Diplomacy vs Propaganda (John H Brown)

My blog entry What is Al Jazeera? and What's Al Hurra? at http://xahlee.blogspot.com/2011/02/what-is-al-jazeera-and-whats-al-hurra.html , is quoted by ex US diplomat [ John H. Brown ] [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Brown_(scholar) ] at his blog at http://publicdiplomacypressandblogreview.blogspot.com/2011/02/february-27.html

Here's a quote from Wikipedia about John H Brown:

Brown, who received a Ph.D. in Russian History from Princeton University in 1977, was a member of the U.S. Foreign Service from 1981 until March 10, 2003 where he resigned over the war in Iraq;

Here's a video linked from his blog site, about the issue of diplomacy vs propaganda:

In the video, he lists 4 things about propaganda:

• ① Simplification of the issues.
• ② Constant repetition of slogans that's often unconnected. (e.g. weapons of mass destruction, regime change)
• ③ Demonization of the “other”. (e.g. the “evil”, the “other”)
• ④ Stretching the truth, to unacceptable limits.