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George Orwell's '1984' Tops Amazon's Bestseller List (theguardian.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Sales of George Orwell's dystopian drama 1984 have soared after Kellyanne Conway, adviser to the reality-TV-star-turned-president, Donald Trump, used the phrase "alternative facts" in an interview. As of Tuesday, the book was the sixth best-selling book on Amazon. Comparisons were made with the term "newspeak" used in the 1949 novel, which was used to signal a fictional language that aims at eliminating personal thought and also "doublethink." In the book Orwell writes that it "means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them." The connection was initially made on CNN's Reliable Sources. "Alternative facts is a George Orwell phrase," said Washington Post reporter Karen Tumulty. Conway's use of the term was in reference to White House press secretary Sean Spicer's comments about last week's inauguration attracting "the largest audience ever". Her interview was widely criticized and she was sub-tweeted by Merriam-Webster dictionary with a definition of the word fact. In 1984, a superstate wields extreme control over the people and persecutes any form of independent thought. UPDATE 1/24/17 6:56PM PST: Orwell's dystopian novel is now the #1 Best Seller in Books on Amazon.
Someone told the new administration to RTFM.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Then it's not fake news, now is it?
If may be insignificant and not newsworthy, but it is not fake.
No it's fake news. The claims that the media have been pumping out is that Trumps inauguration speech was filled with things that Bane said, or some other sundry bullshit. WAPO: "This section of Trump'ss inaugural address sounds a lot like Bane from 'Batman'" Not sentence, section. Then there's this sentence: "But beyond the thematic similarities, a short section of Trump's speech sounded like it could have been lifted word-for-word from Bane. Watch and decide for yourself." Nice wording there don't you think? Then there's the whole "inauguration speech is dark" or filled with "divisive rhetoric echoing Bane" from MSNBC, and ABC's flappy headed nuts.
That's the very definition of fake. They're manufacturing news to drive clicks.
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This is coming from the guy who has a video link to something that can be disproved in 15 seconds with a simple google search.
Presumably you are referring to the description of GamerGate as a harassment campaign. 15 seconds with google can confirm this. If you disagree, feel free to dispute all 256 references in that article.
short section of Trump's speech sounded like it could have been lifted word-for-word from Bane
Christ on a bike Mashiki, your own carefully selected quote from TFA proves you are an illiterate idiot.
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