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Our Story

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 Our Mission Statement To present teenage-friendly news for our community members to make them aware of current affairs and inspire them to be responsible citizens, being the change themselves. Our What, How and Why Here at The Veritas News Desk, we aim to provide our audience with the news they like. Be it sports, current affairs, the introduction of new policies or anything informative that one needs to be acquainted with, we strive to present it in a friendly manner. We publish completely uncensored & unbiased news and refrain from sharing any propaganda. Even though the news we present is uncensored, we try our best to present it in a comical and interesting manner that's engaging. We plan to present local news, especially news that concerns students. We aim to publish at least one issue every fortnight. That said, is news these days  really  true or easily understandable? Sadly, no. A lot of news sources use complicated words and advertise other news and sources,...

Debunking Propaganda

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An Anti-Propaganda Resource “ Social media allows you to reach virtually anyone and to play with their minds.” -Uzi Shaya, former senior Israeli intelligence officer Before we debunk propaganda, we need to know what propaganda is . Propaganda is information of a biased or misleading nature that is used to influence public opinion for ideological, political or commercial purposes. It achieves this by targeting and appealing to the emotions and beliefs of the public.  Propaganda is often one-sided and manipulative and thus spreads because of the absence of context.  Propaganda is extremely dangerous. In this resource, we state 5 reasons why you must not share propaganda.     1. Propaganda affects our mental health :  Consuming or interacting with too much propaganda affects our mental health severely. For example, misinformation on Covid-19 had many adverse effects on the mental health of the public. 2. Propaganda affects the way we approach situations and ma...