Post #1338762
2022-11-23 06:45 UTC
@samboy @mmasnick
Most people in this thread seem to have continued using the euphemism "advertising" instead of the word "propaganda" [1]. #EdwardBernays, the "father of public relations" [2], would be proud of his success!
de-euphemised: "Interesting explanation from a decently large Twitter propagandist on why they've paused their propaganda budget on Twitter after keeping it running for the past couple of weeks."
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_%28book%29
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays
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@mmasnick@mastodon.social 2022-11-23 08:56
@boud @samboy um. no. that would be misleading. advertising is one thing. public relations is another. propaganda is another. sometimes they overlap. sometimes one is used to pretend to be another. claiming all advertising is propaganda is ridiculous and misleading.