'Alternative facts' push '1984' to Amazon bestseller list
"Alternative facts" have made "newspeak" more popular.
As of Tuesday, George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984, published in 1949, rose to No. 6 on Amazon's best-selling books list.
The book follows people in a totalitarian state called Oceania, where "newspeak" --the official language -- contains no negative terms. The objective of the fictional language is to eliminate people's personal thoughts by restricting expressiveness.
The popularity of the book comes after President Donald Trump's adviser Kellyanne Conway appeared on NBC's Meet The Press with Chuck Todd Sunday.
Todd questioned Conway over White House press secretary Sean Spicer's comments about Inauguration attracting “the largest audience ever."
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She described the press secretary's comments as "alternative facts."
Washington Post reporter Karen Tumulty first noted the Orwellian similarities in an interview on CNN.
“Alternative facts is a George Orwell phrase,” she said during a "Reliable Sources" roundtable discussion about Conway's term.
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Others have also been making comparisons between the book and the Trump era on Twitter.
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Saba was a Los Angeles-based reporter who covers all things digital entertainment, including YouTube, streaming services and digital influencers. Prior to that, she spent two years at the Los Angeles Times covering entertainment for the Calendar and Company Town sections. Saba grew up in Santa Monica and graduated from Boston University with a B.S. in journalism and B.A. in political science. When not reporting, she is usually binge watching shows online or looking for new coffee shops to frequent.
