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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"The Ministry of Truth is the propaganda ministry."
As with the other ministries in the novel, the name Ministry of Truth is a misnomer because in reality it serves the opposite: it is responsible for any necessary falsification of historical events.
As well as administering truth, the ministry spreads a new language amongst the populace called Newspeak, in which, for example, "truth" is understood to mean statements like 2 + 2 = 5 when the situation warrants. In keeping with the concept of doublethink, the ministry is thus aptly named in that it creates/manufactures "truth" in the Newspeak sense of the word. The book describes the doctoring of historical records to show a government-approved version of events."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministries_of_Nineteen_Eighty-Four
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)Spicer and Conway are busy writing their own version of Newspeak
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Newspeak_words
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)world wide wally
(21,754 posts)"1984" doesn't take 4 years to finish.