| 单词 | Orwellian |
| 例句 | It is now called the Bristol Commerce Center, the sort of Orwellian name given to a place where commerce has ceased to exist. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z So then we had a genial argument about Orwellian socialism. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z It is assumed they were placed like so many stone sentinels for maximum Orwellian impact: the king is here, the king is watching you.* 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The Court’s quiet blessing of race-based traffic stops has led to something of an Orwellian public discourse regarding racial profiling. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Even if Hawley’s critics have argued that his use of “Orwellian” is itself Orwellian, there’s a reason it’s become an all-purpose epithet, a go-to accusation. How ‘Orwellian’ Became an All-Purpose Insult 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z While the census may sound like an Orwellian device, Ball is more concerned with his characters’ emotional lives than with authoritarian foreboding. A Dying Father, His Son and One Last Road Trip 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z The most famous TV ad in the Orwellian year of 1984, carefully themed to the novel named for this year, was for the Apple Macintosh desktop computer. Crazy Eddie’s Life Was Insane! 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z I know the word “Orwellian” is used far too much, but the decision-maker is like the Big Brother. Working class hero: Ken Loach’s “I, Daniel Blake” is a must-see in the era of Brexit and Donald Trump 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Their place there creates a Catch-22: despite the service’s Orwellian title, the show reaches few viewers and rarely enters the public conversation. CBS Censors “The Good Fight” for a Musical Short About China 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Barber claims he was unaware that the school in question had also banned Malcolm X shirts, and it is at this point in our conversation that his view of history starts to look Orwellian. Dixie Outfitters is still fighting the Civil War 2013-09-11T22:59:00Z And most of what he describes — the camaraderie in the workplace, the Orwellian language of “corporate resources,” the company soccer team — is familiar to the point of banality. Theater Review: Ethan Lipton in ?No Place to Go? at Joe?s Pub 2012-03-22T02:30:08Z If we've avoided an Orwellian state so far, it's arguably only because we're so good at oppressing ourselves in pursuit of material wealth. Science fiction's five best guides to the present 2013-07-26T09:59:29Z Fifteen years later, we’re living the Orwellian satire with less humor than ever. Perspective | We need comic novels more than ever. So where are they? 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z This is why a press secretary can seem both like Groucho Marx and the frightening voice of Orwellian “Newspeak.” This is why claims of “alt-facts” are both ridiculous and terrifying. An American tragicomedy: The Trump spectacle as a new brand of theater 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z For the sake of argument, let’s say you spend $2 every morning for a small — or to use the company’s Orwellian Doublespeak, a “tall” — cup of coffee at Starbucks. How to brew better coffee at home (and save money) in 5 easy steps 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z When Ms. Weingarten is shown delivering a stem-winding speech to her members, her voice is screechy, and the lighting and soundtrack turn Orwellian. Film: Remedial Study for Failing Public Schools 2010-09-19T04:36:00Z An Orwellian shiver passes over the crowd as one employee shrieks upon exiting the room, suggesting an ominous undercurrent that the rest of the scripted subplots involving staff members largely ignore. | 'Lush Valley': Lush Valley at Here Arts Center - Review 2011-09-12T02:01:00Z In that blistering moment of twisted candor, “Orwellian” became the adjective of our era. Perspective | Conservatives crying ‘Orwell’ are downright Orwellian 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z The great silencing that right-wing zealots are shouting about to their millions of followers on social media, radio, TV and in newspapers is not an example of Orwellian repression. Perspective | Conservatives crying ‘Orwell’ are downright Orwellian 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z But Mr. Sanchez also noted that discussion of the politics of surveillance often resorts to “a language borrowed from fiction,” notably the adjectives Orwellian and Kafkaesque. ArtsBeat: Rushdie Brings PEN Festival to Close 2012-05-07T14:23:30Z The idea that the Trump administration is an Orwellian dystopia was just a nightmare before Conway made it explicit. Kimmel, Covfefe, ‘Wonder Woman’: Washington’s Views on Pop Culture in 2017 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z The Committee to Protect Journalists cast the situation in Orwellian terms. ‘China will be China’: Why journalists are taking burner phones to the Beijing Olympics 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z “I felt that what Matt Damon was saying was an Orwellian idea, we are all equal except that some us are more equal than others,” she said. Minnie Driver: men like Matt Damon 'cannot understand what abuse is like' 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z It hasn’t degenerated into an Orwellian society — just the opposite.” Tom Hanks Uses Web to Plot the Future 2010-10-01T23:21:00Z “Utopia” is actually more of a dystopia, a society without plumbing, pizza or Wi-Fi, but all the Orwellian indignities of omnipresent, unceasing surveillance cameras. In ‘Utopia,’ on Fox, Real People Build an Unreal World 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Zippy and well illustrated, this book persuasively argues that “equating hypersexualization with sex positivity is a form of Orwellian doublespeak.” New & Noteworthy, From Vivian Gornick’s Essays to No-Recipe Recipes 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z On Page 29, he says the word “Orwellian” “seems quaint now, inadequate to our moment.” Senator Flake, a Republican, Explains Why He Didn’t Vote for Trump 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Groups representing airline passengers and companies that rely on corporate travel derided the bill’s name, the Transparent Airfares Act of 2014, as Orwellian. House bill lets airlines advertise pre-tax fares 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z He created an Orwellian dystopia and forced his captive followers to live in it. David Talbot on “Tavis Smiley” 2012-05-21T19:31:00Z And, in a Biblical-sounding proposal to mitigate this Orwellian hell: “If Big Brother can’t be stopped, we should focus on throwing sand in his eyes rather than futilely trying to kill him.” Move Over, Metaverse. Here’s Something Meaner. 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z In an Orwellian turn, Elysian will still use its “Corporate Beer Sucks” slogan. News you can eat: Seahawks food FTW!!! (Plus some other stuff) 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z A White House spokesperson endorsing the Orwellian concept of “alternative facts”? Another denying that Hitler used chemical weapons against his own people? Trump is stranger than fiction: John Altman on writing thrillers today 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z When Oliver declares that he finds life under the new restrictions “Orwellian,” it feels like the playwright is holding our hand. ‘Lemons’ Review: A Fun Thought Exercise, Without Deep Thoughts 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Not only was Paul Robeson — another great athlete of that first wave era — reduced to an Orwellian nonperson for all practical purposes. Olympics activist: ‘Athletes have always been in the forefront saying: We, the people, are better than this’ 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z There’s something very sinister to me about turning our every worry into data, about “wearables” – the word itself is Orwellian. How sleep became the new must-have 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z She’s waffled on the necessity of vaccines, at one point calling vaccine mandates “draconian” & “Orwellian.” More backlash for Alyssa Milano over her support of Marianne Williamson's presidential bid 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z In our more Orwellian, data-culling times, gifts — those given and those gotten — seem to require master’s degrees, and if not that, some kindly nerd willing to explain: What exactly is the cloud? High-tech gifts: You should love them. If only you knew how to use them. 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z It hasn’t degenerated into an Orwellian society – just the opposite.” Tom Hanks Unveils His Sci-Fi Internet Series, 'Electric City' 2010-09-30T21:27:00Z “Thinking is not an option,” one woman says, describing the Orwellian nature of the place; she is not shown on screen. In Aung San Suu Kyi?s Myanmar: Two New Films 2012-02-21T23:15:35Z Yet when two young men begin to question their lifetime of indoctrination, the Orwellian brutality under the surface of this brotherhood becomes appallingly apparent. Faith and fanaticism collide in 'The End Times' at Skylight Theatre 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z One might come up with things that are in fact “more Orwellian” — including the bland euphemism “voter integrity,” which typically serves the cause of disenfranchisement and not voting rights. How ‘Orwellian’ Became an All-Purpose Insult 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z Had he lived long enough, he may well have added “Orwellian” to the list. How ‘Orwellian’ Became an All-Purpose Insult 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z She’s now going all in on revisionism, as if the body count can be erased with a single Orwellian declaration that perception matters more than truth. 'She's an unreliable narrator': Lauren Greenfield on her Imelda Marcos documentary 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z But is the Kissing Couple an example of the Internet's desire to keep everyone in line via some Orwellian nightmare where we're all spying on each other and constantly outing private moments, messages and Twitpics? Do the Kissing Couple represent an end to public privacy? 2011-06-21T21:01:00Z North Korea is a true Orwellian society: The totalitarian government, currently led by Kim Jong-un, keeps its citizens disconnected from the internet and controls radio stations and newspapers, filling them with propaganda. 3 Books on North Korea and the Threat of Nuclear War 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z You don’t need to have read “1984” to grasp why someone is calling something Orwellian, even if you disagree with the assessment. How ‘Orwellian’ Became an All-Purpose Insult 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z “The Speaker’s Progress,” an elegantly staged satire written and directed by a Kuwaiti playwright, Sulayman al-Bassam, begins with this Orwellian metaphor about the restrictions on free speech in the Arab world. | 'The Speaker?s Progress': ?The Speaker?s Progress? in Brooklyn - Review 2011-10-08T00:55:17Z But his latest, which won best animated short at the Muestra Joven festival in 2016, is an Orwellian tale about a screaming dictator lording over identically dressed workers from drab, identical apartments. Improvisation Is the Heart of Cuban Animation 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Life in Donald Trump’s America is barely underway, and the White House is already wafting ominous Orwellian juju as the president’s spokesmen attempt to dismantle consensus reality with “alternative facts.” The incoherent music of Trumpism 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z As this rather Orwellian instruction implies, it is rather more frequent than "never". We love the NHS too much to make it better 2013-03-09T06:31:01Z They are prepared to conduct, in a turnabout on the Orwellian language governments have employed on them, “compassionate removal of non-tribal people.” Shades of Atwood and Vonnegut in Louise Erdrich’s Dystopian Novel 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z In a sense, it seems odd to think of Christopher Hitchens as an Orwellian. The Orwell prize gets Hitched 2012-05-28T09:34:25Z Teen hackers in futuristic San Francisco desperately cling to their civil liberties in a sinister Orwellian society. Cat Clarke's top 10 books with teens behaving badly 2011-04-04T08:53:17Z If everything was so cut and dried, it would be 1984, an Orwellian world – which is the best book, by the way – and we'd probably lose a lot of hope. Drew Barrymore: Don't mention the c-word 2010-03-27T00:09:00Z The reason for this glorious creative climax was that Orwellian blurring between the satirical pigs in the series and the Westminster men and women. The Thick of It: the TV programme of 2012 2012-12-21T22:55:06Z The sequel’s title, “Wonder Woman 1984,” suggests that some juicy Orwellian intrigues are in the offing. ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Review: It’s Not About What We Deserve 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z With Community, I’m counterbalancing the Orwellian pacification of a sitcom with messages of humanity, which is subversive in that medium. Rick and Morty creators: 'We're pulling apart the tropes of sci-fi' 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z And indeed, its pages contain a synthesis of many of the themes that we have come to think of as "Orwellian". Where's Lenin? 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z Perhaps that is why Voth, at last plotting an escape from his Orwellian university, cannot tell us where he is going. “Confessions of the Fox” Is a Cunning Metafiction of Vulpine Versatility 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z “Preservation,” Davies’ rock-theater extravaganza about real estate development and rascally political corruption, has a denouement that veers from comedy to Orwellian menace as a self-righteous totalitarian supplants the rascal, who at least was recognizably human. Kinks' Ray Davies is turning 70. Why it matters. 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z With each passing twist in their Orwellian encounter with state bureaucracy, the film emphasizes the ordinary ways that major segments of society are dehumanized, demonized and dispossessed. Working class hero: Ken Loach’s “I, Daniel Blake” is a must-see in the era of Brexit and Donald Trump 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z The report strikes a generally cautious note, warning against what it calls morally self-congratulatory or even “Orwellian” erasures of the past. Yale Sets Policy That Could Allow Renaming of Calhoun College 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z That’s the art museum version of a standard Orwellian practice: Institutional authority proclaims that up is down, left is right and uniformity is diversity – so get with the program. The Whitney Museum replies to my request to withdraw a false statement 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Right now, Bradford said, his mind is wrapped up in politics and what he describes as an Orwellian world. Mark Bradford's plans for 2017 Venice Biennale: 'The whole of who I am and where I am now' 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z In stilted verse, it set up the elf as a watchdog for Santa, a scout for reporting bad behavior, or as Salon's Mary Elizabeth Williams writes: "an Orwellian nightmare." How I learned to stop worrying and love Elf on the Shelf 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z It’s creepy and Orwellian, but it’s not that unusual. What gets declassified? 