propaganda
• noun information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view. — ORIGIN originally denoting a committee of Roman Catholic cardinals responsible for foreign missions: from Latin congregatio de propaganda fide ‘congregation for propagation of the faith’.
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