The Disinformation Kill Chain (MAGIC)

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Sam, a high school student asked me several questions for an independent study project on misinformation and propaganda. The questions are:
1. What are some common examples of misinformation/deception/propaganda online?
2. Can misinformation be categorized based on intent, content type, medium, subject matter, and source? If so, how can one identify them and their differences?
3. Deception and propaganda seem to be distinct from other types of misinformation. Please help me understand the differences, if they are different, past being intentionally manipulative.
4. What techniques and strategies are necessary/essential to create and disseminate misleading information?
5. What are some of the psychological and social factors that make individuals more susceptible to misinformation?
6. How and why is it difficult to change somebody’s mind after they have been exposed to misinformation?
7. How does repetition and distraction play a big role when it comes to people believing misinformation?
8. What is the easiest way to detect misinformation?
9. To combat misinformation, what strategies can be implemented for developing countermeasures to promote critical thinking?
10. What are some other resources or materials that could help my research?
The MAGIC Disinformation Kill Chain stands for:
MAKE the goal
ACQUIRE the target
GENERATE the disinformation
INFILTRATE the target (or INITIATE the operation)
CASCADE the amplification
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Get a Ryan McBeth Inaction Figure here: www.theknifehandco.com/ Sam, a high school student asked me several questions for an independent study project on misinformation and propaganda. The questions are: 1. What are some common examples of misinformation/deception/propaganda online? 2. Can misinformation be categorized based on intent, content type, medium, subject matter, and source? If so, how can one identify them and their differences? 3. Deception and propaganda seem to be distinct from other types of misinformation. Please help me understand the differences, if they are different, past being intentionally manipulative. 4. What techniques and strategies are necessary/essential to create and disseminate misleading information? 5. What are some of the psychological and social factors that make individuals more susceptible to misinformation? 6. How and why is it difficult to change somebody’s mind after they have been exposed to misinformation? 7. How does repetition and distraction play a big role when it comes to people believing misinformation? 8. What is the easiest way to detect misinformation? 9. To combat misinformation, what strategies can be implemented for developing countermeasures to promote critical thinking? 10. What are some other resources or materials that could help my research? The MAGIC Disinformation Kill Chain stands for: MAKE the goal ACQUIRE the target GENERATE the disinformation INFILTRATE the target (or INITIATE the operation) CASCADE the amplification For uncensored video, check out my substack at: ryanmcbeth.substack.com Like my shirts? Get your own at: www.bunkerbranding.com/pages/ryan-mcbeth Want a personalized greeting: www.cameo.com/ryanmcbeth Watch all of my long form videos: kzbin.info/aero/PLt670_P7pOGmLWZG78JlM-rG2ZrpPziOy Twitter: @ryanmcbeth Instagram: @therealryanmcbeth BlueSky @ryanmcbeth Reddit: /r/ryanmcbeth Join the conversation: discord.gg/pKuGDHZHrz Want to send me something? Ryan McBeth Productions LLC 8705 Colesville Rd. Suite 249 Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA

[@YahWay.]

Would like it if you did a breakdown of the 6040 method of propaganda preferred by Russians for many years

[@jjohnson6968]

Truthiness = versimilitude

[@TheJofurr]

Great video but I'm still waiting for that episode on the history of British Security Coordination and its relevance today!

[@4everseekingwisdom690]

Love the pre teen decorative motif you've got going on..

[@richfromtang]

bro... what is on your shirt tho? LOL

[@TiocfaidhArLa34]

I like to imagine the student sourcing his work and then the teachers checking the source to find some rando with a cigar in a bathrobe and a stained shirt ranting about propaganda.

[@brownstonecustomcabinetry5309]

Drinking and smoking Before a MORNING run!

[@lukearts2954]

@@brownstonecustomcabinetry5309 indeed. Ryan needs an intervention... And unfortunately I am not kidding...

[@GM-id9nu]

​@lukearts2954 You are not alone. I know it when I see it ,and I see it. Also poor choice to present to a HS kid while drinking and smoking a cigar.

[@lukearts2954]

@@GM-id9nu that kind of judgement is what goes out the window first in the dark place he must be in. I hope he finds help.

[@rebeccamerry]

@@GM-id9nu Literally so the kid has to do his own research and not just play the video in class for his presentation. Seriously doubt it was really an early morning bender.

[@michaelmoorrees3585]

"Everything on Twitter is disinformation". I miss the days when everything on the Internet was porn.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

In the comments on a news-related video, I had someone reply to me that there was no such thing as disinformation. It boggles the mind that someone with access to the internet cannot even look up the definition of a word. - edited for spelling

[@tangydiesel1886]

Now, legally, only adds can be that...

[@LegendStormcrow]

Well, it could be both.

[@miskatonic6210]

Porn is also disinformation...

[@DeathMonkeys]

It still is if you want it too

[@xion1305]

0:43 it was bugging me until you owned it 😂. Good man :)

[@Lifes-little-moments]

The famous, Ryan McBeth does what he wants! 😂

[@AreYouSerious-210g]

I wonder if Ryan intentionally smoked and drank during the video so Sam would have to do some original work of his own, instead of relying on just showing this video to the class. Hmm…

[@RyanMcBethProgramming]

Yep

[@marcsman07]

​@@RyanMcBethProgrammingsmart

[@jamesfowley4114]

​@RyanMcBethProgramming you gave a good framework to start with.

[@Lifes-little-moments]

The famous, Ryan McBeth, does what he wants!😂

[@ashleycook6025]

😂 I had assumed so! 😂

[@Forheavenssake1ify]

Mis-information - false information shared with no intention of causing harm Dis-information - false information shared intentionally to cause harm Mal-information - true information shared intentionally to cause harm. Propaganda - information shared intentionally in misleading way to promote a specific point of view.

[@travcollier]

I don't think propaganda has to be misleading. In fact, the most effective propaganda is just truthful... if the truth is on your side. Anyways, I remember the VoA from back in the day making a big deal about being honest (most of the time at least) but also definitely being propaganda. Long term, becoming an actually trust-worthy source of news/info was great branding for the USA.

