agitprop

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The Journal's op-ed page standard fare twists facts into a fabric of misinformation and agitprop, and when vilifying Hamas it's vicious.

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  1. noun Political propaganda, especially favoring communism and disseminated through literature, drama, art, or music: "It also is a conspiracy movie, agitprop against today's targets, big government and big business” (George F. Will).

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  • This particular piece of New Right agitprop is copied from the American New Right who frequently claim that Hitler was a leftwinger. —  Iain Dale's Diary
  • The Journal's op-ed page standard fare twists facts into a fabric of misinformation and agitprop, and when vilifying Hamas it's vicious. —  SteveLendmanBlog
  • Word is that this was an editorial slip-up; HuffPo doesn't typically provide a place for this kind of agitprop. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • What inflammatory piece of agitprop or embarrassing satire could have created such a mushroom cloud of controversy? —  GreenCine Daily
  • Michael Moore's latest agitprop will be free at Blip. tv —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
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  1. Russian, short for otdel agitatsii i propagandy, incitement and propaganda section (of the central and local committees of the Russian Communist party); name changed in 1934.
 

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