[xamuel]

Semi off-topic: I can't understand why people who dislike ads make an exception for superbowl ads. I guess they're supposed to have high entertainment value? So what? Would you happily watch political propaganda, if it just had high enough entertainment value? Of course not! So why willfully submit yourself to corporate propaganda?

[yters]

I would watch highly entertaining political propaganda. I think most people do this regularly.

[xamuel]

What would you give as an example of political propaganda that a lot of people willingly watch regularly? Not something where some people think it's political propaganda, but something where it's objectively indisputably political propaganda.

I wouldn't count presidential debates, unless they were pre-rehearsed. And I wouldn't count political rallies since those are mostly attended in-person, not so often watched on TV. I guess the closest thing I can think of in the U.S. might be the State of the Union, but again, it's subjective whether or not that is propaganda (in THEORY it's not supposed to be).

[TeMPOraL]

> What would you give as an example of political propaganda that a lot of people willingly watch regularly?

Action movies that go over the top with "freedom" and "patriotism" and "America".

[yters]

What is your definition of propaganda?

[koolba]

The daily “Coronavirus Task Force” briefing is 98% political propaganda and quite entertaining to watch.