Propaganda is different to Fake News. The term itself is propaganda. If you say something is propaganda then you are saying it is like classic obvious propagand

Propaganda is different to Fake News. The term itself is propaganda. If you say something is propaganda then you are saying it is like classic obvious propaganda, e.g. North Korean, Soviet or anything else 'communist'. With the term Fake News there is a dismissal of the story without aligning it to the imagery that the word 'propaganda' brings to mind. Consequently it is easier to use the words Fake News and not have the baggage of the more accurate 'propaganda' word.