Goebbels' Principles of Propaganda - #5

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DECLASSIFIED, OPERATIONAL INFORMATION MUST BE AVAILABLE TO IMPLEMENT A PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN

Here, Goebbels warns that propaganda “has to have some factual basis” according to Leonard Doob, who went through Goebbels’ papers after World War II and summarized it. And it was always possible to find some if you looked hard enough, Goebbels wrote. That, combined with getting new people to become your reporters, was part of a successful propaganda campaign.