In one very vague sense, marketing, communication, pr and propaganda are all cousins. But in a more serious sense, if you just out and out lie, and repeat the

In one very vague sense, marketing, communication, pr and propaganda are all cousins. But in a more serious sense, if you just out and out lie, and repeat the falsehood, I would count that as propaganda. If you simply put a spin on it but don't disavow actual facts, I would put that down in PR. In Handmaid's Tale, when Fred goes to Canada he engages in a lot of PR. But when he disavows actual practices, he slides into propaganda.