“We, in America, have flaws. But anybody who says the U.S. is similar to Russia is a Putinbot, an anti-American leftist, or simply confused. Regarding Putinbots, I can respect that it’s a paying job. Ditto those who are paid by Soros.”
It would really help if all PAID Putinbot and those PAID by Soros would identify themselves. Then we can evaluate their comments as to whether they are truth, information, or PROPAGANDA?
In the corporate world you would call it advertising.
As a private citizen a personal view or opinion if it's not listing mere facts.
The US censoring ~40 Russian media outlets, most Russian government sites, self censoring in social media, etc. does not need to worry about Russian propaganda.
You're not getting much Russian propaganda. You have to literally search for it and get around censors. But you are getting a good dose from our own government.
Did you call the following “propaganda?” when these stories were hot?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61285833 (imaginary Ghost of Kiev)
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/25/europe/ukraine-russia-snake-island-attack-intl-hnk-ml/index.html (The “F-off” story from Snake Island)
https://www.newsweek.com/2023/05/05/read-leaked-secret-intelligence-documents-ukraine-vladimir-putin-1794656.html#slideshow/ (imaginary casualties while our own government knows the truth but won't tell folks)
https://theintercept.com/2022/02/24/ukraine-facebook-azov-battalion-russia/ (a little praise for neo-Nazi’s isn't so bad as long as it's for the right cause)
Colloquially, people tend to use the term “propaganda” liberally for any argument or even mere statement of fact which may be derogatory regards ones own beliefs, feelings, opinions.
Anything we don't like we label with the pejorative “propaganda.”