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To: Borges
My comments refer to the “worse” in his work. To the extent that it is prismatic it is (automatically) propagandistic, by definition. His programs certainly have value, as many Hollywood films do, but the propaganda is unmistakable.
346 posted on 09/27/2007 8:30:34 AM PDT by Misterioso
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To: Misterioso

Everyone sees the world through certain presuppositions and primary concerns. Herodotus and Gibbon weren’t exactly free of those. If you’re defining propaganda as anything with any point of view then just about everything is propaganda.


347 posted on 09/27/2007 8:34:55 AM PDT by Borges
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