The Serbian and Croatian media waged a fierce propaganda battle over the progress and reasons for the battle.
Not all news organizations display this pattern of behaviour, nor are all journalists mere interchangeable ciphers in the propaganda battle.
In that uncertain atmosphere, the bodies have become part of a broader propaganda battle, being waged across the former Yugoslavia, Europe and the United States.
Journalists had unrestricted freedom to write and publish stories without editorial oversight, and many took an active role in the conflict's propaganda battle.
For many years, the two sides waged a propaganda battle across the border, erecting signs with slogans promoting their respective ideologies.
The Syrian conflict has become a bitter propaganda battle between the opposition and the state.
In the days and weeks following the incident, a propaganda battle was waged between Boston's radicals and supporters of the government.
It has been a bad year, too, for the I.R.A. in its propaganda battle with the British Government.
In this fierce propaganda battle over the war on terrorism, the administration has been battling longer and harder than Michael Moore.
The broadcasts also include insults, couched in religious terms, that amount to calls to holy war, and the propaganda battle is repeated throughout the Moslem world.