near zero follow up, unless they revived again as a repeat.
Trust Your Gut : If it feels scripted, it most likely is. Then go back check this list again. He recommends using "AI" to get your news [Using AI is another Op, do not do this, it's just biased crap]
Stay grounded : Live in real life, with real people, not just online and consuming news. Being grounded in real life is one of the best protections against PsyOps. [Being online too much and on social media is one of the worst things for your gut check, sanity and ability to spot PsyOps]
Nice checklist to pass on to normies that are aware of the idea of pysops. Was going to point out the "ask ChatGPT" line but then noticed you did already in #8.
Definitely stay away from using LLMs as a trusted source of anything. It's a means of control, not an information dispensary. Use it for what it's good at: starter drafts for day-to-day writing, a decent natural language search tool for internal data and some dynamic automations. Or just don't use it at all, but definitely don't let yourself slip into using it as a first option.
EDIT: also, he kind of implies that AP, Reuters and Wall Street Journal are non-sensationalist and trustworthy sources of information. Obviously not true, though they generally won't be the first places to start ops, they always eventually play their parts in the longer running and permanent ops.