[@LindaThompson-yf8ph]

This is a great summary! I'd recommend changing Mal-information to "true information shared intentionally without context to cause harm." Otherwise, it's just true information.

[@tanuvazi]

This. Stalin was responsible for more Soviet deaths than Hitler was. My intent? Stalin sucks. True? Yes. Propaganda? Yes.​@@travcollier

[@juhalampola1954]

@@travcollier Just recently I 'discussed' how some Finnish Defence Forces educational films are propaganda. You'd be hard-pressed to find a single straight lie in them, but they aren't exactly the Nordic rendition of All Quiet on the Western Front. Basically, remember that we got the best weapons and training, forget that war is hard. On the other hand, there are other films that talk about war being hard. Propaganda is one part of military training, while education is still the main point.

[@dennistate5953]

​@@travcollierI'm the weirdo still listening to VOA on shortwave.

[@LSBNerdlinger]

From a canadian high-school teacher, thank you for the work you do teaching us about misinformation!

[@Cayman192]

I've found it easy to spot both everywhere. Good example, I'm a gun owner, thus I like to watch my firearms related content sometimes then the algorithm puts up some Firearms News channel video with a headline "The government is coming to take away your______ turning regular owners into felons!" And that's all they talk about how some law was passed to ban _________ put whatever firearm related in the blank, could be slings or magazines. And then I watch the intro minute or two and I go "that doesn't sound right" and look it up. And it's about a bill at a state level somewhere i don't live. The point of the video is to make you emotional and to support *insert lobbyist group here* to fight back. A lot of stuff out there to make you lock step with a group.

[@SusCalvin]

I usually think of gun owners in segments. In my country the hunter segment is pretty big. Their idea of firearms is a tool you use situationally. They might not like people taking a firearm to the pub or keeping one in the car. The few collectors I know might own a lot of firearms, but they are closer to people who own a huge amount of mechanical watches or Barbie dolls or guitars. They think of historical importance of uniqueness or interesting engineering. Of course all these overlap, too.

[@alexanderrobins7497]

That is something I was hoping Ryan would bring up. If a source is telling you how to feel or they made their entire purpose "to own the _____", then they are likely complete trash. Even if I agree with someone's political view, tribalism and/or sniffing their own posh farts will drive me away. Granted, there is some value in understanding different polarizing view points on an issue to attempt to find some common ground or understand how to counter their propaganda effectively.

[@thecheapshot1065]

I agree with you and the singer campaign on the internet are out of control in both directions. So I tend to ask myself that something sounds like it's two out there to reality. That being said the second amendment is the second amendment for a reason and it's in our constitution for a reason I think any gun control at all anywhere is a chip out of the power of the people and the government being subservient to those people. A disarmed populace time and time again has proved that it leads to a government that doesn't feel like it needs to accurately reply to or explain itself to its people. So I guess be wary of the fundraiser fear campaign propaganda but remain aware of what your brothers in arms are fighting for. They wouldn't have to cherry pick manipulate and lie about the data in regards to firearms being such a threat if they were really that dangerous and made everybody murderers and psychopaths. Ensure there might be a hyperbolic campaign to raise funds for gun owners of America in response to some sledgehammer swing add our Wright's granite to Us by a higher power and reaffirmed in our constitution as a condition of allowing our government to exist but it's not always the first Hammer swing that causes the sidewalk to crumble but by the second third fourth swing it doesn't just crack it shatters. So although I agree with you that the fear campaigns are Non-Stop and there's nothing worse than having somebody tell you about some attack on your constitutional rights that may not affect you at this time an attack on one citizens

[@iberiksoderblom]

You have something on your shirt...

[@nickp.4995]

I can't not see it now

[@kosinski-music]

Damn you were fast, teacher.

[@SandyWolf-]

Chili was sooo good 😅😅

[@lhopi]

Came here to say the same. Haha

[@Hwarang-lee.]

It's the essence of manly hood. From all the whiskey and cigars.

[@Seth9809]

15:20, As an educator they are constantly trying to ban teaching about slavery.

[@GabrielPettier]

Yeah, and bringing the talking point about what the party was some 150 years ago, as if the same name today implies the same ideas, is… ugh, considering he’s talking about misinformation, that’s a bad look.

[@javierititin]

@@Seth9809 Both parties switched sides in the 60s as well so...

[@Seth9809]

@@javierititin It's more like the South started to vote for different people, and the two parties switched who they pandered to and why.

[@javierititin]

@@Seth9809 You'd think Ryan would know that.

[@Alex-bf3re]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@Seth9809 Your statement implies the South’s ideology changed, when it really did not. It would be more accurate to say the Republican Party changed its strategies/who it pandered to and then the South subsequently changed who they voted for.

[@VitasTamkevicius]

Hey Ryan! As always, appreciate your work in disinformation/misinformation area. Just one correction, to be accurate: Georgia’s people 🇬🇪 (Sakartvelo, native name of this country), is supportive of Ukraine’s fight for freedom, but current pro-russian government does not. Otherwise, incredible brief on the topic! Cheers to that! 😉🤝👍

[@ericdane7769]

Ryan just insinuated that Republicans of Lincoln 1850 are the same as those of today (with respect to slavery). 😅

[@Zayl1016]

Yeah Ryan is a general great resource, but will very rarely say some foot-in-mouth thing like this.

[@JonathanRossRogers]

Are you insinuating that Republicans of today are pro-slavery?

[@diannadefee]

Who else thinks Ryan should be the moderator for the next presidential debate?

[@redbeard5939]

I like Ryan, and I wouldn't wish that fate on most of the folks I don't like.

