Why am I different? In grade school, a teacher was teaching us about newspapers and the distribution of information. What stuck with me was when he pointed out how to read the article and see what wasn’t included. Being a meditative child who enjoyed reading, I quickly realized that almost every article avoided putting in some facts, and used emotional language to shape opinion.
I was about 10, and at that age a person needs to trust authority figures, to feel that they are in control and are honest. The realization that this unfairness was happening was horrifying.
On a related note when I went to college in the 70’s it was required that we take propaganda analysis so we wouldn't trust the “man”. Interestestingly that course is no longer required.