<story><title>George Orwell’s 1984 is currently the top selling book on Amazon</title><url>http://www.openculture.com/2017/01/george-orwells-1984-is-now-the-1-bestselling-book-on-amazon.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pavanred</author><text>I really wish people and the media stop over emphasizing about every gaffe and focus on real news stories. For instance, the &amp;quot;alternative facts&amp;quot; comment&amp;#x2F;incident is being talked about everywhere, from TV news channels to news parody shows to talk shows to social media etc. But, at the same time it seems like there is so much more important news that one would think deserves more attention like the executive orders, withdrawal from TPP, revival of oil pipelines, changes in healthcare spending etc. I even just saw news articles headlining on the guardian now about agencies being banned from sharing information on social media or to reporters and few journalists getting felony charges after covering the protests around the inauguration.&lt;p&gt;It almost makes me wonder if it would be a good idea if there was a website that covered the latest gaffe and the corresponding actual news worthy story that was lost out on optimal coverage because of it.&lt;p&gt;Edit: I couldn&amp;#x27;t find this before but here is an interesting article I read yesterday [0]. It&amp;#x27;s an opinion piece by Alexey Kovalev. - &amp;quot;I’ve reported on Putin – here are my tips for journalists dealing with Trump&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;commentisfree&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;jan&amp;#x2F;23&amp;#x2F;reported-putin-journalists-trump-media&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;commentisfree&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;jan&amp;#x2F;23&amp;#x2F;report...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>beloch</author><text>I must admit, I&amp;#x27;m really confused by how impeachment works in the U.S..  Clinton was impeached for perjury and abuse of power because he took advantage of his position (and a political intern) and then lied about it.&lt;p&gt;Now we have a president who is not giving up his business interests while in office and who has already told some absolute whoppers, including the release of official press releases that were nothing but &amp;quot;alternative facts&amp;quot;. Why tell such obvious falsehoods?  We&amp;#x27;re all laughing (nervously) now because the lies seem to be harmless, self-serving vain ones.  However, is Trump just a little insane, or is he actually finding out who is willing to say &amp;quot;We&amp;#x27;ve always been at war with Eurasia&amp;quot; and who isn&amp;#x27;t?&lt;p&gt;This is probably a good time for people to be reading 1984.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kbenson</author><text>In one respect, the gaffe is insignificant to current events.  In another, it&amp;#x27;s vastly more important, because while small it erodes the underpinnings of the system by which we actually disseminate information.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s like having to choose between being upset about the person that mugged you for $500 on the street, or the bank that surreptitiously added 0.05% APR or the loan you just got for your house.  One feels more important in the moment, but the other has much farther reaching implications, not just to your pocketbook, but as to whether you can trust anything about that institution going forward.&lt;p&gt;If this is the beginning of a new trend for the Whitehouse where &lt;i&gt;nothing&lt;/i&gt; presented can be trusted, and it continues through future presidencies, I can definitely tell you which &lt;i&gt;I&lt;/i&gt; think will be more important in 20 years.</text></comment>
<story><title>George Orwell’s 1984 is currently the top selling book on Amazon</title><url>http://www.openculture.com/2017/01/george-orwells-1984-is-now-the-1-bestselling-book-on-amazon.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pavanred</author><text>I really wish people and the media stop over emphasizing about every gaffe and focus on real news stories. For instance, the &amp;quot;alternative facts&amp;quot; comment&amp;#x2F;incident is being talked about everywhere, from TV news channels to news parody shows to talk shows to social media etc. But, at the same time it seems like there is so much more important news that one would think deserves more attention like the executive orders, withdrawal from TPP, revival of oil pipelines, changes in healthcare spending etc. I even just saw news articles headlining on the guardian now about agencies being banned from sharing information on social media or to reporters and few journalists getting felony charges after covering the protests around the inauguration.&lt;p&gt;It almost makes me wonder if it would be a good idea if there was a website that covered the latest gaffe and the corresponding actual news worthy story that was lost out on optimal coverage because of it.&lt;p&gt;Edit: I couldn&amp;#x27;t find this before but here is an interesting article I read yesterday [0]. It&amp;#x27;s an opinion piece by Alexey Kovalev. - &amp;quot;I’ve reported on Putin – here are my tips for journalists dealing with Trump&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;commentisfree&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;jan&amp;#x2F;23&amp;#x2F;reported-putin-journalists-trump-media&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;commentisfree&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;jan&amp;#x2F;23&amp;#x2F;report...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>beloch</author><text>I must admit, I&amp;#x27;m really confused by how impeachment works in the U.S..  Clinton was impeached for perjury and abuse of power because he took advantage of his position (and a political intern) and then lied about it.&lt;p&gt;Now we have a president who is not giving up his business interests while in office and who has already told some absolute whoppers, including the release of official press releases that were nothing but &amp;quot;alternative facts&amp;quot;. Why tell such obvious falsehoods?  We&amp;#x27;re all laughing (nervously) now because the lies seem to be harmless, self-serving vain ones.  However, is Trump just a little insane, or is he actually finding out who is willing to say &amp;quot;We&amp;#x27;ve always been at war with Eurasia&amp;quot; and who isn&amp;#x27;t?&lt;p&gt;This is probably a good time for people to be reading 1984.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>TheGRS</author><text>This is what people have been noticing during and since the election, you can&amp;#x27;t pin down Trump on anything because he is a controversy machine. He says something ridiculous and the media gives it attention and even begins to get some momentum on the story, but a week later, sometimes even days later, he does or says something that&amp;#x27;s even more ridiculous and now most people are concentrating on that new thing. Its hard to say if this is intentional or if his bombastic style is just something we&amp;#x27;re not used to in politics, but it seems to be effective in that the media is always chasing after the latest controversy.&lt;p&gt;For me it looked like the media had really nailed him on not releasing his tax forms, even going so far as to uncover damning ones from the 90s, but then the inside edition tapes came out and everyone focused on that instead.</text></comment>