Dwayne Monroe wrote:
> Surely, one of the most infuriating aspects of modern media life -- at
> least here in the US where I happen to be nervously sitting at the
> moment -- is the lusty abandonment of narrative consistency and
> removal of even recent history from many 'news' stories.
Perhaps why 1984 needs to be brought up to date. We no longer need a Winston to retroactively edit/change news story to create consistency, our un-conscious does it for them. There is no longer even the expectation of consistency. Our job, it is clear, is to believe the drivel of the day.
Joanna