[@tripencrypt]

I like Ryan but I do not think his skill set would translate to that format. Given the performance of one candidate, I strongly doubt there will be a second debate. Though, I'd be happy to be proven wrong in that regard. McBeth's strength is having a pulpit to talk from and time to script, develop, and discuss the topic. That would reduce that amount of time candidates have to discuss their views, which is why you have the debate in the first place. The rampant narcissism of one candidate would not find Ryan's coolheaded debunking acceptable. Which would result in incessant complaining about how that candidate was treated unfairly.

[@symbionese2348]

@@tripencrypt I think diannadefee assumed the next Presidential (U.S.) debate will be about four years from now. Ryan McBeth will be alive and well then, we hope, and he might well be an effective moderator. He is not fettered by the journalism school obsession with "balance" and "neutrality," and could have the dis-inhibition to elicit the most revealing responses and keep the debate going.

[@Lifes-little-moments]

He is the famous, Ryan McBeth, so I agree. He is famous enough 😂

[@Mklepiros]

Stop bootlicking for likes, that is over with...

[@joekellyou]

To be fair to your mom, the George Santos saga had a lot of turns! 🤣

[@matthewhackman5153]

My big brother told me: "Whenever someone tells you something, ask yourself: "Why are THEY telling ME this?"

[@SusCalvin]

Vlad Vexler tried to explain his ideas of current Russian propaganda. The goal is not necessarily to change what people believe, just make them flip out. There's eight different narratives being pushed out at the same time. Ukraine started the war, there was no war, USA started the war, Russia started the war but for good reason etc. People who do not believe in the democratic conversation itself want to flood the selected space until we are numb.

[@SusCalvin]

I think current Russian depolitization play on that. You should be saturated and numb questioning the validity of all things until everything might as well be true. Russians can believe the state lies to their face, but also that every other alternative would do the same. So the only reasonable thing is apathy, inaction and hustle.

[@SuperMutantSomething]

Not every youtuber lits up a cigar on video. This kind of vibe is why I keep coming to this channel. Cheers from a Nato reservist in Norway!

[@The10thManRules]

Think whatever you want. Just do it critically and with genuine intellectual honesty. The 5 Steps to Critical Thinking: What is critical thinking? In general, critical thinking refers to actively questioning statements rather than blindly accepting them. Critical thinking results in radical free will. 1. The critical thinker is flexible yet maintains an attitude of healthy skepticism. Critical thinkers are open to new information, ideas, and claims. They genuinely consider alternative explanations and possibilities. However, this open-mindedness is tempered by a healthy sense of skepticism (Hyman, 2007). The critical thinker consistently asks, “What evidence supports this claim?” 2. The critical thinker scrutinizes the evidence before drawing conclusions. Critical thinkers strive to weigh all the available evidence before arriving at conclusions. In evaluating evidence, critical thinkers distinguish between empirical evidence versus opinions based on feelings or personal experience. 3. The critical thinker can assume other perspectives. Critical thinkers are not imprisoned by their own points of view. Nor are they limited in their capacity to imagine life experiences and perspectives that are fundamentally different from their own. Rather, the critical thinker strives to understand and evaluate issues from many different angles. 4. The critical thinker is aware of biases and assumptions. In evaluating evidence and ideas, critical thinkers strive to identify the biases and assumptions that are inherent in any argument (Riggio & Halpern, 2006). Critical thinkers also try to identify and minimize the influence of their own biases. 5. The critical thinker engages in reflective thinking. Critical thinkers avoid knee-jerk responses. Instead, critical thinkers are reflective. Most complex issues are unlikely to have a simple solution. Therefore, critical thinkers resist the temptation to sidestep complexity by boiling an issue down to an either/or, yes/no kind of proposition. Instead, the critical thinker expects and accepts complexity (Halpern, 2007). Critical thinking is not a single skill, but rather a set of attitudes and thinking skills. As is true with any set of skills, you can get better at these skills with practice. In a nut shell, critical thinking is the active process of minimizing preconceptions and biases while evaluating evidence, determining the conclusions that can reasonably be drawn from evidence, and considering alternative explanations for research findings or other phenomena. CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS >Why might other people want to discourage you from critical thinking? >In what situations is it probably most difficult or challenging for you to exercise critical thinking skills? Why? > What can you do or say to encourage others to use critical thinking in evaluating questionable claims or assertions?

[@TapOnX]

That's nonsense. Everyone knows that to become a "critical thinker" you need to follow these steps: - Identify a "mainstream" belief. There may be multiple competing mainstream beliefs, so just pick one you dislike the most. Decide that it is fake because corporations government elites money. That's called skepticism - Now, browse through "alternate" sources. Pick one that validates some of your preexisting beliefs or just sounds exciting, or maybe it is being propagated by this cool, funny guy. Believe it - it is not mainstream, and since we have established that mainstream=lies this one must be true - be very careful about that part, since doubting the "alternate" take makes you mainstream shill sheeple npc soyjack. Though feel free to put your own little twist on it if you're feeling creative - after all, skepticism is all about you, and how you feel. Anyway, this part is called "doing your own research", and it makes you smarter than all those people who listen to "the experts", maybe even smarter than "the experts" themselves. - Since we have already established that the "alternate" take is the truth, make sure to defend yourself from the lies. Isolate yourself from all that may contradict your true belief. Remember - since it is all about you, your belief is part of your identity, and trying to disprove it is equivalent to stripping you from your agency, subjugating you to the dreaded "mainstream". So make it the hill you will die on. Congratulations. You are now a free-thinking skeptic.

[@rubberbaby00]

Your example of Democrats erroneously believing that Republicans were trying to ban teaching of slavery would be more credible if desantis wasn't actually banning African American studies, banning books critical of slavery and pushing curriculum that says African Americans benefited from slavery.

[@mikeedwards2537]

I think that you’re proving his point.

[@rubberbaby00]

@@mikeedwards2537 oh sorry, are my examples figments of my liberal imagination? Okay sure. Or maybe you're implying that these patterns of behavior are just random and not indicative of intent. I understand why McBeth doesn't want to get political but whitewashing policy is unnecessarily deferential to conservatives.

