While to you and I, news without sources sounds like BS, you gotta remember that’s not how they think. They believe CNN and whatever it says because of brand trust, you can’t compete with that unless you start playing the same game of building rapport and trust instead of building on facts.

You’re better off teaching people you are generally well read and that they generally agree with you than trying to show them articles from any news sources.

I find that for talking with normies, the most effective thing is to start by reminding them big corporations generally do not act in the favor of the public. Then point out classism of how the mega rich vs normal/poor are treated in regards to problems (like how they are treated differently by the legal system).

Drop a singular juicy tendie while talking about those subjects they are comfortable with. Don’t linger on them, return to main subject, and only provide sauce when specifically asked for. And when you do provide sauce, try to send the information in most dry form available that looks impressive instead of readable like an article. They’re mostly interested in seeing you didn’t make up something yourself and will have no intent of reading it, and learn that you just are “are well read”.

Remember that first and foremost we are fighting a propaganda war, the information war is just secondary despite it’s importance.