And then this (the irony and hypocrisy are off the charts):
"What is propaganda? In this context,
it is the use of biased or misleading information to manipulate the way people
think and act. Some equate propaganda with “lies, distortion, deceit,
manipulation, mind control, [and] psychological warfare” and associate it with
“unethical, harmful, and unfair tactics.”—Propaganda and Persuasion."
"How dangerous is propaganda? It is
insidious—like an invisible, odorless, poisonous gas—and it seeps into our
consciousness. Because we may not see propaganda for what it is, behavior
specialist Vance Packard observed: “Many of us are being influenced and
manipulated—far more than we realize.” Under its influence, says one scholar,
men and women have been “quite easily led into the most preposterously
dangerous behaviour”—such as ‘genocide, war, racist hysteria, religious
intolerance and many other forms of irrational behaviour.’—Easily Led—A
History of Propaganda."