2012-05-31T21:09:00Z Can’t wait to see what Orwellian device the White House uses to co-opt Earth Day. Dakota Pipeline protests come to Wall Street: Native American activists hope to pressure big banks to back off 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Today, domestic spying is indeed undergoing massive expansion under the banner of “cyber security,” an Orwellian euphemism that most Americans probably find more palatable than “spying” or “data-mining.” Julian Assange’s latest wake-up call 2013-04-30T17:42:00Z Before the Think Different campaign, there had already been the notorious 1984 Macintosh ad, directed by Ridley Scott, which also cast Apple as the rebels and the troublemakers, bringing down some grey, Orwellian dystopia. Michael Fassbender on playing Steve Jobs: 'Was he flawed? Yeah! We all are' 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z The novel’s focus is the titular institute whose Orwellian objective is to brings the country’s clocks into line and so correct the citizens’ casually oriental attitude to timekeeping. 10 of the best books set in Turkey - that will take you there 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z IBM is portrayed as an almost Orwellian institution with armies of executives and lawyers who march into meetings, all in identical dark suits and white shirts. On ‘Halt and Catch Fire,’ It’s Imitation vs. Invention 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z His plain-spokenness about the League’s goals suggests that this socialist’s aim is not some Orwellian nightmare of conformity but a world in which workers are also owners and get what’s coming to them. Review: In ‘Prairie Trilogy,’ All-American Stories of Socialism 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z The Orwellian tech-book market is a booming genre, to the point where it’s now reached Beach Book viability. Cool Beach Books for Hot Summer Days 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z But proponents of “traditional” marriage and relationships shouldn’t fear an “Orwellian” nightmare – or worse, pretend that kids don’t need to be educated about bullying and protected from it. GOP actually bullies an anti-bullying bill 2013-05-20T14:52:00Z It's an Orwellian fable about a group of Soviet architecture students who build a vast, floating swimming pool that they propel across the Atlantic by swimming laps. Art and the hidden depths of the humble public pool 2012-08-03T16:55:30Z These are not the only Orwellian nightmares to shadow our waking hours. The Ninjas by Jane Yeh – review 2012-11-23T22:55:09Z There’s an Orwellian quality to how language is used at HubSpot. Review: ‘Disrupted,’ a Tech Takedown by Dan Lyons, a.k.a. Fake Steve Jobs 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Indeed, in the movies, it’s never been necessary to create an Orwellian dystopia in order to assume a state of constant surveillance. Spy Games: 10 Memorable Surveillance Movies 2013-06-17T09:45:56Z An Orwellian flavour persisted on Radio 4 this week with two documentaries studying the people studying our personal data online. Privacy Under Pressure; Postcode Profiling: Winners and Losers – radio review 2013-07-19T06:00:10Z Q: All your political characters indulge in this Orwellian doublespeak. From Selina to Stalin: The man behind ‘Veep’ talks satire and cynicism 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z A Seattle native barely old enough to recall dial-up modems, Benjamin felt none of my Orwellian angst about a cashier-free business where customers are automatically charged for purchases when they exit the store. Perspective | I thought Amazon’s new cashier-free store was creepy. My teenage son couldn’t care less. 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z The ravaging amorality of pop culture and mass media is a persistent theme — several episodes underscore the Orwellian potential of television and especially shows like “American Idol.” A ‘Black Mirror’ Christmas Tale on DirecTV 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z For some, the Google Books project seems to be making that dream reality; for others, it's a mass infringement of copyright and potential Orwellian nightmare. TV highlights 18/02/2013 2013-02-18T07:00:02Z Instead we are given a giant Orwellian straw man, the type of state that very few members of the film's audience would ever dream of openly supporting. "Captive State" is boring 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z The characters’ robotic techno argot, intended to convey military expertise while camouflaging human element, is equally Orwellian. Review: ‘Eye in the Sky,’ Drone Precision vs. Human Failings 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z The latest Saatchi gallery exhibition, with the Orwellian title Newspeak: British Art Now, has already been shown in the Hermitage museum in St Petersburg. Saatchi's Newspeak: the good, bad and indifferent 2010-06-06T21:00:00Z The alterations that Mr. Zhang reveals may seem innocuous, but the evocation of Orwellian busywork constantly varnishing truth for the benefit of dictatorial dominion is chilling to contemplate. Art Review: ?New Photography 2011? Features 6 Artists at MoMA - Review 2011-10-14T05:00:49Z Ben Arnold Despite the occasional glib line about it being an "Orwellian nightmare", the super-surveillance computer that forms the central premise of this new procedural is oddly treated as a good thing. Series: Watch this TV highlights 14/08/2012 2012-08-14T13:57:25Z It seems therefore highly likely that his longing for the great Orwellian test – the momentous moral challenge to match the 1930s – might tempt him to overstate the threat of Islamic fundamentalism. The boor's head 2010-05-21T23:03:00Z In the book thoughtful conversations are almost obsolete and every face-to-face interaction is governed by a portable, Orwellian device — a descendant of the smartphone — called the “äppärät.” Art Review: Art That Interacts if You Interface 2011-07-28T17:28:56Z In the ad, an Orwellian ‘Big Sister’ tells a line of young girls dressed in pink dresses and heels, “You are beauty, and beauty is perfection.” New GoldieBlox video rebels against 'Big Sister' beauty standards 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z That sounds a little more Orwellian than most of the artworks in this show appear to be. Review | In the galleries: ‘Focus Group’ takes a playful approach to life and death 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Transgender activists were devastated by the news, which sounded, frankly, Orwellian: The government was declaring it would determine people’s genders “on a biological basis that is clear, grounded in science, objective and administrable.” Perspective | Why should the government — or anyone — care what’s between a person’s legs? 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, the United States government is hoping to do just that through the Termination Bill, an Orwellian plan that promises to “emancipate” Indigenous people from their lands and their tribal affiliations. Fighting to Save Their Tribe From Termination 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Movies like “Divergent,” “Snowpiercer” and “Elysium” foresee societal divisions that last into Armageddon and beyond and that define a new, inevitably Orwellian world order that emerges from the ruins of civilization. The Social Split Between TV and Movie Dystopias 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z It was made and broadcast in 1984, although the film’s realistic content easily trumped whatever speculative Orwellian resonance was there to be noticed that year. Threads: the film that frightened me most 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z Part of why I dislike the Elf is the same reason I dislike Facebook’s privacy settings — he’s an Orwellian nightmare. Santa’s little voyeur 2012-12-10T15:37:00Z To those familiar with only Orwell’s later, more pared-down work, “Burmese Days” offers a diverting glimpse at what qualifies as a potboiler by Orwellian standards. | 'Burmese Days': ?Burmese Days? at 59E59 Theaters - Review 2011-11-17T03:03:15Z “Everything is satirical. Not Mad magazine satirical but Orwellian dystopic,” he wrote. Perspective | We need comic novels more than ever. So where are they? 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Henry’s court is a little world of terror, more Orwellian than antique for all of Mantel’s splendid period ornamentation. Crashing Henry VIII’s Court One Last Time With Hilary Mantel 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z United but somehow independent, autonomous but also completely aligned — these are Orwellian reassurances. Perspective | Penguin Random House is buying Simon & Schuster. That’s bad for readers. 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z If a friend of yours reads these diaries and afterward declares, “My, what an Orwellian garden you have,” do not wrinkle your eyebrows. Books of The Times: ‘Diaries,’ by George Orwell, Edited by Peter Davison 2012-08-16T17:23:53Z The second, a term introduced with sinister Orwellian overtones by William H. Whyte in a 1952 article for Fortune magazine, describes how creativity and even morality can be stifled by consensus. ‘American Urbanist,’ a Well-Timed Biography of a Man Who Reshaped City Life 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z No. Instead, in splendidly Orwellian fashion we are told this is a bold step forward. The Review Show's move to BBC4: a typical piece of BBC cowardice 2013-02-26T15:41:12Z He insisted that his publisher was taking its cues from “the Left” and trying to silence him: “This could not be more Orwellian.” How ‘Orwellian’ Became an All-Purpose Insult 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z This is hardly Orwellian doublethink, however, this notion that even the worst among us shouldn’t be violated by our colleagues. How Fox News drama Bombshell lets Megyn Kelly off the hook 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z “The Christmas decoration ban by the city of Wauwatosa is Orwellian and unconstitutional.” Grinch-burg: Wisconsin officials nix Christmas decorations at city hall 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z It’s an Orwellian absurdity, as if saying the words is sufficient while constantly helping Israel to violate international humanitarian law in numerous ways. US war machine fuels Israel's military 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z Despite their best Orwellian efforts, the truth is clear: Since 1973, the people of Virginia have had the right to an abortion. The battle for Virginia: Can the last state in the South to not restrict abortion post-Roe survive? 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z It will have an Orwellian effect where all Australians are equal, but some Australians are more equal than others. The Voice: Australians vote No in historic referendum 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z Using Orwellian Newspeak and other lies, Trump and his spokespeople are presenting their fascist agenda as "taking back the country” for “real Americans." The GOP's surrender to Donald Trump is now complete 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z “We don’t want to see an Orwellian mix of fact and fiction in our world,” he said. US warns of Chinese global disinformation campaign that could undermine peace and stability 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z In an example of Orwellian Newspeak, Republicans present themselves as defenders of freedom, when they actually oppose it. Americans can't make the grade on civics, according to a shocking new poll 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Mr Ryley added that Buckingham Palace also dictated which clips of the ceremony could be shown in future broadcasts, giving the approved selection of highlights the "Orwellian" name of a "perpetuity edit". Broadcasters let Buckingham Palace censor Coronation coverage - ex-Sky News boss 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Just like a character from an Orwellian dystopia, he uses use words to obscure the truth, including irrelevant responses or feigning offense via denial. Our collective malady: Donald Trump's mental health crisis is America's problem 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z It’s Orwellian and the American people are not fooled by it,” declared Jenny Beth Martin, honorary chairman of Tea Party Patriots Action, an organization that supports economic and personal freedom. Trump trials to create a media frenzy not seen in decades 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z A district judge agreed, calling the federal government’s behavior “Orwellian.” Federal appeals court skeptical of feds’ relationship with Big Tech, censorship of COVID-19 material 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z DeSantis' Orwellian thought crime campaign and targeting of African-American history fits firmly within that mold. Dear Ron DeSantis, slavery was not a job skills program 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Critics argue Chevron is the stuff of Orwellian dystopias, siphoning massive amounts of political power away from Congress and the courts and turning it over to unelected, anonymous bureaucrats. Congress backs fishermen over feds in Supreme Court battle, tells justices to curb bureaucracy 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z It is an Orwellian strategy, crafted to restore pride in the supposed historical roots of the "Real America," and thus to restore its "real culture." How Trump's speech is warping MAGA minds 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z The judge declared the cooperation between the White House and social media companies to censor speech “Orwellian.” Stop feeding the Meta monster | Nolan Finley 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Doughty order said the administration “seems to have assumed a role similar to an Orwellian ‘Ministry of Truth.’” Judge refuses to put hold on order limiting Biden administration contact with social media companies 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z He said the evidence presented in the case “depicts an almost dystopian scenario,” particularly during the pandemic, when “the United States Government seems to have assumed a role similar to an Orwellian ‘Ministry of Truth.’” Judge’s order blocking Biden-Big Tech censorship spurs free-speech debate 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z He added: "During the Covid-19 pandemic, a period perhaps best characterized by widespread doubt and uncertainty, the United States Government seems to have assumed a role similar to an Orwellian 'Ministry of Truth.'" US officials ordered to limit contact with social media firms 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z In a legal complaint last year, Big Brother Watch, a civil society group, called it “Orwellian in the extreme.” Barred From Grocery Stores by Facial Recognition 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z “It will have an Orwellian effect where all Australians are equal, but some Australians are more equal than others,” Dutton said. Australian Parliament takes step toward holding a referendum on Indigenous Voice this year 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Florida's Orwellian thought-crime laws barring certain subjects from discussion and barring certain kinds of books will become the norm across the country. Ron DeSantis wants to "make America Florida": That's a dire threat 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z So-called conservatives are imposing Orwellian thought-crime laws across red states and even in other parts of the country. Hope and loss on Memorial Day: It's been a rough year since Buffalo 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z Councilmember Traci Park, who voted for the device, previously dismissed the suggestion that the robot would put the department “on a path towards a dystopian, Orwellian future of state surveillance.” City Council votes to accept donation for controversial LAPD robot dog 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Right-wing pundits and politicians falsely portrayed her group as part of an Orwellian bid to control the speech and thought of ordinary Americans. New Defamation Suit Against Fox Signals Continued Legal Threat 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z To detractors, Chevron is the stuff of Orwellian dystopias, siphoning massive amounts of political power away from Congress and the courts and turning it over to unelected and anonymous bureaucrats. Supreme Court takes up case to review agency deference, potentially overrule Chevron 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z But Mr. Gianforte sent it back to lawmakers with amendments, along with a letter noting that gender-affirming care was a misleading term and comparing it to “Orwellian Newspeak.” Montana Governor Signs Law Banning Transgender Care for Minors 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z But the governor also noted that gender-affirming care was a misleading term and compared it to “Orwellian Newspeak.” Montana Governor’s Nonbinary Son Calls on Him to Reject Transgender Bills 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Across the United States, the Republican fascists and the larger white right are imposing Orwellian thought crime laws restricting free speech, freedom of thought, freedom of association and other fundamental civil and human rights. Why Americans can't keep nice things 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z And when I look at the legislation being proposed that would enable the U.S. government to ban TikTok, I see a frightening, Orwellian law that should send chills down every American’s spine. Opinion | Why banning TikTok won’t do any good 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z The year may be 1984, but any hint of Orwellian gloom here is dissolved in a wave of merry capitalist brinkmanship. Review: Ben Affleck's entertaining Michael Jordan-Nike drama is more than hot 'Air' 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z This Orwellian mistrust is what authoritarian governments love. How to spot the Trump and Pope AI fakes 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z The result is alarming to those who recognize a dangerously Orwellian attempt to whitewash recent history. Greene’s DC jail visit pulls GOP closer to Jan. 6 rioters 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z When those two men denounce Russia, solemnly insisting that it is never acceptable for one country to invade another, the Orwellian irony is shameless. The urbanity of evil: 20 years after the Iraq invasion, the lies continue 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Celebrating the banning of authors and concepts as "freedom from indoctrination" is as Orwellian as politics gets.