In his novel 1984 , George Orwell chillingly described a totalitarian regime in which all communica­tion is controlled by a Ministry of Truth and dissidents are persecuted by political police. The United States remains a democracy governed by a constitution and the rule of law, with pluralistic media, yet there are disturbing signs that the propaganda methods Orwell described have taken root here.
纽约&#45;&#45;奥威尔在其小说《1984年》中冷竣地描写了一个独裁主权中，所有的通信都受到真相部的控制，而异议人士则受到政治警察的迫害。美国依旧是由宪法和法治管辖的民主国家，拥有多样性的媒体，但是还是有令人不安的迹象表明奥威尔所描绘的宣传手段已经在这里生根。