How are historians able to determine whether primary sources offer a genuine, accurate account of the time from writings that could have been written purely for propaganda, or just be a flat-out false account?

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cchiu23

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3uvva1/monday_methodsfinding_and_understanding_sources/

The sub has done a 'monday methods' post on primary source analysis 2 years ago