Ministry of Truth
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
"Reality Control" ...if all records told the same tale-then the lie passed into history and became truth. "Who controls the past", ran the party slogan "controls the future: who controls the present controls the past."
This Process of continuous alteration was applied...to every kind of documentation which might conceivably hold any political or ideological significance.
....[documents] were recalled and rewritten again and again, and were invariably reissued without any admission that any alteration had been made.
This Process of continuous alteration was applied...to every kind of documentation which might conceivably hold any political or ideological significance.
....[documents] were recalled and rewritten again and again, and were invariably reissued without any admission that any alteration had been made.
George Orwell 1984
University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
Airbrushing History American Style (Full Report)
The authors of the report show how to locate altered or deleted documents from the public record on the White House web site. You will need to hurry because in January the site will be gone. It could be deleted or put in an archive with restricted access.
Print, books, cultural literacy, and "the classics" are as relevant today as the day the were first written.
Changes in White House documents raise concern about rewriting history
University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
11/25/08
Craig Chamberlain, Social Science Editor
217-333-2894; cdchambe@illinois.edu
The Bush White House has been rewriting part of its history, according to University of Illinois researchers Scott Althaus (ALL’-touse) and Kalev Leetaru (KAHL’-iv lee-TAR-oo). It “has quietly deleted or modified key documents in the public record that are maintained under its direct control,” they write, in a report posted online this week and cited in a story in The New York Times.
They argue, however, that “updating lists to keep up with the times is one thing. Deleting original documents from the White House archives is another. Back-dating later documents and using them to replace the originals goes beyond irresponsible stewardship of the public record. It is rewriting history.”
Airbrushing History American Style (Full Report)
The authors of the report show how to locate altered or deleted documents from the public record on the White House web site. You will need to hurry because in January the site will be gone. It could be deleted or put in an archive with restricted access.
Print, books, cultural literacy, and "the classics" are as relevant today as the day the were first written.
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