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The article keeps using the word propaganda. I do not think it means what they think it means. ‘Propaganda’ implies that 60 Minutes knew some of the information
by Hnrobert42 6y ago
The article keeps using the word propaganda. I do not think it means what they think it means. ‘Propaganda’ implies that 60 Minutes knew some of the information was false or misleading, yet used it anyway because it supports their agenda.
The author presents no information to support a claim that 60 Minutes has such an agenda. Much more likely is that 60 Minutes didn’t understand the story and got it wrong. Absent evidence, to do otherwise is to claim the ability to read minds.
- noodles_nomore 6y agoPropaganda isn't about lying at all. Wiktionary etymology: From New Latin propāganda, short for Congregātiō dē Propagandā Fide, "congregation for propagating the faith", a committee of cardinals established in 1622 by Gregory XV to supervise foreign missions, and properly the ablative feminine gerundive of Latin propāgō (“propagate”) (see English propagation). Modern political sense dates from World War I, not originally pejorative. It basically means advertising or public relations, pejoratively.