ß ñ äåòñòâà çíàë, ÷òî ãàçåòû ìîãóò ëãàòü, íî òîëüêî â Èñïàíèè óâèäåë, ÷òî îíè ìîãóò ïîëíîñòüþ ...

ß ñ äåòñòâà çíàë, ÷òî ãàçåòû ìîãóò ëãàòü, íî òîëüêî â Èñïàíèè óâèäåë, ÷òî îíè ìîãóò ïîëíîñòüþ ôàëüñèôèöèðîâàòü äåéñòâèòåëüíîñòü. ß ëè÷íî ó÷àñòâîâàë â «ñðàæåíèÿõ», â êîòîðûõ íå áûëî íè îäíîãî âûñòðåëà è î êîòîðûõ ïèñàëè, êàê î ãåðîè÷åñêèõ êðîâîïðîëèòíûõ áèòâàõ, è ÿ áûë â íàñòîÿùèõ áîÿõ, î êîòîðûõ ïðåññà íå ñêàçàëà íè ñëîâà, ñëîâíî èõ íå áûëî. ß âèäåë áåññòðàøíûõ ñîëäàò, îñëàâëåííûõ ãàçåòàìè òðóñàìè è ïðåäàòåëÿìè, è òðóñîâ è ïðåäàòåëåé, âîñïåòûõ èìè, êàê ãåðîè. ß óâèäåë â Ëîíäîíå, êàê ãàçåòû ñòðîÿò íà ýòîé ëæè ìèðîâîççðåí÷åñêèå ñèñòåìû.
Îðèãèíàëüíûé òåêñò (àíãë.)
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Early in life I have noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper, but in Spain, for the first time, I saw - newspaper reports which did not bear any relation to the facts, not even the relationship which is implied in an ordinary lie. I saw great battles reported where there had been no fighting, and complete silence where hundreds of men had been killed. I saw troops who had fought bravely denounced as cowards and traitors, and others who had never seen a shot fired hailed as the heroes of imaginary victories; and I saw newspapers in London retailing these lies and eager intellectuals building emotional superstructures over events that had never happened.
— Orwell G. Homage to Catalonia and Looking back on the Spanish war. — L.: Secker & Warburg, 1968, ñ. 234