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by 082349872349872 732 days ago
https://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html

Examples aplenty (from biblical times to the present, albeit in a slightly different domain) to be found in Linebarger, Psychological Warfare (1954)

> Almost all good propaganda—no matter what kind—is true. It uses truth selectively.

(note that PR people used to call themselves "propagandists" in peacetime as well, until WWI gave that a bad rep, and they needed to rebrand)