…. Don't call it a culture war 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z That’s an Orwellian euphemism that obscures what it is: isolating human beings in a maximum security setting, often for long periods of time. Opinion | Virginia finally curbs solitary confinement — but not enough 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z “This is the Orwellian future come to life,” said Sen. Edward J. Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat. Next step in surveillance AI: finding out who your friends are 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Users, viewing the scene from the guard’s perspective, scanned the crowd as the glasses picked out faces before identifying the suspect so he could be apprehended — an unsettling display bordering on Orwellian. Best of MWC: Screens that roll, ChatGPT interactive glasses 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Of course, this is the type of critical thinking and inquiry that the Republicans are trying to outlaw with their Orwellian attacks on the "critical race theory" bogeyman. Republicans roll out their pro-Putin plan: racism 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Ms. Williamson also drew attention in 2019 for calling vaccine mandates “Orwellian” — a reference to vaccinations against diseases like measles and polio that most schoolchildren have long been required to receive. Marianne Williamson Says She Will Run for President Again 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Fox News' slogans and catch-phrases such as "Fair & Balanced", "Real News. Real Honest Opinion", and "We Report. You Decide" are Orwellian newspeak; Fox News is doing exactly the opposite. Can Dominion's lawsuit take down Fox News? 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Olesya has a striking image tattooed on her right leg - Russian President Vladimir Putin depicted as a spider, with an Orwellian inscription: "Big Brother is watching you." Ukraine war: The Russian student under arrest for an Instagram story 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Their Orwellian newspeak version of "freedom, liberty and individual rights" just means that people are free as long as they do what Republicans want. Republican identity politics: Authoritarianism — not individualism — is central to GOP 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z What was so Orwellian was that the changes were announced without any admission that Xi was altering direction. Opinion | Xi’s course correction reveals an agile autocrat under pressure 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Although Ohio Republicans say they are trying to promote their state’s energy industry, critics have called the new law misleading and “Orwellian.” How dark money groups led Ohio to redefine gas as ‘green energy’ 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z The name, with its Orwellian connotations, was dumb, but the board never had any Ministry of Truth-like power to censor speech. Opinion | A new House ‘Church committee’? More like an exercise in revenge. 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Republicans have given their legislation the Orwellian name of “Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act.” Opinion | First order of business for the GOP House? Defunding the (tax) police. 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Their Orwellian newspeak version of "freedom, liberty and individual rights" just means that people are free as long as they do what Republicans want. Republican identity politics: Authoritarianism — not individualism — is central to GOP 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Just before Christmas, a report unearthed evidence that ByteDance employees — already criticized for suppressing content such as Black Lives Matter posts — had taken an even more Orwellian turn, using location data to track journalists. TikTok's addictive anti-aesthetic has already conquered culture 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z To detractors, Chevron is the stuff of Orwellian dystopias, siphoning massive amounts of political power away from Congress and the courts and turning it over to unelected and usually anonymous bureaucrats. Justice Gorsuch’s white whale: Supreme Court has new chance to consider agencies’ power 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z “In order to save the forest, they have to cut down the forest,” said Jeff Tittel, the retired former director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, calling the plan “shameful” and “Orwellian.” Fire plan would cut 2.4 million New Jersey Pinelands trees 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z From her sense of inequality in our culture to the way she talks about disease and pandemics, she was so Orwellian in her thinking. Neighbor Terry Morgan says Octavia Butler was ‘as normal as you could imagine’ 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z But, he said, “The Orwellian aspect has been trying to find specifically where those funds are.” The End of Vaccines at ‘Warp Speed’ 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z How do you make sense of these right-wing attacks on history and the creation of Orwellian thought-crime laws across red-state America? Adam Hochschild on history and the orange man: "We haven't had a figure exactly like him before" 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z And they have perfected their instruments of Orwellian control. Fake justice from the puppet-masters: The persecution of Julian Assange 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z The tweet was later restored, but not before DeSantis’ spokesman attacked the platform for having “censored” Ladapo — an “Orwellian move” in the words of the spokesman, Bryan Griffin. Column: In threat to public health, Florida publishes bogus anti-vaccine 'study' 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z “Little could be more Orwellian than the government purporting to protect speech by dictating what businesses must say,” said Matt Schruers, president of the Computer & Communications Industry Association. Appeals court upholds Texas law regulating social media moderation 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z The group says the biometric scans are "Orwellian in the extreme". Convenience store spy cameras face legal challenge 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z China’s zero-Covid policy has been accompanied by Orwellian lockdowns that have constrained business and life in general. The World Economy Is Imperiled by a Force Hiding in Plain Sight 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z Yet when Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced the disinformation board in April, Republican lawmakers and conservative commentators denounced it as exactly that, calling it an Orwellian attempt to stifle dissenting views. Disinformation Has Become Another Untouchable Problem in Washington 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z I've come to understand that a cultural war is raging across our land, in which, with Orwellian fervor, certain accepted thoughts and speech are mandated. The NRA celebrates in Texas before Uvalde victims are buried 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z DHS announced last week that it was pausing the launch of the board after a fierce backlash from conservatives who said the board was an Orwellian overreach by the federal government to regulate free speech. Senate Republicans press Mayorkas for records from Homeland Security disinformation board 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z “I’m calling on Congress to pass my protecting free speech act, terminate this Orwellian Ministry of Truth, fire Nina Jankowicz and prevent the Biden regime from silencing the American people,” she said. House Republicans call for terminating the DHS disinformation board 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z It’s so Orwellian because the names just mean the opposite of what they are. Everyone has an idea for solving homelessness. What if we listened to the unhoused? 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z “The Biden administration wants a government agency dedicated to cracking down on what its subjects can say, an idea popular with Orwellian governments everywhere,” said Mr. Cotton, Arkansas Republican. Republicans announce bill to shut down DHS ‘disinformation’ unit 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Within hours of the announcement, Republican lawmakers began railing against the board as Orwellian, accusing the Biden administration of creating a “Ministry of Truth” to police people’s thoughts. Partisan Fight Breaks Out Over New Disinformation Board 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z And Mr. Gibbons embraced a fringe movement to hold a constitutional convention aimed at curbing federal power, and mocked the Department of Homeland Security’s new effort to counter disinformation as an Orwellian Ministry of Truth. In Ohio Senate Fight, G.O.P. Shows Strains of Its Identity Crisis 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z Around the network, supervisors repeated an Orwellian mantra: “Respect the audience.” How Tucker Carlson Reshaped Fox News — and Became Trump’s Heir 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z “For far too long, Google has engaged in Orwellian tactics to tip the national conversation in the direction it prefers, this latest move is simply more of the same,” Mr. Talgo said. Google word processor offers ‘inclusive language’ corrections for writers 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z Free nations have no choice but to resist Orwellian tyrannies that call murder “peace” and oppression “security.” Opinion | Xi’s and Putin’s sick twist on ‘peace’ and ‘security’ 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Goodman spilled his frustrations in an opinion piece published by another site, blasting the “fact-checking industry” as Orwellian “business consultants” keeping media “on the right side of government officials and corporate sponsors.” A fight over a vaccine column could kill one of the oldest alt-weeklies 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z This is "Special Military Operation Russia" - a parallel universe, Orwellian, where invasion is liberation, where aggression is self-defence and where critics are traitors. Ukraine war: The Russia I knew no longer exists - Steve Rosenberg 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z In a somewhat Orwellian twist, Republicans sometimes pretend that such punitive, Big Government measures are really motivated by their desire to preserve the free market. Opinion | Corporate America somehow became the last firewall for abortion rights 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z But this feels like an Orwellian step beyond that, an extension of something with which we’ve become sadly familiar in this era of preposterous social-media conspiracies and multiple-choice truth. Moscow’s war on reality 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z We call this misuse of the language Orwellian because it was George Orwell, the British journalist, critic and novelist, who wrote so clearly about it in “1984” and elsewhere. Column: The never-ending obfuscation of war 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Today, McQueen’s dream has curdled into some kind of Orwellian nightmare. Perspective | New state education laws threaten to make some films taboo in the classroom. That’s a huge loss. 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z The defenders represent the defendant by a process that goes by the Orwellian term “humanizing.” Opinion | Here’s why Biden should commute Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z But that was just the latest, if most pointedly Orwellian, in Russia’s bizarre missteps as it has tried, and failed, to control the narrative of the war. How the war in Ukraine threw a wrench in Russia's disinformation machine 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z “Folks simply ‘vote with their feet’ relating to issues such as crime, taxes, homeschooling, gun laws, mask and vaccine mandates, Orwellian laws and out of control tyranny in the sanctuary states.” Realtors to conservatives living in liberal areas: Try Idaho 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z In an Orwellian twist, the agency, called Roskomnadzor, said it made the move to uphold the free flow of information, blaming Facebook for restrictions it has placed on Russian state media outlets in recent days. Analysis | The real reason Russia is blocking Facebook 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z How do we you locate the importance of Black History Month in this moment of rising authoritarianism, neo-fascism, and Orwellian assaults on truth and reality itself? Jelani Cobb on the anti-CRT campaign's high stakes and the deep roots of fascism in America 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z For now, the Russian media is allowed to describe the invasion only as “a special military operation in Donbas” — Orwellian language apparently dictated by Putin himself. Opinion | The saddest irony of Putin’s war on Ukraine 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Other critics say Youngkin’s tipline seeking examples of critical race theory in the classroom smacks of Orwellian tactics and could cause teachers to shy away from addressing racism in American history. Youngkin looks to root out critical race theory in Virginia 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z China’s attack on COVID-19 is fittingly mammoth, too, capable of locking down millions in a show of state power built partly on Orwellian surveillance architecture. ‘Politics of grandeur’: 2 Olympics and China’s love of big 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z "The district intends to spend taxpayer funds to monitor and chill constitutionally-protected speech. Efforts to chill speech through Orwellian programs like this have rightly been challenged - and struck down - by courts around the country." VA school district seeks 'social media listening' on 'hate speech' to deter 'negative actions' towards staff 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z The programs offer the promise of protecting those in cognitive decline while helping them retain some independence, but they have also evoked fears of Orwellian overreach. Where a Thousand Digital Eyes Keep Watch Over the Elderly 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z To call a person who endorses violence against the duly elected government a “Republican” is itself Orwellian. Opinion | There’s a name for someone who calls violence ‘legitimate.’ It isn’t ‘Republican.’ 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z But those outlets, with rare exceptions, have gone into virtually Orwellian mode, only allowing elaboration on the theme of America good, Russia bad. U.S. hypocrisy on Ukraine paralyzes media, Congress — and even progressive Democrats 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z RELATED: "Orwellian": Tennessee school board sparks outrage with vote to ban Holocaust graphic novel "Maus" Why experts say the banning of "Maus" is not like the censorship of "Huckleberry Finn" 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z And it subjects the Chinese population generally to Orwellian surveillance. Opinion | China has a message for Winter Olympic athletes: Shut up and ski 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z Athletes were told to "stay silent" about human rights issues as they will "not be protected" in an "Orwellian surveillance state". Winter Olympians warned over speaking out 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z The pandemic will limit the movement of journalists during the Games, and it will also showcase the state’s Orwellian control. The AP Interview: Exiled artist Ai Weiwei on Beijing Games 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z Without any Congressional oversight, CMS is moving all people on Medicare into these private business plans by the Orwellian redefining of its direct contracting authority with providers and suppliers. Biden keeps Trump plan that incentives denial of health care with big profits 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z They declared Memorial a friend of Russia, not its enemy, and called the case for liquidation absurd and "Orwellian". Russian court orders oldest civil rights group Memorial to shut 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z The Orwellian episode underscores the flimsy veneer of legitimacy covering this weekend’s electoral exercise. The opposition is in jail. Hong Kong wants its ‘patriots’-only vote to look legitimate. 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z This is an Orwellian way to describe the court transferring the right to choose from individuals to state legislators. Opinion | Gutting ‘Roe’ would devastate millions of Americans — and the court itself 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z The idea that heavy metal bands exist in Cuba — and that they belong to a government entity with the comically Orwellian name of the Rock Agency — may be hard for some to believe. 'Los Últimos Frikis': Heavy metal hero on a mission in Cuba 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z “It is an overreach to sit here and demand an invasive medical procedure,” Mayor Steven Hofbauer said during a phone interview Tuesday, calling the notion of a forced health measure “Orwellian.” Palmdale wants to challenge L.A. County's COVID-19 vaccine mandate 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Look no further than Donald Trump's latest effort to create his own social media network for the perfect example of the Orwellian way in which conservatives use the term "free speech." Stop downplaying the GOP's war on speech 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z With a touch of Orwellian Newspeak, the policy was officially dubbed the Migrant Protection Protocols; in fact, it provided migrants with no protection at all. Opinion | ‘Remain in Mexico’ may be returning, but Biden must not repeat history 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z The neighborhood’s camera opponents argued that the systems were a pointless, Orwellian annoyance they didn’t want greeting them every time they drove home. License plate scanners were supposed to bring peace of mind. Instead they tore the neighborhood apart. 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Inside, the student was subjected to an Orwellian nightmare. Opinion | Yale Law School triggers me 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z It was quite the hike from the Metro station to the namesake mall, along the punishing Rockville Pike — or what I guess should be renamed “Wisconsin Avenue,” if the Orwellian rebranding goes through. Perspective | Some people want to rename the White Flint Metro station ‘North Bethesda.’ Bad idea. 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z “By these Orwellian standards, there is no such thing as traffic failure.” How a quality-of-life award for a 12-lane Utah highway sums up the debate over the future of transportation 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z CNN's new findings offer further proof of the Orwellian power that the Republican Party and fascist movement have over their followers. Fascism is a mind-killer — and Trump's version is destroying Americans' grasp of reality 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z A "New American Century" and "Pax Americana" are Orwellian versions of Hitler's "Thousand-Year Reich," but are no more realistic. With the 9/11 anniversary behind us, can America wake up from its 20-year nightmare? 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z "When I visit London, in objection to Orwellian surveillance, I will reject the Oyster card," wrote one disgruntled correspondent to the Independent's letters page when the scheme was launched in 2003. London's Oyster card: Are its days numbered? 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z He said his client acknowledged the violations but said that it was “Orwellian” for the government to seek to jail a man who was sitting in his garage listening to the news. Jan. 6 riot defendant returned to jail for using internet 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z In the post, Mr. Wack described the photos as portraying an “abrupt descent into an Orwellian dystopia.” Sen. Rick Scott blasts Kodak CEO for apologizing to China 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z It almost seems the FBI is now following Donald Trump's Orwellian command not to believe your lying eyes. Is the FBI telling us the truth about the Jan. 6 coup attempt? Because it doesn't feel that way 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z These attacks on the teaching of actual history are an Orwellian attempt to control both the present and the future in order to remake America as an apartheid regime. Josh Hawley's Orwellian "Love America Act" and the fascist campaign to rewrite history 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Even before that, the Oxford Dictionary threw in the towel on a collective truth by declaring the word of 2016 to be an Orwellian adjective: post-truth. Perspective | ‘Telling the truth shouldn’t be hard.’ So let’s tell the truth. 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z On Saturday night, Donald Trump captivated his audience with a truly Orwellian performance. Donald Trump rallies the troops in Phoenix: Unfortunately, that's not a metaphor 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z If this Orwellian crusade is victorious, what would the average person not know about Juneteenth and Texas history for example? Historian Annette Gordon-Reed: Jan. 6 was a "turning point" in American history 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z Moreover, what the Jim Crow Republicans and other neofascists now describe as "patriotic education" is in practice white supremacist Orwellian brainwashing. Six months later: What have we learned from Jan. 6? Not enough to stop it from happening again 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z After initially defending his actions early Wednesday, posting on Facebook that criticisms of him were “Orwellian,” Walsh went on the radio show later in the afternoon to apologize. Washington state Rep. Jim Walsh apologizes for wearing yellow Star of David to protest COVID vaccine rules 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z She described an Orwellian world in which she is paying millions to therapists, managers, nurses, attorneys and her father as they, in her view, keep the money flowing by undermining her stability to the court. Britney Spears' conservatorship shines a light on the legal remedy's harsh reality 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z The Republicans' desperate attempt at an Orwellian rewrite of Jan. 6 offers further evidence that their party opposes democracy and the rule of law. Today's Republican Party is a political crime family — and we know who the godfather is 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z “Another day in Loudoun County, another Orwellian move from Loudoun County Public Schools,” the group said in an email last week. Anonymous student ‘Bias Reporting’ form sparks outrage among Virginia parents 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z Turning Point USA, however, says the move is Orwellian. Conservative group says California school 'digitally assassinated' photo in move 'straight out of Orwell' 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z McCarthy, in his Orwellian letter to colleagues promoting Cheney’s ouster, wrote: “We are a big tent party.” Opinion | The cancel-culture Republicans just canceled Liz Cheney 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin said the Republican narrative was “outrageous, Orwellian revisionist history” and showed the need for a bipartisan commission. Takeaways: Partisan discord instead of Jan. 6 answers 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Davis’s Orwellian response: “This isn’t some nefarious intrusion on someone’s privacy.” Opinion | Fairfax County deserves better leadership of its police force 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z Some of the military’s Orwellian diktats rivaled those of North Korea. Three Months After Coup, Myanmar Returns to the ‘Bad Old Days’ 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., tweeted: “Is there anything more Orwellian than Facebook’s ‘independent oversight board,’ stocked with left-wing academics, deciding issues of free speech?” Trump, Republicans express outrage over extension of Facebook ban 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Hawley also chafes at “all of this data collection” in the bill - as if gathering statistics about reported crimes is some kind of Orwellian scheme. Editorial Roundup: Missouri 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Few reporters heeded the Orwellian directive, and the junta embraced a new goal — crushing all free expression. Myanmar Soldiers, Aiming to Silence Protests, Target Journalists 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z “Is there anything more Orwellian than a ‘vaccine passport’ that Americans would need to travel within America?” said Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, who is vying to become the new Trump. No shirt, no shoes, no vax, no service? Vaccine passports are coming and we’re not ready 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z We do not live, yet, in the brutal Orwellian state that appears on the horizon, one where all dissidents will suffer the fate of Julian Assange. Welcome to the age of social murder: The elites will try to mollify us, but do nothing to stop it 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Greed Is Good A wickedly funny satire mocks the Orwellian insanity of corporate life. Office novels have evolved alongside workplace culture. What will the future look like? 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z “It’s kind of Orwellian — that’s what it is, really,” said Mark Krikorian, the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, which favors limits on immigration. The Words That Are In and Out With the Biden Administration 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z Not only is the photo a literal representation of the rally, but also its focus on the red-faced video screens transforms it into a metaphorically Orwellian reminder of the event’s consequences. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: A chilling photo that provides an Orwellian reminder 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z “The Russian Orwellian reality actually demands a lot of bravery now,” he added. Even in jail, Russia’s Navalny knows how to enrage his rival Putin. This time it’s with a viral video. 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z But this Orwellian state is not far away. Welcome to the age of social murder: The elites will try to mollify us, but do nothing to stop it 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Hawley tweeted his response, calling Simon & Schuster a “woke mob” engaging in “Orwellian” behavior, though not explaining exactly what he felt was Orwellian about the business decision. Sen. Josh Hawley finds a new publisher for book 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z “Maybe the world will be split into democracy versus authoritarian regime, free society versus Orwellian society,” Kono, known for his outspoken views and ambition to be prime minister, said without referring specifically to Trump. Japan minister calls U.S. Capitol riot 'shocking,' yearns for 'good old days' 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z This included violations of media freedom, clampdowns on Uighur Muslims, modern day slavery, and the establishment of an "Orwellian surveillance state," it added. China: Senior Conservatives call for reset of UK policy 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z An hour after the announcement was made Thursday, Hawley responded with a Twitter statement calling the move “Orwellian,” denouncing “cancel culture” and concluding, “We’ll see you in court!” Publisher cancels Sen. Josh Hawley's book over insurrection; Hawley responds 'we'll see you in court!' 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Yet his attempt to pressure this astonished official and his lawyer into “recalculating” the state’s certified presidential vote totals otherwise deserved the admittedly overused adjective “Orwellian.” Opinion | Trump is playing an Orwellian numbers game 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z Carlson contrasted the enthusiasm to news that a health care worker in Alaska recently endured a severe allergic reaction to Pfizer's vaccine, casting an Orwellian shadow over the reports. Tucker Carlson warns Fox viewers to be "nervous" about the "glitzy" COVID vaccine 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z “It has turned our college campuses into grievance pageants and loose Orwellian mobs to cancel anyone daring to express an original thought.” Column: Here's what Sen. Mike Lee got wrong about a Smithsonian Latino museum 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z “It sharpens all those hyphens into so many knives and daggers. It has turned our college campuses into grievance pageants and loose Orwellian mobs to cancel anyone daring to express an original thought.” A Single Senator Dashes Hopes for Latino and Women’s Museums — For Now 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z “This could not be more Orwellian,” he wrote. Publisher cancels Sen. Josh Hawley's book over insurrection; Hawley responds 'we'll see you in court!' 