Couldn't agree more. This is why the demise of the printed word and the reliance upon books in electronic form makes me cringe. eBooks and YouTube can be wonderful things, but they are also powerful propaganda tools.
I've been trying to persuade my adult children to read or watch 1984, at least where they understand what Winston Smith did at work: he rewrote history to suit the ruling-class party agenda.
I am trying to get them to see that this is EXACTLY what's happening today, and they need to break away from the comfortable feeling that we had as kids -- the "It can't happen here" attitude that assumed that America will always be a just and honest America that defeats the evils of the world and remains true. It CAN happen here and it is happening before our very eyes. We ignore it at our peril.
There will always be spin and there will always be differences of opinion and conflicting interpretations. But we mustn't become comfortable and tolerant of those who willfully change history. We have to point it out when we see it and hold the perpetrators feet to the fire.
I got a Kindle as a gift a year ago. I’m sure it would be convenient, but I can’t bring myself to pay for a book that, in the physical sense, I can’t keep, underline, pass around. I like to keep them in my library to share with my future gkids. A few years ago, 1984 was removed from peoples Kindles ‘in the middle of the night’...