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I feel like pro Ukraine propaganda and pro Russia propaganda is pretty easy to spot and ignore if you actually follow the events happening on the battlefield, and not what any major or semi major news outlets post.
Yeah, that's the issue. If people don't have capacity to focus on the details but still care. Many people are exhausted with their day but still care about what's going on so they look for a report, a summary, a breakdown. That seems to be where propaganda can seep in. Rather than "actual", they get...well whatever bias their source has.
Another great example is political votes for new leaders, referendums, legislation, etc. A lot of people don't have time to track it all and go through it all, but obviously care. If there's propaganda battles going on, very quickly can those people—often the majority—become divided instead of informed.
Very good points, it makes sense too because the individual you described in your first paragraph is probably the majority of people, besides the people who don't care at all. So it makes sense that they would be the target of propaganda and it's just icing on the cake they're the easier group to fool/manipulate.
How do you follow the events on the battlefield without checking the news outlets?
There is a big community of open source intelligence folks on Twitter. They accurately and verifiably geo locate all the photos and videos from any given day.
From that info you can get an idea of where the fighting is currently taking place, where Ukraine positions are and where Russians positions are. So you can see who is advancing, where, and by how much.
That's the most accurate way I've found to be in the know about who's currently doing better and who is currently doing worse.