[@Chris-ru5hb]

The inaction figure commercial is still my favourite

[@np4029]

Did he just equivocate the modern Republican party with Lincoln and anti-slavery?!?

[@subtlewolf]

Unfortunately. Perhaps he should ask an expert.

[@SusCalvin]

I think a chasm of time separates us all from past generations.

[@jesseestrada8914]

Saying that republicans cannot approve of slavery because 150 years ago people called republicans were antislavery is a very disingenuous argument. I don't know too many people today that ARE pro slavery but it isn't because of their political affiliations from 150 years ago.

[@JohnShalamskas]

They litmus test for tyrants is their stance on personal freedom and self defense. Tyrants cannot fully exercise power unless the populace is enslaved. Citizens with free speech and weapons of self defense have the means to successfully resist a tyrant that wants to enslave them.

[@5thGenJack]

My god Ryan did you really just do the “republicans ended slavery” 💀 I’m fucken dead

[@mabybee]

I made a brief, (long for a KZbin comment) general list of several things I’ve started doing in the last few years to help sort through the various types of information. 1) Any information I hear that I’m unfamiliar with or unlearned on, I do some quick research on it before I repeat it or get set on maintaining as true or false. More so if the information triggers an emotional response from me, whether it be of disgust or jubilation. Sometimes there’s only so much information you can learn on a topic - especially if it’s fringe topics that often birth and flame mis/disinformation - but a lot of times, it’s not hard to quickly spot the inaccuracies or accuracies between what you’ve heard and what is reported. 2) In general, it’s good practice to get comfortable with being wrong and understanding the feelings that come with that. It’s often those emotions that come with realizing you’re wrong that prevent people - including myself in the past - to reevaluate prior beliefs. I say beliefs plural because sometimes it’s not uncommon for incorrect information to be multifaceted and layered in a way that means I have to deal with multiple things I was wrong about. 3) Being honest with myself about my biases and preferences is key also. Recognizing what I prefer to believe or what is more comfortable to believe has helped me preventatively spot how willing I am to accept or deny certain claims, which then allows me to better deal with reality if it doesn’t agree with my prior preferences. 4) Trying to understand the preferences of those I hear things from. Trying to recognize the biases of who/what I’m getting information from. There’s often nefarious actors doing work out of the public eye so they can be hard to spot or even impossible to trace without being in the intelligence industry, but essentially just doing a little bit of investigative tracing of the bread crumb trail can point you in the direction of what motivations might be behind certain claims. At the very least, assessing how a person or entity has portrayed specific topics in the past can highlight their a priori worldview, which helps you determine why they might be portraying information a specific way. 5) One of the biggest things that’s really helped me work through everything is the old saying “don’t attribute to malice what can be explained by ignorance.” Once you recognize that most people are working from ignorance - at least in the general public - it gives you a level of patience and empathy that isn’t possible when you’re in the thick of emotions. 6) The patience part especially helps you navigate things beyond the immediate future; it helps in a social and traditional media climate that emphasizes being first over accuracy, a society that celebrates those that are first to be outraged over those that aren’t willing to inaccurately or misleadingly vilify. It’ll lead to you not holding “popular” beliefs as often but you’ll have a better grasp on reality. If you want accuracy more than popularity, it’s key to not fall into internet outrage circlejerks. If they end up being correct, then you can be outraged as well and you’ll have the proper information to help evaluate future scenarios. If they’re wrong, you won’t have to sort through the inaccurate information to determine what you need to correct, or worse, bury your head in the sand for the sake of maintaining an incorrect belief. It goes a long ways in preventing you from looking and feeling like a jackass. There’s more to be said about it but that’s just a few general things that have helped me navigate the climate of the world.

[@learningisfun2108]

Great post. I am particularly hindered by “not wanting to be wrong” and the feelings associated with that. I am working on it. I need to be OK being wrong. That’s learning, right? Thx.

[@phillipsofthedriver]

I'm over 60. It took me a LOOONG time to actually check source material for things I THOUGHT I knew before spouting them. I've misheard or misremembered so much stuff by now I don't trust those nuggets.

[@2beJT]

bro, what is all over your shirt? Looks like you need a new t from bunker branding co

[@hardwareful]

From the makers of Knife Hand: the Spoon Hand seems to need a bit of tweaking :D

[@2beJT]

that looks like he was eating soup with a plate and no spoon

[@UnwittingSweater]

🎶BUNKER BRANDING 🎶

[@blackcountryme]

Could do a new tee, that hit the spot, just not my mouth...😂

[@tdsil]

:45 there’s your answer

[@firbolg]

Love the ‘don’t give a shit I got chili on me’ shirt situation. As a middle-aged single Swiss man, I wholeheartedly concur! I’m a burnout from the mechanical engineering world after my PTSD finally caught up with me-along with a case of drug-induced hepatitis. Turns out, being a full-time working student with chronic pain wasn’t the best plan. Add to that smoking 4 to 6 pipes a day, drinking about eight espressos daily, and getting less than five hours of sleep for almost five years straight, all while working from 8 AM and finishing university at midnight. Long story short, I didn’t address my PTSD, and it wrecked me. Now, at 45, I’m back home in Switzerland, trying to reinvent myself after becoming officially disabled. I’ve been passionate about psychology since I was 16, and more recently, I’ve discovered the fascinating world of social psychology. I'm attending classes at the local university and I absolutely love it! Channels like yours offer great insight into how social psychology shapes our world in general and moreover, how disinformation works and interferes with our hearts and minds, and I really appreciate that. Thank you!

[@jasperzanovich2504]

15:26 You can't truly believe that is a good argument. That was 160 years ago. That is enough time for a lineage to change skin color and it certainly is enough for a political party to change it's objective. (This is an expression of incredulity, not an order.)

[@hansericsson7058]

You are both entertaning and accurate, and thats why you are successful at what you do Ryan. And by the way thank you for a great channel.

