I think the worst of the propaganda came in the form of omissions and emphasis. We spent tons of time talking about how great the constitution is, but they never told us anything about the government of the Soviet Union or any socialist country. They never explained what capitalism is, other than to vaguely conflated it with markets. The told us very little about Latin American history after about 1900, which had always perplexed me until I found out about imperialism. They would introduce US misdeeds by being like "some have argued that it was necessary to drop the atomic bombs to save lives overall" and then just not mention any opposing viewpoints. Without technically lying, they heavily distorted our entire understanding of history.
I think the worst of the propaganda came in the form of omissions and emphasis. We spent tons of time talking about how great the constitution is, but they never told us anything about the government of the Soviet Union or any socialist country. They never explained what capitalism is, other than to vaguely conflated it with markets. The told us very little about Latin American history after about 1900, which had always perplexed me until I found out about imperialism. They would introduce US misdeeds by being like "some have argued that it was necessary to drop the atomic bombs to save lives overall" and then just not mention any opposing viewpoints. Without technically lying, they heavily distorted our entire understanding of history.