Data Propaganda: An Introduction to Avoiding Data Lies 1/ evolytics.com/blog/data-prop…
2/ “Much like statistics, data discusses precise numbers and can sound quite authoritative. Therefore, we are more likely to instantly believe this information, rather than question it.”
3/ “Another way that true data can be made to be misleading is selecting only data points that support a certain narrative.” 
4/ List of propaganda techniques to recognize. uvm.edu/~jleonard/AGRI…
5/ “DISTORTION OF DATA or OUT OF CONTEXT or CARD STACKING or CHERRY PICKING: This technique is used to convince the audience by using selected information and not presenting the complete story.”
6/ Examples: "A study was done that showed eating peanut butter causes liver cancer" (the fact that later the study was later shown to be flawed or funded by the peanut butter haters and therefore suspect, is not revealed).
8/ Cherry picking = “zeroing in on evidence that reinforces [an] argument, & discarding evidence that doesn’t.***It usually doesn’t entail inaccurate info so much as incomplete info—facts ripped away from...context w/ other facts that wld drastically affect their interpretation.”
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