[@parttime9070]

Perfect example, the comments when Lahaina burned down.. Not long after , the concept of 'Laser beams ' and housing with blue roofing survived emerged.. Then you had and still have, all manner of malicious finger pointing started to become the norm..

[@peterweller8583]

The Republican Party today is not the same as the party of Lincoln.

[@kenshinyang7375]

1930 republican party is modern-day democrats

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

It's the party of Trump

[@mikeedwards2537]

True. Nor is the Democrat party that of Jefferson Davis.

[@stephenpina3326]

Duh. Does it even matter?

[@jstelzner]

Sorry but it's not your grandad's Republican Party anymore!

[@xxFxDx]

I'll be honest, presenting yourself as just a general info source more along entertainment and refering to "serious" sources is why I like your stuff so much. You don't overinflate your position or knowledge. If you make an informed guess, you let the viewer know. And if you mess up, the viewer also knows. Really appreciate that, it not only makes you a good source, but a very decent human. Kudos!

[@WithinReasonWithoutCare]

the irony of a video about mis/disinformation spreading mis/disinformation about Republicans/Democrats and the abolition of slavery in the US is not lost on me. maybe it's just a sign of how poor our education system is, but it is so disappointing when intelligent people are boldly ignorant about basic history. do better.

[@JohnShalamskas]

Nowadays we have the uniparty, all communists. Except for Trump and a small number of patriots. Of course, the uniparty wants them dead.

[@ilmuoui]

I legit thought it was part of a joke. Now I'm worried

[@prepper_nation_h]

I think his point in the video is that people often make tribally motivated assumptions that aren't based in a clear understanding of actual history, but rather tribal politics. Like a lot of contemporary Democrats work under an assumption that the Democrat Party is somehow annointed to be the arbiters of racial equality because they currently embrace a social justice platform without understanding that historically, Democrats were the party of slavery, the KKK and Jim Crow. It also ignores the fact that a significant subset of Republicans still view the GOP as the party of Lincoln and continue to have major qualms with Democrats' history of oppression. My guess is that most of the Republican "Never Trumpers" who see him as a fundamentally terrible candidate and human being, and who are either going to vote for Harris or a third party candidate, would fall into the "party of Lincoln" camp. They have the hindsight of history to know that Trump is not who they want to represent their party on the national stage.

[@robertw.anderson6102]

At some point around the time that I finished high school and before I got drafted I realized I was impressed by people that knew at least a little about wider variety of topics than people are experts on one subject. And I think it serve me well. And I’m always surprised by people seem quite satisfied to completely ignorant about fixing things around their house, car, or computer. Many baby boomers LIKE to say I don’t know anything about computers. I worked hard to hang onto things I’ve learned that never get used anymore. Like taking down an M-14 or M-16. Keep your mind open to new info. You never know where you might need it again.

[@DePisang_NL]

Critical question, if you discredit a political attack with a literal factcheck without mentioning similar behavior by the same group, could that be Propaganda? Example: you could say: Project 2025 does not say: stop teaching about slavery. Or you could follow it up with: there are certain conservative groups who are fighting against CRT being thought in school, these points in P2025 could make that easier, but that is a far cry from the statement made.

[@mikecopier8843]

I really enjoy your teachings about misinformation. Keep up the good work Ryan, because it is so much needed nowadays!

[@WodiesDad]

I'm waiting for the Bathrobe line.. C'mon.

[@hgv1883]

That my man is a smoking jacket 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Zenerd775]

@@hgv1883 hell yeah where’s the link? I’ll buy either.

[@LeonidiumProkopenko]

I have two triggers for disinformation: 1. Very emotional; 2. There is no continuation of the story.

[@SuiLagadema]

I don't think I've ever seen a former grunt, turned cybersecurity expert, who teaches about what he knows in youtube to give such an informative video to a kid who asked him if he could help him. I'm gonna be honest, how the hell is this man single?

[@Freek314]

Watch some more lol is this a joke?

[@neilfox4626]

The whisky and cigar before his morning run might be a clue.

[@Torchriver67]

SMART! Would a “SHE” allow him to be on You Tube with Chile on his shirt?

[@TehPwnerer]

choice

[@christopherstone2691]

Ryan knows better.

[@srm7640]

Doing an entire video to help out one kid with one assignment is some big NCO energy.

[@PlatonsArm]

You said you think you’re smart in this video. Yet you said ”Lincoln was a Republican” as if it has any bearing on the label ”Republican” as it is used and how we understand it today. Stephen Miller is a Republican.

[@melange78]

Gun control doesn't mean you can't buy a gun, it means there are restrictions and regulations regarding the process.

[@brandonlink6568]

15:30 talk about misinformation, I don't know what's in the Project 2025 thing but I do know that there have been 90 bills passed recently by Republicans regarding what can't be taught in schools and a sizable portion of them are part of the CRT freakout.

[@subjekt5577]

Yeah, Ryan has gone non-credible for project 2025 stuff. It's a shame.

[@Seth9809]

He shamed others for skimming it, but he totally skimmed it. If stuff doesn't openly state they'll do something evil, he says it's not there.

[@Ta-Mezczyzna]

@@subjekt5577 his more recent video focusing on the military aspect is a lot more informative and direct.

[@LividImp]

That "Lincoln was a shoemaker" story sounds a lot like something an AI would hallucinate.

[@sean900fps]

who is banning books again .. ? and who's refusing to teach history about slavery .? wasn't it ronnie from florida ?

[@JohnShalamskas]

Banning porn from grade school seems like a good idea to me, but I'm just a cave man.

[@Colin-u7d]

I love that you talk in such a way that the layman can understand and follow along with what you're saying which is vital when talking about subjects like this which they've most likely been programed to think one way or another about

[@Raz.C]

Ryan - Correct me if I'm wrong here Even if the U.S. HAD signed the ban against cluster munitions, sending them to Ukraine would still NOT be a war crime, yes? It might be a violation of that treaty, with repercussions in international law, but it wouldn't be a war crime. For something to be a war crime, as I understand it, it has to directly violate the Hague conventions AND the Geneva conventions.

