Down the Memory Hole

Remember in 1984, where Winston's job was to revise newspapers of the past to keep up with the ever changing present? This is very interesting. A couple years ago, during the Katrina disaster, I linked to a CNN report and quoted it:

Overnight, police snipers were stationed on the roof of their precinct, trying to protect it from gunmen roaming through the city, CNN's Chris Lawrence reported.

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by Christopher Chittleborough - Oct. 1, 2008

This is alarming. That CNN is rewriting old stories is bad enough; that they don't label the stories as rewritten is completely unacceptable. I'd love to hear CNN's explanation. I hope they have a good one -- but I'm not feeling optimistic.

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