Is nearmedia part of so called propaganda?
Nobody honestly expects Google not to have an opinion on preserving its dominant market position; the use of that position, to further that position, however, arguably crosses a line from "we're big because we're so good at providing services that it is a natural monopoly" into "we're big because we've convinced you we have to be big".
The former "feels" good: we're big because we're good at our jobs.
The latter "feels" icky: we're big because we're good at convincing people we're good at our jobs.