Cato clearly has an ideological bent, but it's not propaganda. They don't just make shit up, they're not Fox News or something
It is literally propaganda.
> They don't just make shit up
They do, but that’s not required to be propaganda. Distortion by cherrt picking is a popular propaganda technique, for instance.
> they're not Fox News or something
No, they aren’t the popular propagands media, true. They are aimed at a different core audience.
“It’s ideologically misaligned with me, therefore it is propaganda” is really difficult for many of us to follow.