From Karl Popper to Karl Rove – and Back

The American public has proven remarkably susceptible to the manipulation of truth in recent years. The lesson is that without an explicit commitment to the pursuit of truth, the division of powers, free speech, and free elections cannot ensure that political discourse leads to a better understanding of reality.

NEW YORK -- 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.

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