..."professional response," Edward Bernays, former CPI official and pioneer in the advertising field, remarked, "I am aware that the word 'propaganda' carries to...cause urged, and the correctness of the information published."82 On the other hand, the opposing view of propaganda as a sinister and dishonest force...

...puritanical allegiance to etymology in order to bolster the position Lumley would soon attack, that whether "propaganda is good or bad depends upon the merit...and the correctness of the information published" (ibid., 20). He is therefore unconcerned that by his own count half the stories on the front page of...

...to capture our minds in the interest of some policy or commodity or idea." Bernays contended that, "propaganda carries to many minds an unpleasant connotation....instance, propaganda is good or bad depends upon the merits of the causes urged, and the correctness of the information published."67 In his work, Projections...