[@darthamerica9119]

This is one of the most important videos you've ever made. People may not understand yet, but they will.

[@ClaymorePT]

Drink and Cigar at the morning coffee ? This guy is both a lord and a walking health hazard!

[@AJNpa80]

The average US schools curriculum doesn't teach critical thinking skills. Not until you get up into the college level humanities. Not public schools, not a bunch of religious private schools. In a democracy it seemed crazy that we don't teach people how to identify scams, grifts, misleading rhetoric. But then I realized, the marketplace needs millions of suckers and marks. The politicians, the churches, the corporations, love magical thinkers, emotional thinkers. I was on one side of the aisle. I started studying rhetoric, logic, propaganda history and techniques to make persuasive arguments for what I believed in my bones. Then I realized my political party and all the channels i was following were the most egregious offenders. Nothing but mirroring, strings of logical fallacies, half truths and statistics laid out on a board, a red string woven through to invent a narrative out of whole cloth. Then searching any point, for actual data, because facts not feelings, I found myself slowly changing my vote. 20+ years on one side and then the circus came to town.

[@jonathanbakalarz7786]

I want to know what school this kid Sam goes to because I have never, EVER, seen a high school student in the US with this degree of intellectual sophistication, and that's based only on the questions he asked. Wow. I mean, if this kid is real, maybe the future isn't so bleak after all.

[@symbionese2348]

In every generation there is cream which will rise to the top.

[@StevieQ]

The questions are more likely directly copied from the assignment.

[@CallsignEskimo-l3o]

I can imagine that during his service, Ryan put the mess into Mess Uniform.

[@lyfandeth]

The ruler next to the 7-11 door says you are only 5'7" tall, and you stop for snacks in some bad neighborhoods. 😮

[@artisan002]

The old school industrial music kid in me sees the breakdown of the MAGIC acronym, and instantly starts hearing Front 242's Headhunter playing in my head.

[@tomboyd7109]

Look up Carl Sagan's "Baloney Detection Kit".

[@SuperMutantSomething]

And Carl Pilkingtons "Bullshit man"

[@colinthepilot]

Be a generalist. One of my earliest memories is riding in the car with my dad, and he’s telling me about something Granddad knew something about. Granddad was not a college graduate, but was a merchant mariner, then an Airborne Officer in WWII, then an editor. I said, “wow, Granddad knows everything!” My dad said, “no one knows everything, but Granddad knows something about everything.” That’s shaped my life.

[@Pickledsundae]

"..had a little time before my morning run, so let's have a cigar, have a drink" Dude, I LOVE you man. People get confused when I tell them I'm smoking a cigar before the gym or while walking wearing my 40lb weight vest, but YOU get me 💨

[@ashleycook6025]

Good Luck On Your Paper, Sam! 🎉 Thanks for all the good questions, I learned so much from your questions and Mr. Macbeth's answers!

[@dawnturner8735]

** Diss-information or miss-information-The guy from Illinois can still buy a gun. He just has to complete the required registration and or courses then he can go get one. That is gun control. 😀🇨🇦

[@ScottRoney]

Spill chili on t-shirt, drink some whiskey, smoke a cigar, answer a HS students questions on deception and misinformation and then go for a run. Ryan we luv u man!

[@joehealy6376]

Normally I appreciate what you do. I will admit a left centre bias. The Project 2025 banning teaching of true American history concerning slavery also has other factors including what Florida has done concerning this matter and other references those who wrote Project 2025 and their goals. Previous actions are a reasonable predictor for future actions in the same process.

[@kiss4luna]

Seeing Ryan washing dishes makes me very comfort as a family guy :)

[@MrApplesaucestuff]

do you stain the shirt on purpose? for the comments..........

[@GabrielPettier]

I’m thinking more and more about how constructed his persona is, trying to apply the codes of online influencers that don’t try to look respectable, but instead gain cred by owning their weirdness.

[@LabRatJason]

I left "Team Red" a few years ago when they told me "I wasn't a good fit." The only way to get someone to leave their "team" is to trick them into reading/watching material from "the other side" and eventually start to question who is telling the truth. Step two is to get them to actually go find the truth (i.e. read the actual bill that was submitted, read the court transcripts, etc). Boy that's a lot of "air quotes" I'm typing. Anywho, still looking for a decent team to join now! ;) Good vid Ryan!

[@bigcheesedog2645]

I have heard of another form, Mal-information, which is true information that goes against the dominant narrative. Remembering that politics is "the art of making mountains out of molehills and molehills out of mountains".

[@MilushevGeorgi]

People’s mind is hard to change because that’s questioning their core believes, its like your perception of self is attacked

[@FarmerDrew]

Please take this as a compliment, you intelligent soul, you are like Piggy from Lord of the Flies but you reincarnated and learned to be more cunning. Good video. Keep it up.

[@TheJasonBorn]

A note on cluster munitions, they are often used in areas that are already heavily mined, meaning that even though they might not all explode, there is still going to be far fewer mines remaining in that patch where the cluster munition was used than there were before hand, even if a handful of the cluster munitions fail to explode. Like I'd personally prefer exploding far more mines than I replace them with, and regardless to the cluster munition being used a demining program is going to be needed for that area either way. This is war people, not a game of tag.

[@gustavl3107]

Ryan, I love you, but the whole "party of Lincoln" stuff has to go. The modern GOP has nothing to do with even the GOP 20 years ago, let alone 150 years ago.

[@jamesfowley4114]

Still mad that they took away your slaves?

[@dwightchaos9449]

@@jamesfowley4114 The dems started the kkk, so if anybody mad at that, they are.

[@dwightchaos9449]

@@jamesfowley4114 The dems started the kkk, so if anybody mad at that, they are.

