Propaganda

Propaganda is designed to change a people’s views,

Masquerading as it does so often as hard news,

But news that’s been so edited so nothing else remains,

Except what will support the view a government maintains.

Propaganda’s aim is ever always to deceive,

To alter people’s thinking and the things that they believe.

It’s used by many rulers both today and in the past,

Its affect on people’s attitudes has often been quite vast;

For many people do not think or reason for themselves,

It’s fairly rare the person who considers things and delves.

Most people just accept as fact the many things they hear,

Even if their origin is very far from clear.

So if a government churns out what are in essence lies

They still accept them all as truth, not untruths in disguise.