The central purpose regarding propaganda is that the public must never be certain of the central authority's intent regarding the information being distributed. Even as the public understands that much of the information is misdirection and falsehood, as long as the public is not aware of the intended outcome from the result of certain information, the propaganda have succeeded. All media outlets are propaganda perveyors, only their intended objective differs.

Marginalization of reporting regarding Islamic extremism in Sub-Saharan Africa, using political correctness, is likely the West's propaganda to accentuate the "crisis" in the Middle East at the cost of ignoring the problems in Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite much rhetoric about "globalization," the developed nations of the West possess little to no interest regarding Africa. This blindness towards Africa resulted in the CCP hegemony in Africa via its debt-fueled financial colonization. It may be that once the CCP extends its grubby tendrils into Nigeria, Xinhua will report Islamism of Boko Haram as an "international threat," urging and justifying the group's extermination.

In order to combat extremists in the vein of Boko Haram, there needs to be an incentive for the central authority towards action, whether it be securing foreign investments, diplomatic inclusion at a regional summit, etc. The Nigerian central authority likely has not found any convincing incentive to lauch a campaign of extermination.