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		throw10920 on July 1, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google allowed a sanctioned Russian ad company to ... >> Reporting negatively on the Iraq war or blackwater or Facebook isn’t “anti American propaganda”. > Yes it is. Propaganda doesn't have to be untrue This makes all negative reporting propaganda by definition, which is clearly untrue.

barrbid8 on July 2, 2022 [–]

The implication in the parent comment is that “anti Russian” propaganda is warping the truth and the people have been brainwashed, the word propaganda isn’t being used to imply the issue is the opposite of “true”.

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