A spokesman for the Interior Ministry derided the material as mere propaganda, and a NATO spokesman, Commodore Bill Truelove, said, "We are still studying it, but we believe it is a fabrication".
For the zealots of the Counter-Reformation, works of art had value only as propaganda material, the subject matter being all important; and in Rome there was as a result a sharp decline in artistic quality.
"I am confident that if made publicly available, this footage would not only be used as propaganda material by terrorist organisations in order to radicalise others, but would also be exploited by terrorist organisations to incite individuals to carry out terrorist acts".
The presence of a large number of British women and children would have been an "embarrassment" for the government when the Japanese forces take Hong Kong, and additionally it was thought the internment of thousands of British civilians would cause unnecessary suffering and serve the Japanese as propaganda material.
When Khe Sanh's strategic uselessness for even a war of attrition was at last obvious to the American commanding generals it had been obvious to the marines from the beginning they evacuated the position and took everything with them that could conceivably be used as a war trophy, or as material for propaganda, not reckoning on the value scrap metal would have for a poor economy.
A play such as Henry V and its global afterlife (for example, Laurence Olivier's film version during World War II as propaganda) provide rich material to be mined to teach various aspects of international relations and to further students' understanding of Shakespearean aesthetics.
Josée Verner, the heritage minister in the Conservative government, said during an appearance before the Senate committee that the measure was not an attempt at censorship but simply a way to block subsidies for films that are "potentially illegal under the criminal code, such as indecent material, hate propaganda and child pornography".
This military victory proved, however, to be a political disadvantage: it provided material for propaganda depicting Frederick as an oppressor of the church.
But American officials — who had sometimes dismissed such accusations as propaganda — say there now appears to be at least limited material support from the Iranians.
Anyone handling such material runs the risk of reprising "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which, however effective it was as propaganda, has no real claim to the truth of art.
