But it might be worth redrawing our feelings on the subject by remembering that, in the literal sense, the word propaganda refers only to the promotion of a set of beliefs.
After they seized power, Nazi propaganda retroactively referred to the Weimar Republic as the Zwischenreich ("Interim Reich").
However, West German propaganda leaflets referred to the border as merely "the demarcation line of the Soviet occupation zone", and emphasised the cruelty and injustice of the division of Germany.
North Korea is trying to use the political celebrations to project the image of what its propaganda commonly refers to as a "strong and prosperous nation" and inspire national pride in its hunger-stricken people.
And, yes, because his father was commander-in-chief of the Pacific, the Vietnamese saw him as a valuable propaganda asset (referring to him as "the crown prince") and offered him early release — something that he turned down repeatedly.
"Not the R.T.I., which is nothing but propaganda," he said, referring to Radio Télévision Ivorienne.
Among them is a ban on what has been clumsily referred to as "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations among minors" that was unanimously approved by the Russian Duma.
In the catalogue for the exhibition, the show was referred to as "benevolent propaganda for foreign intelligentsia".
However, Li Jiang, from the Sichuan provincial propaganda office, later said that figure referred to the total number of bodies identified, blaming mistranslation by an official interpreter.
"We are an industrial pacesetter," proclaims Wallace, referred to in company propaganda as Trinity's "visionary leader".