[@symbionese2348]

Gustavl3107 is correct. The Dixiecrat Republicans on the State Board of Education and the Texas Schools Curriculum Committee, not to mention the Texas Textbook Committee are steadily trying to just sorta smear out the egregiousness of slavery. It may be true that most slave owners were not like the Hollywood film makers horror stories, but the owned could not get away if they were mistreated, and there is the sin. Can we construct a different name for these latter-day "republicans?" Like maybe Fascisto-Republicans, or Twenty-first Century Republicans. Or maybe Repugnicans. (I was a Republican once and am bitter.)

[@Lifes-little-moments]

That’s the famous, Ryan McBeth. If he says it’s the “party of Lincoln” then that’s what it is! 😂

[@impossible6689]

It is much easier to fight disinformation if you separate yourself from all social or political groups, then there has to be a mindset of "Everyone is lying until proved otherwise". It can be an eye opening experience too. Unfortunately, a lot of people believe what they want to believe, because it is easier than accepting the harsh truth, promoting a confirmation bias.

[@SusCalvin]

I think Putin has done that to his population. Everyone lies, so it does not matter if Putin lies to your face. All that is left is depoliticized, apathetic hustle. The state can say anything and it is maybe and maybe not truth.

[@memesanders3997]

The republican party of Lincon is not the same republican party of today. They share a name but there is a pretty good reason confederate flags arnt flown at democrat rallies but are flown at today republican rallies.. 😂😂😂 But hey what was the sputhern swap and who are dixicrats anyways lol

[@kenandbarbie-b6c]

Misinformation or disinformation?

[@kenandbarbie-b6c]

FYI, D’nesh Desouza discredited this in his University debates years ago. So what is it?

[@bayardkyyako7427]

@@kenandbarbie-b6c A right wing religious grifter said something so it's definitely correct. Not a good line of logic.

[@kenandbarbie-b6c]

@@bayardkyyako7427 He debated this in credible university settings many times. If he was wrong, been would have been defeated by academics. The fact that he is religious smacks of discrimination.

[@memesanders3997]

@@kenandbarbie-b6c what.. that the great southern swap happend.. dixicrats.. Or the fact that today literally the only party that has people that wave the confederate battle flag are all republicans? If you think dems fly the flag show me. I grew up in mo. I gaurentee the only people that fly that flag vote r. Probably because it isn't tolerated by normal people. And being progressive isn't what the confederacy was known for. 🙄

[@thecreweofthefancy]

Everytime you say dip, the veteran in me starts craving Copenhagen Wintergreen Longcut.

[@RustyB5000]

15:00 THE CURRENT PROBLEM WITH AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURE EXPLAINED

[@parolzaaz5085]

True, but this is easily known by most people - it is just a propaganda point that is held onto by Republicans current day to somehow prove they are not actually racist or something. I mean there are multiple different metrics that show the swap happening blah blah blah its just standard propaganda.

[@dankolar6066]

The biggest impediment to changing one's beliefs is the unwillingness to believe that one might be mistaken or even downright wrong.

[@dyeeb]

Ryan, my friend, PLEASE stop smoking!

[@austinfisher1015]

Knowledge is a 3 sided sword. Your side, their side, and the truth.

[@dnewman20]

LOL. Teaching high schoolers about vices? You should have started off with instructions on how to cut the cigar and the distinction of puffing and inhaling. Also, how to pick the perfect whisky?

[@phr3ui559]

ok

[@SurGoose]

Yeah you’re entertaining, but the best teachers usually are. You do good work and I for one am thankful for it.

[@javierititin]

15:22 Ryan, you know the democrats and republicans basically switched sides in the 1960s right?

[@Uberpanik]

Yeah Talking about spreading misinformation by being overconfident in theirs knowledge! To anyone interested (and if you an American it's a must) Google southern strategy and party switch. Read up on gerrymandering as well. It's fascinating and (for Americans) vital to be informed to preserve their democracy and freedom

[@javierititin]

@@Uberpanik Yeah he did this with his p2025 video as well where he even went to reddit yelling "shut up I'm right" all over the place. It's okay to not get modern politics but don't be so smug about it.

[@pandamonium7996]

People try to gaslight about the Southern Strategy, that it's Democrat propaganda blah blah yada yada, but it is very well described in multiple newspaper articles from the early and mid-60s.

[@alanfike]

How does he miss that? This is like middle school level American history. You only need to look up Lincoln's quotes about labor -- he believed that there would not be businessmen (or "capital" in his words) without labor. So Abraham Lincoln believed that the needs of the laborers precede the needs of the business people. Abraham Lincoln was the prototypical RINO, if we're gonna use modern terms. It should also be noted that the Republican Party was 5 years old when Lincoln ran for President. If was younger than Trump's political career today. This was a major oversight of misleading information, to say that Republicans, as in the GOP of today, are of the same ideology as the Republicans of Lincoln's time.

[@jasongeringer]

@Ryan McBeth They are correct about this, please look into the history. P.S. I'm not on either team, i'm in the U.S. Transhumanist Party. What's sad is i usually try to share your content to my community to inform them, but i literally can't share this video with them because it contains misinformation.

[@marna7325]

Disinfo Detector #1: Does the source give you evidence/sources that a person can check? An assertion without evidence, like: "We all know that Leprechauns are greedy," and then drop that thought on the audience, without support, and go on to another topic, is a Jedi Mind Trick.

[@warrenholmes3311]

'Fear of ADMISSION'! The Sitcom 'Happy Days' did a whole episode on it with 'Arthur Fonzarelli' as their main character! People don't want to admit that they are wrong, and people don't want to admit that they've been fooled. "'Admission of Incorrectness' and 'ego'! '" It is *ALL* wrapped up -- right there -- unless you figure in the people who intentionally do this because they're sadists and by definition: get great joy at harming others!

[@symbionese2348]

"Look, Cunningham, I admit it: I might have been w...w...wr. . . ."

