In George Orwell's dystopian Nineteen Eighty-Four Winston Smith lives in "a world of perpetual war, pervasive government surveillance, public mind control, and the voiding of citizens' rights." (from Wikipedia) The Ministry of Truth perpetually rewrites information and history, bringing about a truth that is half if not whole fiction. They are the early spindoctors where they put the best spin for the government's means on news and phrases. From Orwell we get the word "newspeak" and...
Published on January 07, 2010 11:44