“” “” One of the books was titled “British Foreign Policy in WWII.” The book had facts undoubtedly cherry-picked (but that’s what writing is about) and the facts were, well, factual.
But the spin they put on the facts was merciless. “” “”
That’s Pravda journalism. Their main commandment was never to lie. But the devil is in the spin. In fact US media has picked on it quite masterfully nowadays.
As countrary to the Brits you mentioned. BBC propaganda is around factual lies. They are operating via creating myths.
During WWII, the Brits dropped a massive load of propaganda leaflets. On one occasion, some leaflets made their way back to England where the government confiscated and suppressed them. When a member of Parliament stood and objected to the censorship, the reply was that it was to keep the information from falling into the hands of the Germans.