It Is 1984, And The Clocks Are Striking Thirteen

"What happened in the unseen labyrinth to which the pneumatic tubes led, [Winston Smith] did not know in detail, but he did know in general terms. As soon as all the corrections which happened to be necessary in any particular number of the Times had been assembled and collated, that number would be reprinted, the original copy destroyed, and the corrected copy placed on the files in its stead. This process of continuous alteration was applied not only to newspapers but to (. . .) every kind of literature or documentation which might conceivably hold and political or ideological significance." George Orwell, 1984 (New York: New American Library, 1981) p. 36

The Times mentioned above is the fictional newspaper of record in Orwell's disquieting prophecy. But there is another Times, and although it is published in New York, it purports to report and to record "all the news that's fit to print" in these United States. The New York Times has acknowledged in nine articles published between September 19 and October 4 the occupation of Wall Street, and entertains the possibility that this is a national movement with staying power. Orwell's Times would not have mentioned such a protest once, nor would such a protest proceeded beyond the gathering of the first three demonstrators. But are the papers so different?  Look here and decide.