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Take a look at this, 53% of republicans say that donald trump is a better president than abraham lincoln. i dont even know what to do with that, except to say we need remedial american history asap. im guessing its a reflection of a refleck sieve no nothing team itch. thats dangerous in a democracy that depends on being able to reason together. denying facts, ditching history, abandoning principles, its leading republicans towards something george orwell once warned us about. the party told you ...

Political opponent, well, president trump said this -- >> you know, we would have to look -- >> we would have to look. the president said. george orwell wrote in 1984, party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears, it was their final most essential command, unquote. a philosophy that is the apparent white house strategy for this scandal or as president trump once put it -- >> just remember what youre seeing and what youre reading is not what is happening. >> actually, it is. and to...

Weeks, and years, and those four cases have gone unsolved. >> all right. rosa following this important story. thank you. what did george orwells 1984 and the crack downs on human rights in china have in common? we run it down in the reality check. >> for guy a guy who has been dead nearly 70 years george orwell has never been hotter. the sales of 198 4 surged to the top of the charts after president trumps inauguration. with alternative facts and fake news, orwell raises his head again. the pa...

Crucial issues we didnt necessarily hear before. what do you think james comey is saying and why? >> look, as george orwell would probably have said of rudy giuliani, that was his final and most essential command, okay? we are living in a 1984 propaganda war, and i think people need to -- people who make these 1984 references and these orwellian references, i think sometimes they forget the party wins in that book. this kind of stuff works. this kind of double-speak, disinformation campaign, pro...

Of veterans. >> and just remember what you are seeing and what you are reading is not whats happening. just stick with us. dont believe the crap you see from these people. >> people immediately began drawing ties between what he said and george orwells book 1984. the line from the bock reads this, the party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. it was their final most essential command. patrick, is this what orwell warned about. >> it is what he warned about. its galling for the...

Quote from orwell in "1984." he said the party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. it was their final most sensible -- essential command. it really sounds a lot like what the president is saying. >> im afraid youre right, anderson. a healthy democracy depends heavily upon a robust debate with different points of view being freely expressed. thats the whole essence of the first amendment. and the president for a while now, but more relentlessly is trying to suppress the voices ...

Follows, the party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. it was their final, most essential command. here now is novelist and orwell biographer, d.j. taylor. the author of "orwell: the life." d.j., welcome. >> very nice to be here, brooke. >> when you heard the comments made by this president yesterday, you tell me what crossed your mind. >> well, i immediately thought, because this has been going on for some time now for a couple years, i thought this is the latest installment,...

Slonly remfresh useseep one in ion-powered melatonin ht. to deliver up to 7 hours of sleep support. number one sleep doctor recommended remfresh -your nightly sleep companion. welcome back. something president trump said during his speech to veterans yesterday is drawing some unflattering comparisons. hers what he said in defense of his tariffs on u.s. trade partners. listen. >> and just remember what youre seeing and what youre reading is not whats happening. >> critics are comparing that to ...

Distopian nov bel a government that destroys facts and manipulates its public. we report, you decide. consider what you just heard from the president. compare it to this line from the book published seven decades ago. the party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. it was their final, most essential command. maybe the president is a george orwell fan? >> hes a big reader, so -- no, obviously, it shouldnt take a panel to discuss the fact that thats just a completely inappropriate...

The book that will ring eerily reminiscent. the party told you to reject the evidence of their eyes and ears. it was their final, most essential command. ill add there, wolf, take it out of the fictional realm, ill add that in many authoritarian countries around the world lead by what we would call authoritarian dictators, there is a lot of state-run, state-controlled media. no free and independent press. basically you can only believe what the top person tells you to believe. the thing that wor...