[@straithdel279]

Regarding what you said at the end: I'm not here because you're entertaining, and I think same goes for a massive portion of your viewer base. I'm here because in spite of biases that we all have, you are committed to giving nuanced and objective information and qualify the sources of that information. You are experienced, educated, and smart enough to cut through a lot of the BS and move people closer to real facts in what's effectively a peer-reviewed manner, since you constantly adapt your views to other professionals in their fields and realistically have the best shot widescale who to trust. Don't get me wrong, you are funny! That's what gets the algorithm to make a video viral, but what keeps people coming back is a dedication to factual information and total exposure of your biases. You won't change you views or parrot propaganda for some blood money. Keep up the great work. You might be some random Irish alcoholic, but you are using your particular set of skills to make the world a much better place... and that's not even mentioning AeroMed Lab.

[@keepyourbilsteins]

Ryan, you've ignored plenty of valid criticism over your lazy crtl-f Project 2025 analysis.

[@Seth9809]

He totally skimmed it

[@memathews]

Your MAGIC is the basic marketing and creative brief I build at the beginning of every product development program. Maybe I missed my calling by 50 years?

[@luszczi]

Hey Ryan, what about the pagers? Anything changed in your take on them?

[@keepingitreal618]

Absolutely fabulous❤😂😂

[@ironchef66]

I was wondering if anyone else remembered his original “no explosives “ take. This should really have a follow up video.

[@TheDoorspook11c]

As a former teacher and soldier, thiscwas excellent edutainment! Thats high praise sir!

[@martinh8784]

Things I love about Ryan McBeth: 1. Not giving a sh!t ... let's have a cigar and whiskey before going for my run, 2. Chili stains on my T-shirt... get used to it, 3. Here is me helping a young man I have never met before to get better grades at college, 4. Staying in his mother's kitchen and being the model of a son .... great and 5. I give you the entertainment part ... read Prof Caroline Orr Bueno to get to the next level Ryan is just the best!

[@billydoyle6919]

I know a lot of stuff, but it's not possible to know everything or remember all things and keep up with the exponential advances in the evidence or knowledge since I learned it as little as a year ago. The older I get, the more I'm very confident, stating :"I don't know" and have become less certain about what I think I know. We have so many tools now (google, AI expert websites) that literally anyone can quickly fact-check or do research from multiple independent sources on any given topic in seconds. Knowing how to ask good questions is the first step. It amazes me that there is still so much misinformation out there. I think it's important to call people out on misinformation, but give the party the opportunity to set the record straight publically so we can clearly see their misinformation is a genuine error versus a deliberate act.

[@TeethToothman]

Steve Irwin in the "America!" picture?

[@OliverCooksey]

Starts off with " a cigar and drink before my morning run, and yes, they are chilli stains", then gives a detailed speach on misinformation. My man, your such a cool guy 🤣

[@1ACORNLAWN]

So, would you prefer Mom watch fox all day?

[@yankee1376]

My mom did, lol. Dad would nap in his chair all day and wake up to yell at Bill O'Reilly. Great memories.

[@tylerdwhare]

I was confused by that too. Is she not obviously talking about George Santos, who lied about being Jewish and hating drag

[@sward13x]

I was not confused by that at all, and yes, she’s obviously talking about Santos. Details wrong, he was elected to the House, but she got the most important thing about him right - he lied about everything. Not a fan of CNN, and haven’t really watched since 2015, but not because they’re putting out disinformation (like FOX). Ryan, not sure what your game is now, but things like your pretty weak analysis of Project 2025 or your sit down with Sebastian Gorka or your status as a Newsmax contributor tell me that I don’t need to pay attention to you any more than I do CNN.

[@OkamiDrop]

@@tylerdwhare And he was booted

[@zacharywolter]

His mother seems informed, slightly forgetful but informed

[@danielortman2534]

A guy smoking and drinking in a bathrobe saying things that make him the smartest guy in the room is literally my spirit animal.

[@SatoshiStacker01]

BTW, nice branding! 😂

[@chriswiedeman490]

That kids teacher is gonna love YOU! Cigars, booze, messy shirt, wrappers from the trash. This was fun. Thank you. This was also actually informative.

[@evilwelshman]

So, we have "misinformation" where people get things wrong by accident. And "disinformation" where people intentionally deceive people to reach a wrong conclusion. However, I think there is a third concept - where people selectively cherry pick accurate information, but missing counterpoints and the wider context, to influence people towards a particular opinion. Is there a particular term for this?

[@JohnShalamskas]

That is still a form of disinformation, because it is intentional misuse of data meant to persuade others toward your intended viewpoint.

[@CarlosLopez-eg9im]

Wouldn’t that be disinformation…you’re purposely omitting details to lead to a particular narrative in order to sway opinion.

[@michaelinsc9724]

VERY COOL of you to help out this high schooler!!!

[@gordonbruce373]

is that "Uncharted" whisky behind you?...

[@MichaelJohnson-mh7mp]

"A knowledge base a mile wide and two inches deep."

[@Nairolf0007]

i wanna watch this in the train, but feel kinda ashmed when someone sees me watch you rambling for half an hour when you're ...dressed like that. Alcohol and cigar don't help. Still thanks for free video

[@arraikcruor6407]

Why would any care that you are watching him regardless of what he is wearing, drinking, or smoking? Strange thing to be worried about imo

[@cherienafo7676]

Australia/ Spot on Ryan ! I have always followed the 'rule' of learn everything you can about everything, as being born into a fundamentalist cult, escaping at 18- I knew I had to learn a lot and fast. So- I think my beginning was actually a benefit-as I went for everything I could and grew to be a very strong (& free) and successful person. And I can spot BS a mile away. I love your work. 😘🙃

[@kaveman6143]

It's hard to take you credibly when you spew the same propaganda that the modern GOP does about being the "Party of Lincoln." As if the party ideologies didn't flip in the 60's. JFC Ryan...

[@JohnShalamskas]

Prove your assertion.

[@Alex-bf3re]

Ryan routinely gets facts like this wrong in his videos. It really casts doubt on his credibility.