Topic summary
Ministry of Truth
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Ministries in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Ministry of Truth
The Ministry of Truth (Newspeak: Minitrue) is the ministry of propaganda. As with the other ministries in the novel, the name Ministry of Truth is a deliberate misnomer because in reality, it serves the opposite: It is responsible for any necessary falsification of historical events. However, like the other ministries, the name is also apt because it decides what "truth" is in Oceania.