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Winston Smith's job at the Ministry of Truth was basically this.

• TazeTSchnitzel 8y ago
  Which came from George Orwell working at the British Ministry of Information.
  • EthanHeilman 8y ago
    That's interesting I didn't know Orwell had a connection to the British Ministry of Information. Wikipedia seems to suggest that he didn't work there but his wife did: >"At the outbreak of the Second World War, Orwell's wife Eileen started working in the Censorship Department of the Ministry of Information in central London, staying during the week with her family in Greenwich. Orwell also submitted his name to the Central Register for war work, but nothing transpired." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell#Second_World_War_and_Animal_Farm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell#Second_World_War... Wikipedia could be wrong though since any work he did for the Ministry might not have been public until recently.
    • TazeTSchnitzel 8y ago
      Ah, my bad, I misremembered somewhat.
      • EthanHeilman 8y ago
        I'm glad you brought it up. It adds quite a bit of context to 1984.