Say, for example I had used (as a matter of course)
- been only part of the whole truth,
- been very selective in the facts presented,
- been offered as opinions rather than facts,
- been selective in the timeframes they reference,
- been disingenuous in any comparisons made.
with the ATO (or even in a criminal Court) I would likely not be free to comment. And then there are Company emails, which I frequently cannot believe that even the writer could take seriously. The ‘truth bending’ at Qf has become so entrenched and accepted, that it beggars belief. O’Brien (Winston Smiths’ ultimate detractor) would be proud! Another talented character in the same field, one Joseph Geobbels, had a similar approach - in essence, use as little of the truth as necessary. Unfortunately, for a time, that approach does work.
The bad news delivered by the telescreen was that the chocolate ration would be reduced from 30 grams to 20 grams at the start of the following week. Later on in the Ministry of Truth as Winston was correcting information for The Times, it was revealed that the Ministry of Plenty had some time back issued a categorical pledge that there would be no further reduction of chocolate rations during that year. Ironically, one day later, demonstrations were held in praise of Big Brother for increasing the chocolate ration to twenty grams. Winston was stunned at how mindless everyone else seemed to be for forgetting in just a span of twenty four hours that the ration had actually been decreased and not increased.
Pretty much sums up Qf’s expansion program IMHO. And the triumphs of (insert failed JQ entity here).
And one very famous quote from Dr Geobbels himself:
A lie told once remains a lie but a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth. ... If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it, and you will even come to believe it yourself. ... Propaganda must therefore always be essentially simple and repetitious.
All the misinformation from Qf’s Ministry of Truth simply should not be necessary. The entire basis of Aviation is absolute truth, mess with that and people invariably get hurt. It’s not surprising technical employees of Qf take such ‘information’ with somewhat more than a grain of salt! And it’s just SO unnecessary!