"Since the late afternoon of September 11th, 2001, the neoconservative element that clung to the coattails of George W. Bush as he slipped into office was well aware that they had been gifted what little in a lifetime are – the opportunity to completely alter the foreign policy platform of a global super power." -mblog

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An appeal to one's emotions is, perhaps, more obvious a propaganda method than those utilized by some other more implicit, subtle and insidious forms. For instance, propaganda may be transmitted indirectly, through an ostensibly fair and balanced debate or argument. This can be done to great effect in conjunction with a broadly targeted, broadcast news format. In such a setting, techniques like, "red herring", and other ploys (such as Ignoratio elenchi), are often used to divert the audience from a critical issue, while the intended message is suggested through indirect means. This sophisticated type of diversion utilizes the appearance of lively debate within, what is actually, a carefully focused spectrum, to generate and justify deliberately conceived assumptions. This technique avoids the distinctively biased appearance of one sided rhetoric, and works by presenting a contrived premise for an argument as if it were a universally accepted and obvious truth, so that the audience naturally assumes it to be correct. By maintaining the range of debate in such a way that it appears inclusive of differing points of view, so as to suggest fairness and balance, the suppositions suggested become accepted as fact.

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therefore:

{ sum from n = 0 to infinity } a_n

∆u = Δu = n

∑

i = 1 ∂2u/∂xi2

Laplacian of u = Delta u = { sum from i = 1 to n } d^2u / dx_i^2

∞

∏

n = 0 an

{ product from n = 0 to infinity } a_n