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Norrrm

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7. 1984 - the telescreen

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #5)

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 09:35 PM

Sep 2025

the telescreen
George Orwell's 1984 introduced the world to the telescreen, a two-way television that functioned as a surveillance tool for The Party. Members of the Inner and Outer Party were all required to keep the screens on at all times.

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The con artist is now telling NBC to fire Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers [View all] Quiet Em Sep 2025 OP

If you give a mouse a cookie... RockRaven Sep 2025 #1

I'm waiting for the decree that ends all broadcasting except for TSF's propaganda nerworks. sinkingfeeling Sep 2025 #2

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out--because I was not a socialist. Norrrm Sep 2025 #6

I'd much rather fire him. Nothing of value would be lost. Initech Sep 2025 #3

I'm sure SNL, Daily Show, and John Oliver are all next newdeal2 Sep 2025 #4

Pretty soon American radio and TV stations can only broadcast Trump-approved programming dalton99a Sep 2025 #5

1984 - the telescreen Norrrm Sep 2025 #7