Propaganda defined

Marge Kaiser opens some eyes with Propaganda defined:

The following is a list of propaganda techniques from a high school political science textbook: "American Government, 1998," published by Educational Design, chapters 37-39.
Definition: "Propaganda: ideas designed to influence opinion and behavior."
Techniques:

Glittering generalizations:

Vague generalizations that sound good. Example: "Cause X is for freedom and justice."

Bandwagon:

The polls show that everyone agrees with Cause X.

Testimonials:

Famous people such as movie stars vouch for Cause X.

Plain Folks:

The person promoting the idea says "I'm plain folk, just like you."

Name Calling:

Discount the opposition by labeling.

Stacking the deck:

Exaggeration, telling only part of the truth, bending the truth, oversimplifying the truth.

I wonder which journalism class teaches these techniques.
(and I wonder if any course leader could make use of some modern-day examples )