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z "It sharpens all those hyphens into so many knives and daggers. It has turned our college campuses into grievance pageants and loose Orwellian mobs to cancel anyone daring to express an original thought." Mike Lee blocks bipartisan bill to create Latino, women’s museums while criticizing “cancel” culture 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z Sen. Ted Cruz says social media giants in Silicon Valley have created an “Orwellian world” where citing former President Jimmy Carter on election integrity issues might get a man branded a “right-wing nut job.” Ted Cruz: YouTube’s rules so scary that citing Jimmy Carter may brand user ‘right-wing nut job’ 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Yet there is no meaningful way for the European public to stay informed, much less have a debate on whether they want their tax money contributing to Orwellian biometric and other surveillance technologies. Sci-fi surveillance: Europe's secretive push into biometric technology 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Our ban on signs critical of the front office is too Orwellian? Perspective | Yet again, Daniel Snyder made sure to do the right thing — for himself 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z His engrossing, deeply reported and somewhat Orwellian survey of today’s China raises unhappy questions we all have yet to answer. Review | Surveillance, reeducation and the Office of Honesty: How China tames its people 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z And that means features that sound a bit Orwellian on the surface. Ford unveils E-Transit electric cargo van with 126 miles of range and $45,000 price tag 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Unlogic is not ignorance or stupidity; it is reason distorted by suspicion and misinformation, an Orwellian state of mind that arranges itself around convenient fictions rather than established facts…. When worlds collide: Can reality finally defeat the Trumpian delusion? 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z So on Wednesday he served up the same fig-leaf relief bill he offered last month, and it met with the same party-line failure — but not before the majority leader performed one more Orwellian chef-d’oeuvre. Opinion | McConnell helps ‘working families’ by killing coronavirus relief. That’s rich, Mitch. 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Petersen, who supported the state law but called the county’s action “Orwellian,” did not respond to messages for comment Tuesday about whether his group plans to appeal the judge’s decision. Fairfax County to donate Civil War monument to preservation group 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z The only thing standing between us and this Orwellian nightmare, many Cuban Americans argue, is the president’s reelection. Opinion | Cuban Americans fear socialist dictators. So why are they backing the caudillo for president? 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z “And since they refused to cover the Post’s bombshell, by extension they couldn’t talk about Orwellian censorship from Facebook and Twitter as they tried to frantically stop the story from spreading.” Mainstream media ignores, downplays New York Post bombshell on Hunter Biden 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z He was, in fact, a liar of Orwellian proportions. Review: How Reagan and the finance bros gave us Trump 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Others, like Fernández and O’Farrill, prefer to wait it out and not go through what they see as “robotic or Orwellian shows” that don’t offer real engagement with the audience. How 'standuperos' sparked a 'cultural revolution' in Mexico's comedy scene 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z An Orwellian system of electronic surveillance has been established to monitor the rest of the population, using technologies such as facial recognition. Opinion | China’s Xi is doubling down on genocide 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Writing in the Mail this week, Ben Bradley called it "Orwellian" and "totally nonsensical". Tory MPs to refuse unconscious bias training 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z It’s Orwellian to claim that only Trump can protect our democracy when he is the biggest threat to it. Opinion | No, this isn’t a ‘Flight 93 election.’ Trump already crashed the plane. 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z The rumor mill soon had it transformed into an Orwellian blueprint for Manchurian Candidate mind control and world domination. What are the true goals of QAnon? It's the 21st century's ultimate catfish scheme 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z It is also the regime’s enforcer of an Orwellian control of information, censoring what is printed or broadcast at home while blocking its people from the global internet. North Korean Propaganda Gets a YouTube Makeover: Fewer Parades, More Pizza 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z When he approached Sandia’s human resources department with his concerns, Mr. Peterson said, he was given the Orwellian response that he needed to check his thinking. Rufo claims small win as Trump ends ‘White privilege’ indoctrination at federal agencies 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z We already know AI's potential to support totalitarianism by providing an Orwellian system of surveillance and control. Artificial intelligence is a totalitarian’s dream — here’s how to take power back 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z It was an Orwellian alternate reality, in which up is down and down is up and where Donald Trump is a flawless, king-like god. Democratic strategist Michael Gordon: How the ghastly RNC could get Trump re-elected 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Yet of course the Republican convention will be a work of Orwellian theater in which reality is inverted and Trump will be presented as a flawless, godlike and beneficent leader. Why they hate her: Kamala Harris, Black bodies and the white right 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Her definition of freedom as “what we ought”, that is, what she determines, is more Orwellian than Lincolnian. How Donald Trump canceled the Republican party | Sidney Blumenthal 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z The White House has publicly criticized as “Orwellian nonsense” China’s efforts to force American companies, including airlines and hotels, to use language indicating Taiwan is part of China. U.S. Tries to Bolster Taiwan’s Status, Short of Recognizing Sovereignty 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z But Barr claims that Congress has delegated to the Commerce Department an ability to advance an Orwellian definition of “inhabitant.” Column: William Barr is a danger to democracy. He channels what the president wants 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z “The Chinese Communist Party’s buildup of its Orwellian surveillance state is alarming, and China’s efforts to export its surveillance state to collect data in America would be an unacceptable, serious threat,” he said. Special Report: Rite Aid deployed facial recognition systems in hundreds of U.S. stores 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Eighteen years ago Congress passed the Homeland Security Act to create the DHS — an agency with an Orwellian name — with 88 Democrats joining more than 200 Republicans in voting yes. Trump is daring us to stop him 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z As masked, federal agents toss Americans into unmarked vans and unleash violence, it is Orwellian theater in the streets. Border Patrol has no business in Portland 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z But he rejects the suggestion of Orwellian overtones. End of the office: the quiet, grinding loneliness of working from home 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Yet if Facebook caves to this movement’s demands, the company would have to install an Orwellian corporate bureaucracy of censors monitoring many types of speech. Opinion | The corporate boycott of Facebook is illiberal. We need the courage to fight against it. 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z On his first day as a supervisor, Good backed an Orwellian resolution that likened our freedom to marry to slavery. Opinion | This congressman is being attacked for marrying us. That isn’t the Virginia we know. 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z Navarro also pointed out that residents of Hong Kong are going to be absorbed into "what is effectively a great firewall concentration camp" in the "worst Orwellian kind of nightmare you can imagine." Peter Navarro: 'Chinese Communist Party needs to come clean about coronavirus’ 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z Wearing a wristband strikes many as Orwellian, enabling constant monitoring of a worker's whereabouts and Ford chose not to pursue that system, opting instead to give workers more protective equipment. How much does your boss need to know about you? 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z "Companies like Google must -- to use a most Orwellian term -- 'demonetize' them." Ted Cruz blasts Google over The Federalist treatment 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z For critics of a White House that has long dabbled in “alternative facts”, it is the most audacious attempt yet to deploy an Orwellian doublethink where two plus two equals five. Pandemic, what pandemic? Trump sees mass rallies as path to re-election 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z Man-Kei Tam, the rights group’s Hong Kong director, said: “With China’s Orwellian national security law coming, the Hong Kong authorities appear emboldened to ramp up repression of critical voices.” Hong Kong protests: arrests as thousands sing protest anthem on anniversary of clashes 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z “What Beijing wants is something which deals with those rather worrying Orwellian crimes like sedition, whatever that may be,” Patten said. Patten says China pursuing ‘Orwellian’ agenda in Hong Kong 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z "This is like doubly Orwellian because I was gassed," he added. Kellyanne Conway gets photo-sophical: "Is it a 'photo-op' because a photo was taken?" 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z "This is like doubly Orwellian because I was gassed," he added, in reference to the denialists. "Teargaslighting": With hydroxychloroquine out of news cycle, Ingraham pivots to tear gas trutherism 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z “The thing that really floored me was the Orwellian silence afterwards,” says Avery, who stayed in Beijing until 1991, working under martial law that was kept in place until the year after the crackdown. Tiananmen Square witnesses remember an air of celebration, and then 'Orwellian silence' 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Federal authorities attacked peaceful protesters outside the White House with tear gas, flash-bangs and rubber bullets, as Trump, with Orwellian gall, stood in the Rose Garden proclaiming himself “an ally of all peaceful protesters.” Opinion | This is the consequence of Trump’s reign of rage 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z It all sounds a bit Orwellian - like Big Brother is very much watching. Future of stadiums, arenas promises high tech, low capacity 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z It all sounds a bit Orwellian — like Big Brother is very much watching. Future of stadiums, arenas promise high tech, low capacity 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z It all sounds a bit Orwellian — like Big Brother is watching you. Future of stadiums, arenas promise high tech, low capacity 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z It all sounds a bit Orwellian - like Big Brother is watching you. Future of stadiums, arenas promise high tech, low capacity 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z Florida’s law, signed a year ago by Mr. DeSantis, is an Orwellian rule that contravenes the popular will. Opinion | A judge says the GOP can’t keep Florida felons from voting. But lawmakers will keep trying. 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Giridharadas’ remarks were widely condemned on social media as “Orwellian doublespeak” and “some communist bs,” to the point that Twitchy published a roundup of Twitter criticism. MSNBC's Anand Giridharadas: Americans' 'freedom obsession' blinds them to other 'threats' 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z "Is anything more Orwellian than the fact that media types now think the words 'truther' and 'skeptic' are insults?" he tweeted. Ex-NYT reporter Berenson clashes with VICE writer over coronavirus lockdowns 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Verizon’s terminology here sounds downright Orwellian Of course, Becker wouldn’t be a good marketer, or a model Verizon employee, if he didn’t spin this product as a benefit both to advertisers and consumers. Verizon’s new tracking tool tells advertisers when you’re looking at your email inbox 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z As our protagonists in “The Host” escape a conspiracy of hospitals, the police and South Korea’s Orwellian surveillance system, the U.S. military presence plays the unmistakable antagonist. Why one mixed race South Korean adoptee in America feels more invisible than ever 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Ton-That’s upside-down views of civil liberties are, it seems, just as Orwellian as his company’s surveillance apparatus. No, Clearview AI's creepy plan to spy on us is not 'free speech' | Jake Laperruque 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The acquittal is bringing Orwellian visions closer to reality. Get ready for Donald Trump’s next act — "vindication and attack" 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Numerous commentators lamented that we were entering a new era of Orwellian doublethink. Truth decay: when uncertainty is weaponized 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z Will London become the next Orwellian surveillance city? London stabbing suspect was recently released from prison, police say 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z How would Palme have responded to today’s Orwellian lie machines that would have made Joseph Goebbels blush as they wear down our decency, our common sense, and drive us to question incontestable truths? John le Carré on Brexit: ‘It’s breaking my heart’ 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z We will carry out sustained acts of civil disobedience to bring down these corporate oligarchs or live in an Orwellian tyranny, at least until the climate emergency renders the human species extinct. The disaster of utopian engineering 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z The administration’s Orwellian “migrant protection” policy has pushed thousands of asylum seekers to the wrong side of the border, desperately waiting just beyond the threshold of safety, vulnerable to kidnapping and murder. Review | The case for abolishing immigration detention 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Two days earlier, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had decried Xi’s authoritarianism and warned Silicon Valley against enabling China’s “truly Orwellian surveillance state.” Pentagon nixes proposal to toughen limits on U.S. sales to Huawei 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Orwellian behavior like that exhibited by the Border Patrol in Blaine will be given a sort of nationwide blessing, from the top on down. The Border Patrol offers up a Trump-era lesson in Orwellian doublespeak 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Describing their own actions as being in the best interests of democracy is a hallmark of power consolidation by autocrats, often in an up-is-down Orwellian fashion, analysts say. With his constitutional 'reform,' Putin follows a familiar autocratic playbook 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z The head of Human Rights Watch said Tuesday the Chinese government has not only constructed “an Orwellian high-tech surveillance state” at home but is using its growing economic clout to silence critics abroad. Rights group says China is trying to silence critics abroad 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z President Trump’s assassination of Iranian General Soleimani and his Orwellian explanation that he ordered the killing to “stop a war” coincided with him sending thousands of additional U.S. troops into the Middle East. Our endless wars are paid for at the expense of Main Street. So why won't Dems talk about it? 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z The manipulation of the truth is the Orwellian horror that we are living through right now with Trump in the United States and other countries as well. Biographer and journalist David Maraniss on Trump, Obama and history turned "upside down" 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z The somewhat Orwellian plan is to reward citizens for good behaviour and punish them for bad. China is getting smarter - but at what cost? 