Propaganda has nothing to do with accountability. It has to do with the fact that a state wants to influence a populace in a methodical, measurable way. That's

Propaganda has nothing to do with accountability. It has to do with the fact that a state wants to influence a populace in a methodical, measurable way. That's it. It can be full of falsehoods and come from shadowy sources, like most black propaganda, or it can come directly from the US government and be full of truth, like Voice of America. BBC / CBC kinda blur the edges here since they're arms length and the content creators aren't monitoring the effectiveness of their work via public opinion polling, etc. But in practice they coordinate with a lot of the think tanks that coordinate with the federal governments and there's a bit of a cozy relationship most times that can be exploited and if a relationship / topic is important (like the US Canadian NAFTA talks) you'll see some pretty positive coverage coming out of the CBC. There is a short 60s book called "Propaganda" that covers all this, and if you read it with a programmers background you'll be able to fully extrapolate to what today looks like.