He established the first independent television service in Libya since Gaddafi took power to show the outside world what was happening in Libya. Both of these men have a connection by the way they used little more than video cameras, laptops, mobile phones to live stream their stories. As discussed, the purpose of this text is to highlight the need for a free press. How we can help those taking part in qualification free journalism. The benefits of their work towards fighting oppression and to justify what it is they are doing.
Orwell's Vision of a One-Way Conversation.
Born in 1903, Orwell had lived through World War II but hadn't served on the front line. Poor lung conditions having suffered treatment for tuberculosis removed him from active service (Bastian H, 2006). Nonetheless he signed up to commit to the war effort but unlike his wife, Eileen O'Shaughnessy, he received no reply. Eileen saw her service at the Censorship Department, London (Taylor DJ, 2005: 4). .
Eventually the BBC would recruit Orwell's literary skills for the war effort. Orwell was to write propaganda for broadcast to India on the Eastern Service (BBC). This would put him in a perfect setting to build his character Winston Smith from his novel 1984. Released in 1949, the novel 1984 depicts a dystopian future set in former London, Great Britain. Airstrip One is the capital city of Oceania after the Atomic Global War. The surviving nations have combined to form Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia. Each of these totalitarian Superstates is deemed to be so strong that even an alliance of two could not bring down the third. .
Four Ministries set the ideas for the citizens of Oceania using the concept of Doublespeak. Even the names of the Ministries themselves are doublespeak; The Ministry of Peace controls the war effort, The Ministry of Plenty controls rationing, The Ministry of Truth controls information and The Ministry of Love monitors, arrest and controls those who stand against Big Brother.