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Third are human rights violations that are an affront to American values: China’s brutal repression of the Uighurs, its Orwellian surveillance state and the threat of a crackdown on Hong Kong. Opinion | Trump’s smoke-and-mirrors trade deal with China 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Words like “Orwellian” would be thrown around with reckless abandon. Elf on the Shelf is a fun and festive way to teach your child to submit to the surveillance state | Matt Beard 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z House progressives could have thrown a monkey wrench into the Orwellian machinery. Progressives in Congress just capitulated on the Patriot Act — it's time to push back 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Mr. McConnell said the documents were “a handbook for this Orwellian campaign to effectively erase a religious and ethnic minority in a region that is supposed to be legally distinct from the rest of China.” Pompeo Calls for Restraint in Hong Kong, and McConnell Asks Trump to Speak Up 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z The other side dismisses this position as an excess of sensitivity, even a demand for Orwellian “newspeak.” Opinion | What Quakers Can Teach Us About the Politics of Pronouns 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z High taxes, obligatory social security numbers and public transparency about political contributions suggested we might be closer to Orwellian dystopia than we thought. Democracy doesn’t matter to the defenders of ‘economic freedom’ | Quinn Slobodian 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Do you mean the mask from the film V for Vendetta, depicting an Orwellian UK, is offensive? HK bakers accuse competition of cake 'censorship' 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z They do full service to Neziraj’s surreal vision, an Orwellian portrait of a mad world in which all individuality is suppressed by a totalitarian state. Theater in L.A. this week: 'The Thanksgiving Play,' a Donna Summer bio-musical and more 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z The campaign uses Orwellian language to call equity efforts “systemic racism” and “racial profiling.” Affirmative action debate in Washington takes an Orwellian turn 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z We’ll start with a lone dissenter caught in an Orwellian nightmare. Tim Robbins will play O'Brien in '1984,' his first stage performance in 14 years 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Facebook used all that data to continue to enhance “engagement” — their Orwellian term for “making the platform more addictive.” How Facebook is profiting off of our loneliness 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z By September 2019, matters had so deteriorated that I was left with but one pathetic hope: that Donald Trump might, somehow, some way, sometime, be the one to end that absurd, Orwellian forever war. A veteran in a world of never-ending wars and improvised explosive devices 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z "At stake is whether we bequeath an Orwellian world, designed for censorship, oppression and control," Johnson said. Boris Johnson tells the UN Brexit is like having one's heart pecked out by an eagle for all eternity 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z It is part of an Orwellian crackdown on campus criticism of Israel, says Joshua Leifer. US briefing: Emmys, UN climate summit and Trump-Ukraine scandal 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z In the Orwellian grammar of the Trump era, though, the repression of left-wing viewpoints is free speech; federal intervention in university curriculum is academic freedom. The Trump administration's crackdown on campus criticism of Israel is Orwellian | Joshua Leifer 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z “It is a marvel in many ways,” he answered, but it “simply does not fit the Orwellian mold attributed to it.” Review: Edward Snowden and the Rise of Whistle-Blower Culture in “Permanent Record” 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z This is not much more Orwellian than China’s evolving reality. Opinion | Hong Kong’s heroic dissent might be the decade’s most important development 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z But if this isn’t Orwellian, it’s hard to know what is. Opinion | Yes, Trump is losing it. But don’t pretend he ever had it to begin with. 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z “I said that they were draconian. I said that they were Orwellian,” she said. Marianne Williamson says liberals are 'mean' and lie: 'I thought the right did that' 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Johnson views his and his colleagues’ suggested tactics as “organic” alternatives to more oppressive, Orwellian options. Researchers Model Online Hate Networks In Effort to Battle Them 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z That’s what’s so Orwellian about all this: The Republican solution to nonexistent voter fraud is to disenfranchise Democratic voters, thus manipulating the results of elections. Trump's outrageous claims of voter fraud have a clear goal: Refusing to accept defeat in 2020 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z In response, the White House called the demand “Orwellian nonsense.” Airline, luxury brands follow China’s lead on Hong Kong 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z The word “Orwellian” has gotten a lot of mileage lately. Opinion | Yes, Trump is losing it. But don’t pretend he ever had it to begin with. 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z “People working in Commonwealth agencies should be allowed normal rights as citizens rather than facing Orwellian censorship because of where they work,” Flood said in a statement. Australian court upholds dismissal of woman over tweets 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z “Indeed, the Right seems especially adept at using Orwellian language to promote their ideological and material interests via what we would argue are systemic lies,” going on to cite a list of examples, including: Trump dominates the media through Twitter: We knew this, but now there's science 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z With widespread internet access and the ubiquity of connected and mobile devices - referred to as the Internet of Things - these Orwellian fears have suddenly become features. Online viewer privacy is regulated by an act originally designed to protect video rentals 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z The biggest test to her campaign came when she described mandatory vaccination policies as “draconian” and “Orwellian”. Marianne Williamson: can love beat Trump? 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z In a truly Orwellian doublespeak, Ohio’s latest policy is called the Clean Air Program. While the planet burns, Ohio's coal industry gets a bailout | Leah C Stokes 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z The only way to resist Trump's firehose of Orwellian lies is to loudly, repeatedly and publicly call them lies. Don't buy Trump's disavowal of the "send her back" chant: His fans definitely won't 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z And this is the Orwellian goal of the Trump administration. Trump is on an Orwellian mission to redefine human rights | Michael H Fuchs 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z It is developing an Orwellian surveillance state driven by new technologies such as facial recognition and artificial intelligence, which it is offering for export to other autocracies. Opinion | Trump speaks out on China’s human rights abuses — when it’s convenient 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z Williamson apologized in June for calling mandated vaccinations “draconian” and “Orwellian” at an event in New Hampshire. Who are the Democratic candidates for president? 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z In the view of a former senior EPA transportation engineer, Jeff Alson, the administration’s claims of environment leadership are “truly Orwellian.” Trump raises eyebrows in promoting his environment record 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Durkan’s statement applauding Monday’s vote echoed the developer cabal’s Orwellian spin. Mayor Durkan, veto Seattle’s neighborhood attack 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z He also challenged an over-simplistic and "Orwellian" measure of the value of degree courses by only looking at the earnings and employment of graduates. West 'failed' university forced from Hungary 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z However, more recent, nuanced reporting suggests this system is less Orwellian than it seems. EU should ban AI-powered citizen scoring and mass surveillance, say experts 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Williamson apologized last week for calling mandated vaccinations “draconian” and “Orwellian” at an event in New Hampshire. Who are the candidates on the Democratic debate stage? 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z We call for all freedom-loving countries to stand together against Orwellian threats from any authoritarian regime and to jointly ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific. Opinion | Freedom-loving countries should stand up for the Hong Kong protesters 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z But whether it will be replaced by something even more Orwellian, I can't say. Billionaires can't fix college: Jim Sleeper on the real crisis in higher education 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z At the same time, its government is becoming increasingly authoritarian, transforming China into an Orwellian surveillance state. Could the US-China trade row become a global cold war? | Nouriel Roubini 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Its title came to define a calendar year, while the word Orwellian has turned the author’s own name into a capacious synonym for everything he hated and feared. Nothing but the truth: the legacy of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z “We are in a real world Orwellian nightmare of censorship. Be careful who you label and smear today. You will be the smeared tomorrow,” Schneider wrote. Rob Schneider criticizes tech giants, progressive Democrats over 'Orwellian nightmare of censorship' 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Although Amazon says the recordings help to improve its Alexa digital assistant, most ordinary people think this is Orwellian Big Brother behaviour. Big tech must get its house in order or risk stronger regulation | Michael Boskin 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Finally, we land in an Orwellian dystopia where 2+2=5. If your car accidentally hits another car, do you stop and leave a note or flee? 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z As it happened, not every tenant was aware of these particular Orwellian developments. The Landlord Wants Facial Recognition in Its Rent-Stabilized Buildings. Why? 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z I found it shocking and compelling, but this was circa 1990, when communism and apartheid were on the way out, optimism reigned and the world didn’t feel particularly Orwellian. Nothing but the truth: the legacy of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z His firing by the State Department — he had been “selected out,” in the agency’s Orwellian language of the era — shattered Charles, his widow said. Cynthia Thomas, State Department widow who won presidential apology, dies at 82 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z He said users are forced to abide by “speech control,” which gets to be “Orwellian after a while” because a ruler is essentially telling you what rhetoric is acceptable. Brent Bozell calls tech industry liberal bias 'the greatest threat to liberty in history' 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z “It is Orwellian in the extreme for them to sit there and argue that $500 billion in cuts to Medicare are not cuts to Medicare.” Analysis | Democrats engage in ‘Mediscare’ spin on the Trump budget 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z This sort of behavioural hygiene is of course the stuff of innumerable Orwellian fictions. Why the sleep industry is keeping us awake at night 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z The first point — strengthening democratic institutions — is the most Orwellian of them all. Why does the United States want to overthrow the government of Venezuela? 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z It sounds Orwellian for sure, but it’s arguably worse than that. Roger Stone is more than a toxic clown: He's a danger to democracy 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z And so the tournament that branded itself the Happy Slam has become the Orwellian Open. Not-So-Hidden Cameras Take Australian Open Viewers on an Intimate Tour 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z Contrary to the Orwellian images conjured up by the lawmakers’ op-ed, hate crime laws are directed at people who commit criminal acts, not those who simply hold unpopular views. Recent editorials published in Indiana newspapers 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z To avoid such an Orwellian scenario, Smith advocates regulating technology so that anyone about to subject themselves to surveillance is properly notified. Facebook, YouTube algorithms, facial id usher in tech dystopia 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z "In a modern twist on the Orwellian 'thought crime,' control measures are imposed on the basis of what someone might do in the future, rather than on any criminal act committed," Amnesty International said. Terror convict to challenge France's house arrest measures 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Jianguo laughed when he told me; his guards were oblivious of any Orwellian connotations. China’s Bizarre Program to Keep Activists in Check 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z “It’s an Orwellian strategy, to falsify the reality of the repression,” says Sofia Montenegro, a journalist and former Sandinista guerrilla who fought alongside President Daniel Ortega in the 1970s. 'We’re going to kill you': Nicaragua's brutal crackdown on press freedom 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Microsoft President Brad Smith paints an Orwellian picture of the future in his latest call for government regulation of facial-recognition technology. Microsoft calls for regulations to control, restrict facial-recognition technology 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z “And it knows that world opinion is powerless to stop its Orwellian human rights violations.” Mike Pompeo trumpets Donald Trump’s foreign policy in Europe visit, says critics ‘just plain wrong’ 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z “We owe it to him more than to anyone else that this history did not disappear in the Orwellian black hole of forgotten memory.” Randolph L. Braham, leading historian of the Holocaust in Hungary, dies at 95 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z The word “Orwellian” surfaced in May, after a statement attributed to White House press secretary, Sarah Sanders, accused the Chinese government of “Orwellian nonsense”. 'Misinformation' picked as word of the year by Dictionary.com 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z It is often said that, in an Orwellian sense, every nation needs an enemy to unite and discipline its population. Global war to infinity and beyond 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z But medicating ourselves with verbal contortions poses an Orwellian risk: Over time, we forget what normal was. Opinion | The new normal isn’t normal at all 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Such displays transform the slogan of a government “for the people” into Orwellian doublespeak. Ontario’s “Open for Business” law will erode workplace rights 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Orwellian state messaging has even permeated the TV series we binge for entertainment. Why the 'P' word — propaganda — might be best for what we're seeing on our TV screens 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Simply put, hate crime laws that increase punishment for bias-related crimes are Orwellian. Opinion | Are hate crime laws illegal? 