[barrbid8]

Reporting negatively on the Iraq war or blackwater or Facebook isn’t “anti American propaganda”.

Just because you are anti establishment doesn’t mean you should instinctively support the Russian establishment which is incidentally many times more horrific and out of control than the people you claim are spreading “propaganda”. (I’m guessing NGOs, charities like amnesty international or anyone who reports on the war crimes and crimes against humanity of the Russian government).

[dummy_physicist]

I guess the point of the parent comment is that the real issue is not whether this is a anti American or pro Russia thing, but that Google's privacy practices are bad. Any government/institution doing the same would be bad, but the discussion tends to focus on whoever the public enemy currently is.

[Georgelemental]

> 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

[throw10920]

>> 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]

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”.

[willcipriano]

Propaganda is just something the powerful yell when the truth comes out. It's a exclamation not a description.

[avgcorrection]

> Reporting negatively on the Iraq war or blackwater or Facebook isn’t “anti American propaganda”.

Even if it is RT that is doing it?

[cowtools]

If you must take it with a grain of salt, you can usually find a grain of truth.