There is submission that this was a propaganda ploy on the part of the President at the time.

Leaders of the country's two major umbrella union groups dismissed the offer as a propaganda ploy.

We allowed our base to be bombed simply for a propaganda ploy?

The rebels today rejected the Sandinista move as a "propaganda ploy."

The army rejected the proposal as a propaganda ploy and an effort by the rebels to buy time to resupply their forces.

They consider the plan little more than a propaganda ploy and a bid for power sharing, the diplomats said.

Considering what had already happened, it would be a good propaganda ploy.

They are dismissed as propaganda ploys or signs of weakness.

Whether indeed it's reality, or just some propaganda ploy.

Iraq's latest answer may be just one more stall or propaganda ploy.