[W]atching atrocities, whoever commits them, is not something most people would want to do.
This is the part about it that upsets me most. Propaganda is bad enough, but propaganda through attempting to force people to watch atrocities?
I personally value being informed, but there is a limit to how much I can take before it becomes second-hand trauma. I can fault nobody for looking away from some of the cruel shit humans can do to each other.
Don't the news feed us too much violence, suffering and death already? Forcing people to watch even more would be heartless without the propaganda angle while propaganda without inflicting psychological trauma would be despicable; combined, they're nothing short of disgusting and despicable.