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True, if we’re going by a strict definition.
But in practice it means (at best) suppression of negative facts “for the cause” even when they’re true which is problematic in of itself, but it also encourages exaggeration of the pros and tearing down the opposition even if the opposition has good points worth considering
Tankies use a different flavor of propaganda than, say, Greenpeace, but even organisations like Greenpeace exaggerate the pros and downplay the downsides of their actions and beliefs - they aren’t going to put up a big poster that says “sometimes we could use our funds more effectively” or “in hindsight, this action has been counterproductive”.
They probably should. Transparency is a good thing.
Maybe. But the media game doesn’t work like that, currently.
For some of us it does. (Notwithstanding, for most people it does not.)
Cowbee@lemmy.ml said the definition that they are using at the beginning of the comment