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News constantly portraying non-western countries as 3rd world, or axis of evil? Or terrorists? For no better reason than their interests do not align with various western countries.

Watch much of Fox News? Even if you don't, a lot of people do.

More obvious case: The reasons for going to war in Iraq were entirely agg-prop, that was later proved to be false.

We "the west" don't have an explicit "Propaganda department" like communist countries generally do. But our media, and government still use propaganda to control peoples opinions.




> We "the west" don't have an explicit "Propaganda department" like communist countries generally do. But our media, and government still use propaganda to control peoples opinions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Strategic_Influence


Wow, I stand corrected.

Not quite the same as China's Propaganda Department, which vetts all media (great firewall is under it's control).

Wow.




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