Wikileaks: US State Dept attempted to influence media to 'balance' interview w/ Assange
There's really nothing unusual or alarming about governments working with the press to get their side of the story out. I think the problem is that what is often called propaganda is really just the situation as told from a particular point of view. However, what happens is that governments oversell their point of view and often push misinformation in order to convince people that their point of view is the only legitimate point of view. This practice makes it difficult for ordinary citizens to sift through all the BS and to discover what's really going on.