The network’s furthering of lies from foreign adversaries and flagrant disregard for the truth have gotten downright dangerous. Garrett M. Graff, writing for Wired earlier this month: Monday’s split-screen drama, as the House Judiciary Committee weighed impeachment charges against President Trump and as the Justice Department’s inspector general released a 476-page report on the FBI’s handling of its 2016 investigation into…
Tag: George Orwell
Paging Big Brother: In Amazon’s Bookstore, Orwell Gets a Rewrite
As fake and illegitimate texts proliferate online, books are becoming a form of misinformation. The author of “1984” would not be surprised. From a report: In George Orwell’s “1984,” the classics of literature are rewritten into Newspeak, a revision and reduction of the language meant to make bad thoughts literally unthinkable. “It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words,” one true…
From Jesus Christ to Julian Assange: When Dissidents Become Enemies of the State
John W. Whitehead – That list of so-called “enemies of the state” is growing. Source: https://www.wakingtimes.com/2019/04/18/from-jesus-christ-to-julian-assange-when-dissidents-become-enemies-of-the-state/…
Two Big Ways Our World Resembles “1984”
Jon Miltimore, FEE Waking Times When I took 1984 with me on vacation recently, I didn’t expect to read it. Unlike the two other books with me—Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life and Matt Ridley’s The Rational Optimist—I had already read Orwell’s classic work. Or had I? It had been at least 25 years. Most of what I remembered seemed… Continue reading Two Big Ways Our World Resembles “1984”