Ministry of Truth seeks new recruits
In response to recent events, the government announced today that it was opening a new department, the Ministry of Truth.
The ministry will ensure that the correct version of events, whatever that may be at a given time, is always the one people hear.
”Obviously we’re not talking about disappearing people,” said sinister functionary O’Brien, who is set to lead the new department following the unexplained disappearance of several rivals for the job. “Or even pretending they never existed. Pop culture seems to be managing that by itself anyway.
”No, it’s more about making sure any TV shows or films featuring unpersons, I mean cancelled people, are no longer broadcast or available on streaming platforms, or their books available in bookshops. At this rate, we’ll need a whole department to take care of that. And of course, any public statements ever made in support of them, even casually praising a show they were involved with, have to be corrected.”
When asked if it wasn’t all a bit Orwellian, O’Brien replied “Duh - where do you think we got the name?” He then dictated a memo in fluent Newspeak suggesting that 1984 had better join the other books on the bonfire, as it was rather giving the game away.
It’s not known if O’Brien said anything else on the subject, as the journalist who interviewed him has not been heard from since filing his copy,
