If war is glorified, it tends to eclipse the policies it is meant to serve. - Randal Marlin

There are many special interests skilful at manipulating circumstances and communications in such a way as to benefit their own ends and not necessarily the public good.

In a general way, a major goal of the propagandist is to seek some kind of authoritative backing for the belief he or she is propagating.

There are many other ways in which language can be used to manipulate an audience. one obvious way is to simply lie.