Spicer Uses what George Orwell Called Duckspeak

Nice take on the reductionist meaning of what the administration says about what it does.  Not to belabor the "1984" thing but Todd Gitlin's piece is kind of fun to read (in a dark Orwellian sort of way.)

One could to some degree expand this concept of the reduction of language to Doubleplusgood terms albeit a bit broader used in mainstream news reporting -- a 24/7 mind numing splattering of words from the pudits ...

a member called upon to make a political or ethical judgment should be able to spray forth the correct opinions as automatically as a machine gun spraying forth bullets….

Perhaps for another time

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