Hans Haacke

Museums are managers of consciousness. They give us an interpretation of history, of how to view the world and locate ourselves in it. They are, if you want to put it in positive terms, great educational institutions. If you want to put it in negative terms, they are propaganda machines.

German Artist

Thomas Sowell

If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news sources accordingly.

American Economist

John Amery

For two years living in a neutral country I have been able to see through the haze of propaganda to reach something which my conscience tells me is the truth.

British Politician

Douglas MacArthur

One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.

American General

Junot Diaz

Art is not boosterism, it's not propaganda, and it's not spin, but that's not something that art does, and nor has it historically ever done it.

American Writer

Harry Browne

It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.

Hirokazu Kore-eda

I have never made a film to praise or to criticize something. That kind of filmmaking is nothing but propaganda.

Japanese Director

Rita Mae Brown

Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.

Charles Lindbergh

In time of war, truth is always replaced by propaganda.

American Aviator

Robert Capa

The truth is the best picture, the best propaganda.

American Photographer

Propaganda often supports one side. Be aware of underlying biases when you see or hear it.

Bias Awareness

Propaganda might appeal to emotions to persuade people, not just facts.

Emotional Influence

Understanding the culture helps to see why some information is considered propaganda.

Cultural Context

When propaganda is mentioned, it often implies an organized group or institution behind it.

Group Associations

Propaganda is used to support a specific cause or belief. Identify which one is being promoted.

Identify the Cause

Understand the purpose of the propaganda—what change or action it wants to prompt in you.

Clarify the Purpose

 Dumb skepticism. So we've ended up in this bizarre dynamic online, where some people see bigoted propaganda as being edgy or being dangerous and cool, and people see basic truth and human decency as pearl-clutching or virtue-signaling or just boring. And the social media algorithms, whether intentionally or not,

Inside the bizarre world...

 which determine our roles in life. Some thinkers have gone on to credit the idea of the noble lie as a prototype for 20th century propaganda, and the philosopher king as inspiration for the dictators that used them. Should a few bad ideas tarnish Plato's status as one of the greatest philosophers in history?

Plato’s best (and worst)...

 and people seemed to be turning to me to articulate their viewpoints, and honestly, it was sort of overwhelming. You see, the internet has this interesting quality. In one way, it totally brought the world together, and I remember being a kid and all of this utopian propaganda was being dumped on us

A Black man goes...

 It was this guy. Here he is smoking a cigar in the gym, helping pick the national basketball team. Dennis Rodman. I covered the spectacles and the propaganda. This was a mass synchronized swimming event for the birthday of the leader. They were swimming or dancing to a song

A Rare Look Into the...

 to have nuptials out in the sunset. It's very romantic, and you become a hero. For both men and women, that's the propaganda being given. So what extremist groups are very good at is taking a very complicated, confusing, nuanced world

How young people join...

 Because ultimately, that electoral outcome had nothing to do with the rest of the world. It was essentially India being itself. And ultimately, it seems to me, that always works better than propaganda.

Why nations should...

 I saw how their minds and hearts can be influenced by the propaganda, and how their willingness to make sacrifices for the greater good can be twisted into something very dark and tragic.

What it was like to grow...

 life was very grim but when you looked at the propaganda posters on the walls that depicted the glorious future you were there you looked at the posters which showed

Yuval Noah Harari...

 And I refuse to be an accomplice to genocide. So there have always been these propaganda battles, and you were courageous in taking the stand you took back then.

How to seek truth in the...

 better world I was emotionally educated on those beliefs then I grew up and I saw the contradictions between the official Cuban propaganda and reality