The search for truth has never been more important than it is today.
It is difficult to know if your information source is news or just propaganda.
The next article/link below, goes into greater detail about the subject. While some information is taken from the actual article, here is a quick check on how you get your information and whether it really is Information.
You decide, it is your life and your families life that hangs in the balance.
Where you should be alerted to faked news or propaganda, which is given to control you.
Using selective stories that come over as wide-covering and objective, when only partial; facts or historical context are given. (These are given to reinforce their reasons and motivations. Designed to get you act on feelings of fear based on, others are threat to you or your happiness.)
Narrow sources of experts to provide insights in to a situation. (For example, the mainstream media typically interview retired military personnel for many conflict-related issues, or treat official government sources as fact, rather than just one perspective that needs to be verified and researched).
Demonizing(name calling or belittling) the enemy who’s words or information does not fit the picture presented, of what they want you to think.( You must not hear the others words, so drowned out their words.) Use of a narrow focus or range of discourse(discussion). Whereby only their judgments are declared,(one sided information) also creating a boundary on the discourse itself, are often not discussed. The narrow focus then helps to serve the interests of the propagandists.
If you are only getting one side of the story, beware, you will need to dig deeper and seek other sources, not related to this source of information, which can and do present alternate information. This is the only means of making informed decisions, by the witness of two or more, and then your rigorous questioning of the information.
The sources offered here present not only their analysis but their documents discussed, which you can then find on the internet and read for yourself. I recommend using DuckDuckGo as one of your search engines. It offers less propagandized results, meaning more open information.
https://www.globalissues.org/article/157/war-propaganda-and-the-media