Posted On: July 6, 2007, 9:19 am CDT

Posted By: Anon

Yes, the telescreens were equipped with two-ways so they could watch you and check for free throught instead of doing exactly what the media told you. We're not exactly there yet but if you think your cable usage, internet visits, etc aren't being monitored you're not paying attention.

Yes, they also had spies. Primarily children because they were so easy to control and manipulate through the simplest of means and would believe anything they saw on the telescreen.

Of course, remember that all this only applied to The Party... "regular" folk (Proles) weren't monitored by telescreens but were controlled through media, literature, music, etc. They didn't have to be watched because they were too ignorant to pose any real challenge to "Big Brother".

Where's our Emmanuel Goldstein when we need one or is someone going to need to strap a rat cage on our heads?

As far as if there's bias, Reading List:
Bias, Bernard Goldberg
Arrogance, Bernard Goldberg
Mobocracy, Mathew Robinson
Southpark Conservatives, Brian Anderson
...can go on if you'd like...

Great example of what would happen if conservatives ran the media and spun it their way:
It Ain't Necessarily So, David Murray