The word propaganda means public messaging intended to influence a population, and did not originally connote trickery. The word is roughly a synonym of 'public

The word propaganda means public messaging intended to influence a population, and did not originally connote trickery. The word is roughly a synonym of 'public relations'. Such messaging is often misleading, which has led to common negative connotations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/propaganda#English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/propaganda#English