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"Rick Morris" <wmorris@neb.rr.com> wrote in message
news:C083E91B.ED93%wmorris@neb.rr.com...
> Gosh,
>
> I am making a statement about actionlyme.org and the balance of it's
> presentation of the facts. Pros and cons are available for pretty much
> any
> subject under the sun. It would just be nice to see both sides, rather
> than
> the carefully chosen "anti" position. When that happens, it is called
> propaganda.
>
> I know the evils of "BigPharma" (they use propaganda too) but whether the
> medications they sell are beneficial is a totally different subject than
> how
> they try to make profits, fairly or unfairly. The actionlyme.org site
> seems
> to want to connect the two subjects, using the business practice to judge
> the effectiveness of the medications. That's propaganda. That is my point.
>
>
>
> --
> Propaganda is a specific type of message presentation directly aimed at
> influencing the opinions of people, rather than impartially providing
> information.
> Wikipedia
>
Correct, BUT propaganda can be the truth or attempt (narrow) at presenting
the truth.
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