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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you are looking for a timely (and classic) example of a message that buries the important new information in elaborate explanation, consider the blog piece titled “Demystyifying the SafeGraph Facts” (<a href="https://www.safegraph.com/blog/demystifying-the-safegraph-facts" title="https://www.safegraph.com/blog/demystifying-the-safegraph-facts">https://www.safegraph.com/blog/demystifying-the-safegraph-facts</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In this 920-word message, it is only after 727 words that CEO Auren Hoffman announces in technical language that SafeGraph will stop selling data (aggregated and anonymized) about people visiting family planning
centers like Planned Parenthood: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#333333;background:white">“In light of potential federal changes in family planning access, we're removing Patterns data for locations classified as NAICS code 621410 (‘Family
Planning Centers’) from our self-serve “shop” and API to curtail any potential misuse of its data.”</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#333333;background:white">This example could yield a lively discussion and engaging revision exercise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#333333;background:white">CAUTION: This example might be illegal instruction material in your location.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#333333;background:white">Sam </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sam Dragga<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Professor Emeritus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Texas Tech University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">sam.dragga@ttu.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1-806-543-6099<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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