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z During the Lords debate, former Tory chancellor Lord Lamont was critical of the phrase "people's referendum", which he argued was "an Orwellian use of language designed to conceal meaning". Lord Sugar: I could've swung EU referendum 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z She offered a list of phrases used by dissenters who disparaged majority opinions by calling them “outrageous,” or “inexplicable” or “Orwellian” or a “blow against the People.” Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Unlikely Path to the Supreme Court 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z If all that seems rather Orwellian, George Orwell’s “1984” is also banned, in at least one Arabic translation, though it is allowed in another. From Orwell to ‘Little Mermaid,’ Kuwait Steps Up Book Banning 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z It offers an Orwellian vision of ceaseless and debilitating battles between trading blocs – battles that give politicians a convenient enemy and the leverage to impose themselves domestically. A long trade war will leave the world feeling its piggy bank was robbed 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z This Orwellian model of repression is likely to become the norm in China, and to be exported to like-minded totalitarian regimes elsewhere, unless the Xi regime encounters significant resistance. Opinion | China’s Orwellian tools of high-tech repression 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z “These rules, it seems, are enforced by a group of campus bureaucrats and campus police with the Orwellian name of the Bias Response Team, or B.R.T.,” Sessions Says Justice Dept. Has Helped Preserve Free Speech on Campuses 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z In print, Sanders has been called “Orwellian,” “sour,” and “the wall Trump promised to erect.” Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Trump’s Battering Ram 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z As many have pointed out, this was downright Orwellian. How weak schools serve Trump's agenda | Arne Duncan 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Taking this Orwellian lesson to heart, Virginia’s Fairfax County public school system recently stripped the phrase “biological gender” from its family life curriculum, replacing it with “sex assigned at birth.” Opinion | The Transgender Language War 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Larry Klayman, founder of the conservative group Freedom Watch and lead plaintiff in the NSA case, said Kavanaugh approved what a U.S. district court judge had called government use of “almost Orwellian technology.” Kavanaugh’s support for surveilling Americans raises concern 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z Trump’s lawyer, the former New York mayor, set the tone last Sunday with an Orwellian comment on the NBC network’s Meet the Press. Trump's terrible week: stunning news and whispers of impeachment 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Critics immediately highlighted the Orwellian nature of his suggestion. Neil deGrasse Tyson: ‘Truth Force’ needed to confront ‘enemies of accurate information’ 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Facial recognition, which techno-pessimists see as the advent of the Orwellian state, is not far behind. Can the Manufacturer of Tasers Provide the Answer to Police Abuse? 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, what we’re left with is the latest in a series of Orwellian attempts from Trump World to undermine empiricism. 'Truth isn't truth': Trump World targets our understanding of reality 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z The White House called China’s tactics “Orwellian nonsense,” but did little else to back up American corporations. Taiwan President Stops in U.S. as Relations Warm, Angering China 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z “In my book, they are organizations that preserve Israeli democracy, so it’s a kind of Orwellian paradox,” she said. Israeli Airport Detention of Prominent U.S. Jewish Journalist Prompts Uproar 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z If Google does launch a censored search engine, it will be complicit in mass surveillance, broad Orwellian social control and the suppression of free speech. Opinion | Google’s China plan isn’t just evil — it’s bad for business 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Indeed, Xi is pushing China in the opposite direction, using high-tech surveillance of both physical and virtual spaces to create an all-seeing, all-controlling government worthy of the term “Orwellian.” Opinion | China is buying a world of headaches 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z The Trump administration urged the corporations to ignore Beijing’s “Orwellian” efforts. Taiwan contemplates retaliating against airlines that refer to it as part of China 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z George Orwell gets quoted too liberally these days, but, as the national security expert David Priess pointed out, these statements were Orwellian in the extreme. How to Counter Donald Trump’s War on the Media 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z The defectors told their stories of abuse, famine and torture, horrifying narratives that amounted to Orwellian nightmares. Casino Diplomacy: The Trump game that everyone loses 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Then, as the audience booed the attending press corps, he added with an Orwellian twist: “Just remember, what you are seeing and what you are reading is not what’s happening.” Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z After the government of Xi Jinping threatened severe punishment, the White House called the demands “Orwellian nonsense.” Opinion | China takes its political censorship global 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z These are all "Orwellian" strategies and as disconcerting as they are they're somewhat familiar. Donald Trump’s unreality campaign in overdrive: If Democrats win in November — it’s the Rus... 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Japan Air Lines, British Airways and Australia’s Qantas acceded to Beijing’s wishes, while the Trump administration has called China’s threat “Orwellian nonsense.” China to U.S. airlines: Change Taiwan on your websites — or pay the price 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z The statement added that “this is Orwellian nonsense and part of a growing trend by the Chinese Communist Party to impose its political views on American citizens and private companies”. U.S. airlines poised to change Taiwan references as China deadline... 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z Speaking on the floor moments earlier, Mr. Flake described the Helsinki summit as “truly an Orwellian moment” and slammed the president. Republican leaders block bipartisan resolution backing intelligence community 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Josh Rogin: White House calls China’s threats to airlines ‘Orwellian nonsense’ Opinion | China takes its political censorship global 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Many critics call China’s surveillance ambitions Orwellian, and they are. Looking Through the Eyes of China’s Surveillance State 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Trump’s communications strategy of repeating false accusations while also shifting his position from a stance that he held just moments before, is an exercise in Orwellian doublethink. Trump takes war on 'fake news' to UK – and tells towering, easily debunked lies 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Orwellian podcasts muse on the end of days and “Why Big Brother is smiling.” 'Deep State' conspiracies thrive in our messy and divisive cultural wars 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z North Korea is the most repressive, totalitarian dystopia on earth, its excesses beyond Orwellian. A new axis of evil? Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin share an open contempt for human rights 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z “We are not part of that totalitarian, Orwellian scheme,” he said. For tech firms, facial recognition means big markets and ‘Orwellian’ fears 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z Reducing our numbers does not mean euthanasia, one-child decrees, enforced sterilization or any other hysterical Orwellian measures. Opinion | The importance of limiting our reproduction 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z These children were then put in "tender care centers," Orwellian Newspeak for what were essentially prison camps for small children. Maine Senate candidate arrested at border: “As an American patriot, I am moved to action” 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Those under the age of twelve, including babies and toddlers, were discharged to “tender age” shelters, a concept for which the term “Orwellian” does not quite suffice. The Trump Administration’s Family Values 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z The Trump administration, however, called the order “Orwellian nonsense.” U.S. airlines ignore Beijing’s demand that Taiwan be marked as part of China 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z “By forbidding the use of the word ‘Rohingya,’ Myanmar’s government is taking an Orwellian step in seeking to erase the identity of a people whose existence it would like to deny,” she said. US broadcaster loses Myanmar outlet over Rohingya name 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z We are firmly in Orwellian lands, with doublethink and Newspeak the new normal. President Trump: ‘In Orwellian lands’ 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z In a strongly-worded statement 10 days later, the White House called that demand “Orwellian nonsense.” Airlines obey Beijing’s demand to call Taiwan part of China 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders called the threat “Orwellian nonsense and part of a growing trend by the Chinese Communist Party to impose its political views on American citizens and private companies.’ Gap Irks China With Map on Shirt, Quickly Apologizes 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z The White House hit back, describing China's claims as "Orwellian nonsense" and sharply criticised Beijing for trying to impose its "political correctness on American companies and their citizens". Gap apologises for China map T-shirts 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z This month, the White House sharply criticised China’s efforts to force foreign airlines to change how they described Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau on their websites as “Orwellian nonsense”. Gap sorry for selling T-shirt with 'incorrect' map of China 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, the White House sharply criticized China’s efforts to force foreign airlines to change how they described Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau on their websites as “Orwellian nonsense.” Gap apologizes for selling T-shirt with 'incorrect map' of China 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Chouinard declined the offer, calling any hearing a “macabre celebration of the largest reduction in public lands in American history,” and the committee part of a “failed Orwellian government.” Patagonia’s deep-rooted activist streak fuels suit against Trump 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Geng did not mention Ms. Sanders’s swipe about “Orwellian nonsense,” nor did he say how China would enforce its wishes on the websites and the promotional materials of foreign companies. ‘Orwellian Nonsense’? China Says That’s the Price of Doing Business 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Chouinard declined the offer, calling any hearing a “macabre celebration of the largest reduction in public lands in American history,” and the committee part of a “failed Orwellian government.” Patagonia v. Trump 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z The White House on Saturday condemned Chinese efforts to control how US airlines refer to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao as “Orwellian nonsense”. Trump White House accuses China of 'Orwellian nonsense' 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z Combined with blanket surveillance, intrusive monitoring and a new Orwellian social credit score system, the Chinese Communist Party links loyalty to success in all aspects of Chinese life. Opinion | Then they came for Peppa Pig 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z They say that doing so represents Orwellian state overreach and worry that customers may not realize what they’re agreeing to—or, even worse, that the imperfect technology involved puts innocent people at risk. The Golden State Killer Case Was Cracked with a Genealogy Website 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z In the 1960s, the department had an up-or-out policy – diplomats were either promoted or they were “selected out”, to use the department’s Orwellian term. JFK documents could show the truth about a diplomat's death 47 years ago 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z The deceit and misinformation by the Russian government is horrifyingly Orwellian. Yulia Skripal Released From U.K. Hospital After Poisoning 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z In Orwellian fashion, fences have now become walls. Analysis | President Trump says his ‘beautiful wall’ is being built. Nope. 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z But the public should be aware that a regulatory framework and tradition exist to prevent an Orwellian media future, by limiting further consolidation, restoring net neutrality regulations and strengthening public-interest standards for broadcasters. Sinclair shenanigans a reminder of the dangers of media mergers 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z If she is famous for coming up with the Orwellian concept of “alternative facts,” her husband’s Twitterfeed is a compilation of “alternative-alternative facts.” Opinion | A White House spouse who can’t be forced to shut up 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z The Environmental Protection Agency has pulled ahead of the Justice Department in competition to become the federal bureau with the most Orwellian name. Editorials from around Oregon 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO and inheritor of Steve Jobs’s creations, weighed in this week, ironically from China, the global leader in Orwellian surveillance systems. Is Facebook a Frankenstein? 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z But the most Orwellian bit is that an Op-Ed opposing workers’ freedoms is written by a representative of the Freedom Foundation. Unions: Workers owe them 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z You will recall that the Bush administration used the Orwellian term “enhanced interrogation techniques,” perhaps in an attempt to convince those implementing the policy that what they were doing was legally and morally acceptable. Opinion | Block Gina Haspel. Don’t reward her for torture. 