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> Propaganda Plain and Simple > We are all used to Facebook crying wolf about how small businesses will be hurt by Apple's app-privacy initiatives. Now Google
by amadeuspagel 5y ago
> Propaganda Plain and Simple
> We are all used to Facebook crying wolf about how small businesses will be hurt by Apple's app-privacy initiatives. Now Google has apparently taken a page from Facebook's playbook.
This paragraphs seems like a better example of propaganda then what it's critizising. "Crying wolf" is not simply an expression for "saying something you disagree with"[1]. And how does this paragraph look without that expression? "We are used to Facebook arguing that small businesses will be hurt by Apple's app-privacy initivatives. Now ..."
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Who_Cried_Wolf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Who_Cried_Wolf