One of the principal virtues of The Anatomy of Power is that it singles out conditioned power for separate attention. This is often overlooked or anyhow not kept in clear focus as a form or instrument of power. Once it is so seen, one is able to see its pervasive presence. One is able to see why it is not idle to question the power of the media to condition belief by controlling the flow of information and in particular by shaping the context of interpretation of the information provided. Let us be clear.
Propaganda is persuasion that resorts to deception and manipulation to induce belief.
It is propaganda that elites often use to persuade the rest of us of the rightness of their views and actions, and this is deserving of criticism.