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libertangoGeorge Orwell defines "doublethink" as:
"The power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them... To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then, when it becomes necessary again, to draw it back from oblivion for just so long as it is needed, to deny the existence of objective reality and all the while to take account of the reality which one denies..."
So, consider these two ideas:
* The press is dominated by liberal voices.
* Any reintroduction of the Fairness Doctrine will result in fewer conservative voices in the press.
Huh?
If one believes the first, then the Fairness Doctrine will increase conservative voices. If one believes the second, then the press isn't as liberal as is widely ascribed.
Doublethink indeed.
"The power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them... To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then, when it becomes necessary again, to draw it back from oblivion for just so long as it is needed, to deny the existence of objective reality and all the while to take account of the reality which one denies..."
So, consider these two ideas:
* The press is dominated by liberal voices.
* Any reintroduction of the Fairness Doctrine will result in fewer conservative voices in the press.
Huh?
If one believes the first, then the Fairness Doctrine will increase conservative voices. If one believes the second, then the press isn't as liberal as is widely ascribed.
Doublethink indeed.
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Date: 2009-02-05 05:26 pm (UTC)Really.