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Re:China Has Added Forest the Size of Texas Since 1990 by steve_adams_86 on Thursday October 30, 2025 @12:42AM (#45756505)
Propaganda is deceptive or misleading by definition.
Re:China Has Added Forest the Size of Texas Since 1990 by msl on Thursday October 30, 2025 @03:40AM (#45757369)
What definition is that?

Merriam-Webster: "the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person" and "ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause" [1]

Cambridge Dictionary: "information, ideas, opinions, or images, often only giving one part of an argument, that are broadcast, published, or in some other way spread with the intention of influencing people's opinions" [2]

Wikipedia (quoting Encyclopedia Britannica): "Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information that is being presented." [3]

Wikipedia further quotes NATO's 2011 guidance for military public affairs definition: "information, ideas, doctrines, or special appeals disseminated to influence the opinion, emotions, attitudes, or behaviour of any specified group in order to benefit the sponsor, either directly or indirectly" [4]

I that OP's use of the word is well in line with each of those definitions.

[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/propaganda

[2] https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/propagan...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda#Definitions

Re:China Has Added Forest the Size of Texas Since 1990 by steve_adams_86 on Friday October 31, 2025 @01:34AM (#45768732)
I stand corrected. I should have checked the definition before making that claim. Thanks for elucidating that for me. I've understood propaganda to be one thing for nearly 30 years somehow.
Re:China Has Added Forest the Size of Texas Since 1990 by nextaccountic on Thursday October 30, 2025 @12:50AM (#45756546)
You can deceive while telling the truth, like this ad from a Brazilian newspaper (dubbed in English) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PShbxd42JN8

Truth needs to be put in context. Truth needs to be interpreted. There is no such thing as objective truth.

Effective propaganda is like a filter that is everywhere you look. You don't know it's there because you never see the world without it.