Soviet propaganda was (and is) directed by the government. US news is not directed by government, for the most part. It's a confluence of capitalism, opinion,

Soviet propaganda was (and is) directed by the government. US news is not directed by government, for the most part. It's a confluence of capitalism, opinion, ratings, populism, intellectual movements, petty fighting and opinions. It has the feel of propaganda but for the most part it's not really that. Possibly some treatment of COVID falls into that - during a time of crisis, the News tends to want to promote ideals of 'Public Communications' (i.e. wear a mask) instead of hard news. There is widespread concern over populist reaction to the pausing of the AZ vaccination. Purely on a scientific basis, there is merit, but the Communications side of the Health is up in arms because they believe it will lead to people being needlessly afraid and will affect health outcomes etc.. The CBC in Canada has done a good job on that issue - i.e. trying to explain the different ways to look at that. The CBC is not exceptional in every way however.