Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
☝️ Believing and spreading manure -- lies, falsehoods, and misleading implications -- makes you look bad and makes the internet a dumber place. Become more skeptical, even of things you agree with.
☝️ Don't be a manure spreader.
You and I and everyone we know must become more skeptical and more demanding of our news and information sources. You and I must think about what we read. You and I must realize that we can be wrong. And we must stop spreading anything we aren’t sure is the truth.
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Chapters
0:00 Stop spreading manure
0:51 Everyone has an agenda
2:06 If it’s on the internet, it must be…
3:02 We believe what we want to believe
4:32 50 shades of gray
5:30 About that Google privacy thing
7:07 You. Must. Think.
8:57 Collateral damage- legitimate news and important issues
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☝️ Believing and spreading manure -- lies, falsehoods, and misleading implications -- makes you look bad and makes the internet a dumber place. Become more skeptical, even of things you agree with.
☝️ Don't be a manure spreader.
You and I and everyone we know must become more skeptical and more demanding of our news and information sources. You and I must think about what we read. You and I must realize that we can be wrong. And we must stop spreading anything we aren’t sure is the truth.
Updates, related links, and more discussion: askleo.com/9419
🔔 Subscribe to the Ask Leo! YouTube channel for more tech videos & answers: go.askleo.com/ytsub
✅ Watch next ▶ It Pays to Be Skeptical ▶ youtu.be/O50wk3kx2V8
Chapters
0:00 Stop spreading manure
0:51 Everyone has an agenda
2:06 If it’s on the internet, it must be…
3:02 We believe what we want to believe
4:32 50 shades of gray
5:30 About that Google privacy thing
7:07 You. Must. Think.
8:57 Collateral damage- legitimate news and important issues
❤️ My best articles: go.askleo.com/best
❤️ My Most Important Article: go.askleo.com/number1
More Ask Leo!
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☑️ askleo.com/all-the-different-ways-to-get-ask-leo for even more!
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