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z The association now goes an Orwellian step further, arguing in its 2018 policy book that agriculture is a source of offsets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Opinion | The Case for a Carbon Tax on Beef 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s quest to keep employees from talking to the media has current and former insiders likening his tactics to something out of an Orwellian police state. Ex-Facebook employee rips ‘Mark Zuckerberg’s secret police’ used to prevent media leaks 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z For the last four weeks, I've been living in an Orwellian nightmare. We put 7 smart speakers to the test 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, your incessant Orwellian ads for "Truth" marred my educational experience. Suicides, Drug Addiction and High School Football 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z In time the kids arrive on Camazotz, a chillingly Orwellian planet whose inhabitants are controlled by a single, computer-like brain called IT. Ava DuVernay puts a fantastically trippy spin on the messy, moving 'A Wrinkle in Time' 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z The major media are turning into propaganda arms for Fidesz, and Mr. Orban is using them to Orwellian effect by creating a foreign bogeyman to rally patriotic fervor. The EU’s Hungary Problem Is the EU 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Facebook will end an experiment that removed professional news posts from users’ News Feed in six countries, after months of criticism that the “downright Orwellian” move was increasing fake news and misinformation on the platform. Facebook ending News Feed experiment condemned as 'Orwellian' 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z This is the company whose TV ad during the 1984 Super Bowl touted Apple products as the alternative to Orwellian dystopia. Opinion | We got China wrong. Now what? 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z The ever-more-elaborate assembly of your consumer identity seems a bit … Orwellian, doesn’t it? How does the food actually taste at Amazon Go? 6 Amazon-style reviews of Seattle’s new checkout-free store 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z “It’s a bit Orwellian you know I think you got to be so careful with newspeak and thought crime and everything else, we suffer the same thing in Australia.” Jacinda Ardern's 'sexist, creepy' 60 Minutes interview angers New Zealand 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z America could go on, one supposes, as a former democracy run by autocrats, an Orwellian satellite of Russian propaganda. As Russia hijacks our democracy, where are our heroes? 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z After years of toiling against the surveillance state, sounding alarms about privacy and warning of Orwellian law enforcement overreach, civil libertarians now find their talking points have been hijacked. For privacy advocates, Nunes' criticism of the FBI brings mental whiplash 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z An Orwellian storm had whipped across Kenya’s capital, and Mr. Kaikai was caught in it. As Kenya Takes Orwellian Turn, Government Goes After Journalists 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Joseph Backholm, president of the Family Policy Institute of Washington, called the legislation “Orwellian” because it morally and legally equates birth and abortion. In Washington state, Democrats OK Reproductive Parity Act 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z They called the plan “Orwellian,” and said it was a “shakedown” that would hurt truck drivers, small businesses and middle-class Queens residents. In Protests, a Hint of the Fight to Come Over Congestion Pricing 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z “This is Orwellian anti-science partisanship that has no place in a government agency,” he said. Analysis | The Health 202: Here's one legal and political battle you didn't expect: Republicans versus health insurers 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z For many privacy advocates and police critics, however, the drones stir Orwellian visions of unwarranted surveillance or fears of militarized, weapon-toting devices patrolling the skies. LAPD takes another step toward deploying drones in controversial yearlong test 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Ignorance of policy consequences, sexism, racism, and a disdain for intellectual achievement and science are all frightening enough in a president, but absurdly obvious pathological lying is an Orwellian nightmare. Opinion | Casting Aside Presidential Norms 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z The 15 on view here include the bloody Sandy Hook massacre, last year’s insane Pizzagate conspiracy theory, today’s Orwellian flood of “alternative facts” and the endgame of global warming. In these two art shows, the political is personal for our post-Women's March country – Los Angeles Times 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z Estonia logs its residents’ digital identities in a national registry, but “citizens in Anglo-Saxon countries regard that sort of thing as Orwellian. They say that this would diminish privacy. But where’s the logic in it?” Report From the Cyberwar Front Lines 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Now Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee wants to lock the vast majority of Pai’s rules into law through her proposed legislation with the Orwellian title: the Open Internet Preservation Act. California Editorial Rdp 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z The word Orwellian has entered the language to describe totalitarian governments that use surveillance, misinformation and propaganda to manipulate popular understanding. H.G. Wells vs. George Orwell: Their Debate Whether Science Is Humanity's Best Hope Continues Today 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z He has built up an Orwellian security state in restive western Xinjiang province, home to the largely Muslim Uighur ethnic group, and China is constantly testing and strengthening online controls and monitoring systems. Snapshots of 2017: the pain, the joy, and the Donald 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z Add the “War on Words” to the latest Orwellian governmental move. Banned words at CDC: Readers weigh in 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z The Dec. 16 news article “CDC gets a list of forbidden words, including ‘diversity’ and ‘transgender’ ” was demoralizing in demonstrating the Orwellian tendencies of President Trump’s administration. Opinion | The word police and the CDC budget 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Other science advocates decried the alleged dictate as “an Orwellian attack on scientific integrity,” “absurd,” “irrational,” and “censorship.” The fight over seven health-related words in the president’s next budget 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z “It’s absurd and Orwellian, it’s stupid and Orwellian, but they are not saying to not use the words in reports or articles or scientific publications or anything else the C.D.C. does,” the former official said. Uproar Over Purported Ban at C.D.C. of Words Like ‘Fetus’ 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z Lawmakers have burned endless hours trying to find a fix aimed at easing public concerns that the program has grown evermore Orwellian. U.S. government's embattled email surveillance program proves resilient 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z They can and do even use the word Love for actual Hate in Orwellian fashion. Opinion | An Abomination. A Monster. That’s Me? 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z They want to live in a “normal” society, not one caught up in Orwellian paranoia, with widespread corruption. We need to plan for Russia after Putin | Natalie Nougayrède 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z The National Review deemed Lin’s work “Orwellian glop.” Fighting a war over a war memorial 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z He runs something with the perfectly Orwellian name of Project Veritas. Tweets drag us into the sewer, but the truth will prevail 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z This will be a Herculean lift, even for the Orwellian masters in the White House, but it will likely play to the base and Hanity et al. Jared Kushner’s Vast Duties, and Visibility in White House, Shrink 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z "Immigration ... at the core of who we are" His statement is nonsense, it's Orwellian. Avoiding Trump, but Adopting His Divisive Playbook: Will It Work in Virginia? 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z I remember when Sugar Pops suddenly became Corn Pops, a bit of marketing legerdemain that struck me as positively Orwellian. Perspective | Et tu, Cheerios? The breakfast cereal now comes in chocolate peanut butter flavor. 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z At last, the overused term “Orwellian” will be accurate. Opinion | China’s Communist leadership has a model of totalitarianism for the 21st century 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z Over the July 4 weekend the Illinois legislature passed the Orwellian “Collective Bargaining Freedom Act,” banning right-to-work zones in the state and threatening local officials who enact them with a class-A misdemeanor... Illinois’s Latest Criminals 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z But it is now U.S. allies in South Korea and Japan facing the fallout from Kim Jong Un’s unstable, Orwellian government. Opinion | JFK could help us prevent nuclear war 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z The nebulous unit that supervises much of North Korea’s hard-currency trade is a Workers’ Party of Korea bureau with the Orwellian name Office 39. North Korea Is No Longer the Hermit Kingdom — but How Long Will China Be Its Lifeline? 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z He appears the moment visitors land at the airport, where a large banner in Russian and Kazakh proclaims the rather Orwellian maxim: “The modernisation of society’s consciousness is the foundation of national identity.” Trophy city 2.0: can the Stans kick dictator chic? 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z The law is an “Orwellian idea” to regulate civic activity and its true purpose is to “watch if all NGOs follow the line” of the ruling Law and Justice party, pro-democracy activist Henryk Wujec said. Poland’s president signs divisive law on civic group funding 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z What were the Emmys thinking celebrating this modern day Goebbels, who was the thuggish face of Orwellian doublespeak just moments ago? Jason Isaacs Ridicules Sean Spicer on Instagram 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Its name reminds us why the adjective “Orwellian” was invented. Opinion | Trump’s voter-fraud propagandist cooks up extremely fuzzy math 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Quizzed on the Orwellian overtones of the set-up, Yin Qi, the startup’s chief executive, simply remarks that “this helps catch bad guys.” Ever better and cheaper, face-recognition technology is spreading 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z A permanent conflict that is the actual Orwellian reality of America today. The rare occasion the media swoons over Trump: when he embraces war | Ross Barkan 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z Is there basis for hope in light of President Donald Trump’s destructive, Orwellian leadership ways? We can survive President Trump’s soulless transactional leadership 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z What were the Emmys thinking celebrating this modern day Goebbels, who was the thuggish face of Orwellian doublespeak just moments ago? Jason Isaacs Ridicules Sean Spicer on Instagram 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z By the time the torch was lit, the ’84 Olympics had generated an excitement that would defy any Orwellian naysayers. A dream and a reality, the 2028 Olympics give Los Angeles a chance to imagine its future 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z In the film, a premonition of an Orwellian thought-police state, crime rates drop to zero as the pre-crime unit successfully imprisons thousands of individuals for merely thinking of committing a felony. Palantir: the ‘special ops’ tech giant that wields as much real-world power as Google 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z The very notion that getting Google to not link to criminal pirate sites constituted “censorship” is an exercise in Orwellian double-speak. Why is Google spending record sums on lobbying Washington? 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z In “1984,” Victory gin was an Orwellian concoction, and he did not specify the proof. Newspeak on the Stage, but Real Glassware at a Theater’s Bar 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z So they use an Orwellian language of reform when really what they want to do is undermine the program. The deep history of the radical right’s stealth plan for America 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Jerome Cohen, an expert in Chinese law and human rights from New York University, said Beijing’s treatment of Liu and his wife revealed “the Orwellian China that is developing under president Xi Jinping”. China tells world to stay out of its 'domestic affairs' over Liu Xiaobo's death 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z “George Orwell in the 21st Century” Learn why Orwell scholar Andrew Rubin is not at all surprised that everything Orwellian seems new again. D.C. community calendar, July 13-19, 2017 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z It’s easy to say they should mind their own business, but the ability to express ideas in a world that, at times, seems to flirt with the Orwellian very much is their business. Hollywood voices are conflicted about speaking out on Donald Trump 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Such Orwellian word games are not likely to be enough to bring the moderate holdouts on board. Trump wants 'heart' as Republicans seek to deliver Senate healthcare bill 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z There are plans for the mass collection of DNA samples a move human rights campaigners lamented as a sign Beijing was taking “its Orwellian system to the genetic level”. In China's far west the 'perfect police state' is emerging 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z North Korea, the closest equivalent in today’s world to a genuine Orwellian dystopia, is one giant memory hole. Opinion | The North Koreans treated Otto Warmbier like one of their own 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z “And yet here in a public hearing before the American people, we can’t talk about what was described in detail in this morning’s Washington Post,” McCain told Coats, calling it “Orwellian.” Perspective | Trump aides get tongue-tied trying to defend their boss 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z So do “Churchillian” and “Orwellian,” derived from the subjects of Thomas E. Ricks’s new book. Opinion | Two men who fought totalitarianism in sharply different ways 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z It began with President Truman’s Orwellian characterization of the Korean War as a “police action” to evade the Declare War Clause. NATO Article 5: The law bows to power 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z And don’t be fooled by the measure’s Orwellian title, “Restoring internet Freedom.” Resist rollback of net neutrality: A free society needs access to information on the internet 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z It’s no wonder that “Orwellian” is the most widely used adjective derived from the name of a writer. Opinion | A theory: Trump fired Comey because he’s taller 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z The Orwellian dystopia known as the Donald Trump administration took a step forward this week, with the Department of Homeland Security leading the way. Think about it: Is this really a policy worth pursuing? 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z By contrast, in today’s unsettled, contentious times, “Orwellian” is a word that pops up everywhere, especially since Donald Trump’s ascension to the presidency. Opinion | Two men who fought totalitarianism in sharply different ways 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z I am surprised and disappointed that the words "Orwellian" or 1984 escaped the writer's analysis. In China, Daydreaming Students Are Caught on Camera 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z |
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