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George Orwell's '1984' hits bestseller list again - CNN.com
Not only did it hit the list again like it did after Snowden, the book hit the top spot.
Buckle in, if the first two press briefings are anything to judge by Trump will create a Department of Truth and ban questions at press briefings before the year is out.
Big Trumper had doubleplusgood crowds at his Inauguration. People as far as the eye could see.First published in 1949 and imagining a future authoritarian society, "1984" is widely regarded as one of the most influential novels of the 20th century. Its state, Oceania, employs a language called Newspeak (and words like "doubleplusgood") to limit freedom of thought.
The book focuses in particular on the impact of omnipresent government surveillance and the state's use of propaganda to enforce orthodoxy to an all-powerful leader, known as "Big Brother."
Not only did it hit the list again like it did after Snowden, the book hit the top spot.
Buckle in, if the first two press briefings are anything to judge by Trump will create a Department of Truth and ban questions at press briefings before the year is out.