I read this article first when David Barsamian interviewed Noam Chomsky in mid-2003, when powerful interests were trying to control the particulars -- the shape and context -- of data so it became "information" designed to lead the viewer/listener/reader to conclusions which supported a particular cause (at that time, primarily the Iraq War). This kind of packaged "information" is, of course, propaganda, whether the cause is just or unjust, life-affirming, or not. It has been going on for a long time, and seems no less important to be aware of in 2020 than it has been in the past.
BARSAMIAN: In recent years, the Pentagon, and then the media, have adopted this term "collateral damage" to describe the death of civilians. Talk about the role of language in shaping and forming people's understanding of events. CHOMSKY: Well, it's as old as history. It has nothing much to do with language. Language is the way we interact and communicate, so, naturally, the means of communication and the conceptual background that's behind it, which is more important, are used to try to shape attitudes and opinions and induce conformity and subordination. Not surprisingly, it was created in the more democratic societies.
The rest of the interview is here: http://criticalthink.info/webindex/chomskyonprop.htm