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> Not quite 'propaganda'

How is this not propoganda?




Because it's just an exposition of a fact (assuming it's factual).

It's not propaganda to inform the world that someone is infiltrating supply chain networks for the purposes of espionage. As if they are not aware already, it's a wake-up call.

If the story were utterly untrue, or it was a pernicious fabrication of information or misdirection, then it would be propaganda.

For example, some US military maneuvers in E. Asia are especially made public via mainstream media channels (even though they might be public anyhow, there's extra emphasis to make sure there's coverage) to make sure a message is sent. The popularization of a straight forward story in that case I don't think would really be propaganda.




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