2016年9月7日 星期三

truth squad, "newspeak," "doublethink," and "Ministry of Truth"

“I do not believe that it’s my job to be a truth squad.” -- Chris Wallace on his mission moderating the third presidential debate on October 19.


Ministry of Truth - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministries_of_Nineteen_Eighty-Four
The Ministries of Love, Peace, Plenty, and Truth are ministries in George Orwell's futuristic fiction dystopia novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, set in Oceania. Despite ...

Nineteen Eighty-Four - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four, often published as 1984, is a dystopian novel by English author George ......Orwell fictionalized "newspeak," "doublethink," and "Ministry of Truth" as evinced by both the Soviet press and that of Nazi Germany. In particular ...


truth squad

North American Politics

NOUN

(In a political party) a group of people assigned the task of questioning the truth of statements made by members of an opposing party.

Origin

1950s; earliest use found in The New York Times.

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